§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on crime trends within the Humberside police authority area. [165037]
§ Ms BlearsThere were 132,734 offences recorded in the Humberside police force area in 2002–03 which was an increase over the previous year. However, figures were affected by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) which Humberside adopted in April 2002. For total crime in this force, the Home Office estimated the NCRS had a 9 per cent. impact for 2002–03.
NCRS was introduced across England and Wales in April 2002. Broadly, the NCRS had the effect of increasing the number of crimes recorded by the police. Therefore, following the introduction of the Standard, numbers of recorded crimes are not directly comparable with previous years.
323WThe table gives a quarterly breakdown of the most recently published statistics. It is an extract from the new Home Office website: www.crimestatistics.org.uk
Recorded offences in the Humberside police force area 2002–03 Month Total number of offences Offences per 1,000 population April to June 2002 31,284 36.0 July to September 2002 29,854 34.4 October to December 2002 33,567 38.6 January to March 2003 38,029 43.8
§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries per 1,000 households there have been in the Humberside police authority area in each year since 1999; and what the detection rate for burglaries in homes was. [165046]
§ Ms BlearsThe available information is given in the table.
Burglary in a dwelling in the Humberside police force area Number of burglaries in a dwelling per 1,000 households Detection rate for burglary in a dwelling (percentage) 1999–2000 n/a 10 2000–01 n/a 11 2001–02 32 10 2002–031 33 11 n/a = Not available.