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Crime Statistics

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police force

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in each year since 1997, (a) the number of offences recorded broken down by major category, (b) the number and proportion of those offences that were cleared up, (c) the number of persons prosecuted for offences and (d) the number and proportion of such persons convicted of such offence. [86853]

Mr. Denham: The figures requested on recorded crimes and detections for the years up to 2000–01 are available in Chapter 2 of successive editions of the publication 'Criminal Statistics England and Wales', which are available in the Library. The 2001–02 figures are available in tables 7.02 and 8.03 of 'Crime in England and Wales 2001–02' (Home Office Statistical Bulletin 7/02), which is also available in the Library.

It should be noted that there was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, which increased the coverage of offences, and also placed a greater emphasis on counting crimes in terms of the number of victims. Recorded crime and detection data before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.

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There was a change in the counting rules for detections on 1 April 1999, in order to tighten up what could be counted as a detection. Figures for detections before and after this date will therefore not be directly comparable.

Some police forces adopted the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard in advance of its national implementation in April 2002, and this will also have an effect on the numbers of offences recorded and detection rates.

The requested information on the number of defendants proceeded against, and the number and proportion found guilty, by offence group for notifiable offences by police force area for the years 1997 to 2001, has been placed in the Library. The proportion of defendants is based on a comparison between the number prosecuted and the number convicted. Some convictions will be in a different year to the initial prosecution in the magistrates court, which account for the figures greater than 100 per cent. given in the relevant table.

It should be noted that as the recorded crime and detection data relate to offences, and that the court data relate to offenders, they are not directly comparable.

Recorded crime: number of detections by offence group and police force area and region 2001–02

