Burglary

HC Deb 09 February 2004 vol 417 cc1418-9W

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were(a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) found guilty of burglary in each year since 1997; how many of these were (i) under 16, (ii) under 18 and (iii) under 21; and how many of those found guilty were given (A) custodial sentences and (B) non-custodial sentences, broken down by age group. [152598]

Paul Goggins

The available information is contained in the table and relates to persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for burglary of all types in England and Wales, 1997 to 2002.

Persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and those found guilty and at all courts for offences of burglary1, by age, England and Wales, 1997
	Number of persons
	Proceeded against	Found guilty at all courts	Sentenced	Sentenced to custody	Given non-custodial sentences
1997
All ages	49,530	31,703	31,656	14,338	17,318
of whom:
Aged 10 to 15	5,510	3,354	3,338	362	2,976
Aged 16 to 17	8,365	5,274	5,286	1,595	3,691
Aged 18 to 20	10,454	7,116	7,095	3,325	3,773
1998
All ages	48,114	30,769	31,087	14,547	16,540
of whom:
Aged 10 to 15	5,766	3,517	3,507	329	3,178
Aged 16 to 17	7,944	5,011	4,980	1,514	3,466
Aged 18 to 20	10,143	6,830	6,841	3,458	3,383
1999
All ages	46,141	29,261	29,329	14,345	14,984
of whom:
Aged 10 to 15	5,297	3,294	3,274	381	2,893
Aged 16 to 17	7,094	4,510	4,492	1,434	3,058
Aged 18 to 20	9,752	6,565	6,511	3,408	3,103
2000
All ages	42,406	26,222	26,694	13,677	13,017
of whom:
Aged 10 to 15	5,080	2,948	2,953	422	2,531
Aged 16 to 17	6,447	3,866	3,896	1,175	2,721
Aged 18 to 20	8,496	5,650	5,761	3,055	2,706
2001
All ages	41,593	24,802	24,655	12,476	12,179
of whom:
Aged 10 to 15	4,951	2,859	2,859	434	2,425
Aged 16 to 17	5,787	3,412	3,408	979	2,429
Aged 18 to 20	8,069	4,948	4,829	2,563	2,260
2002
All ages	43,648	26,691	26,376	13,350	13,026
of whom:
Aged 10 to 15	4,930	3,051	3,052	406	2,646
Aged 16 to 17	5,728	3,367	3,366	939	2,427
Aged 18 to 20	7,608	4,730	4,639	2,449	2,190
1 These data are on the principal offence