Police force area and region	Total	Violence against the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglary	Theft and handling stolen goods	Fraud and forgery	Criminal damage	Drug offences	Other
Cleveland	14,723	2,269	364	231	1,836	6,324	865	1,281	1,095	458
Durham	16,396	5,066	200	99	1,532	4,587	972	1,982	1,270	688
Northumbria	43,768	11,587	518	442	3,336	13,702	2,606	5,161	4,761	1,655
North East Region	74,887	18,922	1,082	772	6,704	24,613	4,443	8,424	7,126	2,801
Cheshire	18,157	4,684	308	152	1,700	5,687	1,128	1,989	1,570	939
Cumbria	12,115	4,092	152	61	723	3,506	687	1,641	910	343
Greater Manchester	79,552	27,801	1,415	1,557	5,595	21,136	4,611	9,703	4,556	3,178
Lancashire	35,948	9,887	508	388	3,616	10,585	2,214	4,151	3,117	1,482
Merseyside	35,947	10,198	560	585	3,029	11,171	1,485	3,298	4,179	1,442
North West Region	181,719	56,662	2,943	2,743	14,663	52,085	10,125	20,782	14,332	7,384
Humberside	23,306	6,224	301	201	2,109	8,335	1,868	2,464	1,292	512
North Yorkshire	15,344	4,373	233	84	1,065	4,773	1,334	1,586	1,372	524
South Yorkshire	31,597	6,698	412	463	3,328	10,559	2,426	2,920	3,359	1,432
West Yorkshire	57,694	14,294	968	1,152	8,099	18,041	3,124	5,753	4,218	2,045
Yorkshire and the Humber Region	127,941	31,589	1,914	1,900	14,601	41,708	8,752	12,723	10,241	4,513
Derbyshire	22,204	6,920	395	250	2,337	6,180	1,397	2,439	1,413	873
Leicestershire	25,099	6,941	321	241	1,831	7,798	2,465	2,745	1,569	1,188
Lincolnshire	13,588	3,549	260	81	1,242	4,323	907	1,674	1,067	485
Northamptonshire	18,878	4,955	232	280	1,418	6,706	1,543	2221	953	570
Nottinghamshire	28,048	8,110	454	446	2,684	9,062	1,376	2,794	1,889	1,233
East Midlands Region	107,817	30,475	1,662	1,298	9,512	34,069	7,688	11,873	6,891	4,349
Staffordshire	27,754	10,471	413	216	2,022	6,937	1,391	3,132	2,066	1,106
Warwickshire	10,585	3,093	111	110	1,180	3,367	696	1,102	628	298
West Mercia	30,011	10,662	408	183	1,908	8,018	2,292	3,424	2,114	1,002
West Midlands	107,456	37,092	1,586	2,766	9,330	27,482	7,639	9,380	7,419	4,762
West Midlands Region	175,806	61,318	2,518	3,275	14,440	45,804	12,018	17,038	12,227	7,168
Bedfordshire	12,890	3,556	140	161	879	4,607	821	1,359	954	413
Cambridgeshire	15,625	5,349	279	146	1,508	4,370	834	1,744	780	615
Essex	29,567	9,391	445	227	1,911	8,996	1,859	3,857	2,109	772
Hertfordshire	16,362	3,761	258	214	1,210	6,015	1,307	1,766	1,343	488
Norfolk	14,720	4,259	239	97	1,027	4,433	1,248	1,903	1,161	353
Suffolk	16,426	5,693	234	117	836	4,398	1,066	2,255	1,219	608
East of England Region	105,590	32,009	1,595	962	7,371	32,819	7,135	12,884	7,566	3,249
London, City of	3,414	357	18	8	141	1,294	891	114	444	147
Metropolitan Police	148,827	41,304	3,201	6,042	12,046	38,672	8,526	12,255	22,075	4,706
London Region	152,241	41,661	3,219	6,050	12,187	39,966	9,417	12,369	22,519	4,853
Hampshire	40,052	12,607	874	262	2,622	11,087	2,765	4,906	3,370	1,559
Kent	33,903	8,690	588	269	2,189	11,062	2,087	4,790	2,946	1,282
Surrey	15,455	4,677	229	167	935	3,824	1,496	1,863	1,804	460
Sussex	34,428	12,577	482	338	1,864	9,127	2,064	4,047	2,500	1,429
Thames Valley	48,196	11,638	447	749	4,705	16,634	4,123	4,658	3,985	1,257
South East Region	172,034	50,189	2,620	1,785	12,315	51,734	12,535	20,264	14,605	5,987
Avon and Somerset	25,632	5,131	341	510	3,254	9,044	2,639	2,362	1,775	576
Devon and Cornwall	31,963	9,270	572	160	2,033	8,516	2,896	3,566	3,940	1,010
Dorset	14,567	3,545	214	64	1,185	3,958	2,239	1,655	1,323	384
Gloucestershire	15,110	3,668	166	130	1,509	4,848	1,456	1,590	1,209	534
Wiltshire	11,745	3,221	190	91	860	3,579	985	1,376	1,089	354
South West Region	99,017	24,835	1,483	955	8,841	29,945	10,215	10,549	9,336	2858
Dyfed Powys	15,393	5,276	268	21	771	2973	1,057	1,855	2,385	787
Gwent	26,011	8,355	398	124	2,168	7,834	1,594	3,054	1,730	754
North Wales	14,934	4,874	241	65	914	4,238	941	1,788	1,321	552
South Wales	38,006	11,910	436	249	2,587	10,720	2,497	4,440	3,869	1,298
Wales	94,344	30,415	1,343	459	6,440	25,765	6,089	11,137	9,305	3,391
England and Wales	1,291,396	378,075	20,379	20,199	107,074	378,508	88,417	138,043	114,148	46,553

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Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates courts for notifiable offences by police force area England and Wales 1997⁽¹⁶⁾

Proceeded against	Violence against the person	Sexual offences	Burglary	Robbery	Theft and handling stolen goods	Fraud and forgery	Criminal damage	Drug offences	Other offences	Total
Avon and Somerset	3,517	250	1,134	195	4,336	630	1,311	811	1,075	13,259
Bedfordshire	1,427	65	439	130	1,708	280	537	456	433	5,475
Cambridgeshire	1,890	77	674	80	1,779	363	700	405	629	6,597
Cheshire	3,248	143	847	158	3,180	543	1,021	985	936	11,061
Cleveland	2,127	57	1,175	134	3,193	326	765	364	700	8,841
Cumbria	2,397	72	562	36	1,984	423	795	538	404	7,211
Derbyshire	3,353	209	888	80	2,604	538	1,101	506	1,158	10,437
Devon and Cornwall	4,346	170	1,091	101	4,026	787	1,427	1,454	1,135	14,537
Dorset	1,156	107-	438	69	1,770	521	558	347	422	5,388
Durham	2,457	61	795	72	2,013	330	749	366	659	7,502
Essex	3,996	226	995	137	4,307	842	1,396	1,134	1,392	14,425
Gloucestershire	1,347	47	472	73	1,581	265	510	323	582	5,200
Greater Manchester	9,302	522	2,939	876	11,799	1,530	2,991	2,193	3,203	35,355
Hampshire	5,044	240	1,290	181	5,543	1,176	1,877	1,309	1,951	18,611
Hertfordshire	1,883	103	403	110	1,843	376	655	549	560	6,482
Humberside	2,968	91	1,053	105	3,305	469	948	611	780	10,330
Kent	3,260	126	1,031	121	4,704	514	1,448	1,300	853	13,357
Lancashire	6,910	268	2,152	264	6,952	1,036	1,843	1,726	1,731	22,882
Leicestershire	3,387	168	945	264	2,914	631	1,036	650	984	10,979
Lincolnshire	2,194	97	672	39	2,115	412	729	693	579	7,530
London, City of	212	9	35	8	414	235	51	166	141	1,271
Merseyside	4,681	150	1,384	259	6,611	886	1,219	2,311	1,571	19,072
Metropolitan police	21,598	1,401	5,512	2,930	24,955	5,135	6,051	9,253	6,645	83,480
Norfolk	2,287	180	447	41	1,788	424	829	695	385	7,076
Northamptonshire	1,773	54	564	82	1,748	309	767	229	411	5,937
Northumbria	6,045	263	2,018	394	6,405	863	1,872	1,192	2,090	21,142
North Yorkshire	2,630	107	624	81	2,272	460	736	605	692	8,207
Nottinghamshire	4,788	254	1,374	225	4,332	699	1,425	797	1,179	15,073
South Yorkshire	3,970	156	1,318	241	4,973	592	1,578	1,339	1,065	15,232
Staffordshire	3,763	207	1,054	132	3,205	623	1,570	903	926	12,383
Suffolk	1,752	68	516	74	1,633	602	685	535	484	6,349
Surrey	1,493	51	318	84	1,398	279	544	419	469	5,055
Sussex	3,239	124	961	189	4,013	707	1,078	1,207	927	12,445
Thames Valley	3,934	180	1,181	278	4,387	751	1,498	1,353	1,339	14,901
Warwickshire	1,121	51	447	65	1,244	225	400	229	522	4,304
West Mercia	2,951	115	922	101	2,592	524	923	732	1,058	9,918
West Midlands	8,928	528	3,502	1,151	10,008	1,607	2,902	2,058	3,560	34,244
West Yorkshire	7,508	479	3,467	673	9,367	1,511	2,668	3,721	2,365	31,759
Wiltshire	1,222	80	308	66	1,121	260	467	333	261	4,118
Dyfed Powys	2,483	78	575	38	1,457	324	593	757	815	7,120
Gwent	3,413	92	769	94	2,121	406	1,135	645	777	9,452
North Wales	2,665	137	571	44	2,022	413	909	591	754	8,106
South Wales	6,622	201	1,668	306	5,776	890	2,444	1,431	1,777	21,115
England and Wales	165,287	8,064	49,530	10,781	175,498	30,717	54,741	48,221	50,379	593,218

⁽¹⁶⁾ These data are on the principal offence basis.

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