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Crime Detection Rates

Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what crime detection rate for offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robberies, (d) burglaries and (e) theft of a vehicle was recorded in (i) Greater London and (ii) Uxbridge constituency in each year since 1995. [48521]

Hazel Blears: The available information relates to the Metropolitan police force area and the basic command unit (BCU) of Hillingdon. Smaller area data are not collected centrally.

Data collection at BCU level began in the financial year 1999–2000 when figures for six key offence groups were collected. Initially total burglary was not included and only became available from 2000–01. Information is given in the following table.
 
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Metropolitan police detection rates (percentage)

	1995	1996	1997
Violence against the person	65	62	70
Sexual Offences	58	54	61
Robbery	18	22	24
Burglary	22	21	23
Theft of a motor vehicle	13	12	12

	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Violence against the person	44	31	28	26
Sexual Offences	42	32	31	32
Robbery	16	12	12	11
Burglary	13	10	10	10
Theft of a motor vehicle	10	8	9	9

Note:
Break in series due to expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Violence against the person	24	26	43
Sexual Offences	33	34	35
Robbery	13	12	15
Burglary	13	12	13
Theft of a motor vehicle	9	8	9

Note:
The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Hillingdon (basic command unit) detection rates (percentage)

	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Violence against the person	26	23	21
Sexual Offences	35	34	30
Robbery	9	8	8
Burglary	n/a	6	9
Theft of a motor vehicle	7	8	7

	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Violence against the person	23	26	50
Sexual Offences	22	31	32
Robbery	10	17	17
Burglary	10	10	11
Theft of a motor vehicle	8	6	6

Note:
The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Crime Statistics

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the (a) number of burglaries and (b) percentage annual change in the number of burglaries in (i) England and (ii) each English police force in each year from 1990–91 to 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [45601]

Hazel Blears: The information requested is given in the tables.
Table 1: Recorded offences of burglary in England—1990 to 2001–02

Number of offences
Police force area	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Avon and Somerset	26,388	33,961	43,163	40,655	37,397	34,111
Bedfordshire	10,809	12,873	15,775	15,596	12,864	11,026
Cambridgeshire	8,361	11,897	14,383	15,023	14,099	14,267
Cheshire	13,555	16,537	21,766	22,034	19,248	18,155
Cleveland	16,559	17,178	20,504	18,738	18,428	23,536
Cumbria	7,710	10,826	11,673	10,733	10,066	9,422
Derbyshire	12,527	18,500	22,225	25,612	24,049	19,875
Devon and Cornwall	21,758	25,708	28,728	32,578	30,266	26,400
Dorset	7,625	9,287	9,957	9,625	9,372	12,347
Durham	11,312	13,565	13,486	13,677	12,524	15,463
Essex	19,843	24,980	26,497	27,149	23,639	19,804
Gloucestershire	9,578	12,601	16,405	17,294	15,844	13,872
Greater Manchester	87,855	97,715	103,390	97,850	91,077	85,848
Hampshire	25,531	32,003	34,533	33,066	29,600	24,726
Hertfordshire	8,660	10,890	12,427	13,419	12,100	11,318
Humberside	27,361	32,949	38,954	48,031	43,965	39,113
Kent	19,676	26,535	31,099	30,743	26,871	33,865
Lancashire	21,635	25,045	27,480	29,550	27,151	29,845
Leicestershire	16,057	21,526	23,251	25,210	26,109	25,487
Lincolnshire	8,237	8,991	10,990	13,008	11,221	12,243
London, City of	983	1,070	875	778	675	712
Merseyside	33,822	33,609	34,624	33,688	33,042	34,497
Metropolitan Police	173,247	191,482	191,880	174,770	164,641	171,540
Norfolk	12,524	15,336	17,027	18,178	13,931	13,097
Northamptonshire	9,103	12,148	13,115	15,944	14,521	14,004
Northumbria	54,746	66,101	66,072	63,007	57,207	52,870
North Yorkshire	9,516	12,338	15,610	16,275	16,694	16,641
Nottinghamshire	24,201	30,568	36,374	40,038	34,639	37,932
South Yorkshire	27,107	35,261	41,907	52,396	51,242	45,504
Staffordshire	18,728	23,523	28,830	30,091	26,736	24,838
Suffolk	7,164	7,638	9,004	9,147	7,778	7,114
Surrey	9,858	11,437	12,021	12,815	10,158	9,175
Sussex	22,208	26,474	28,983	26,672	24,271	23,224
Thames Valley	27,130	34,065	37,424	40,345	38,254	38,748
Warwickshire	7,144	10,290	12,741	12,554	11,040	9,302
West Mercia	10,524	14,595	16,926	17,980	16,738	15,075
West Midlands	68,218	84,084	101,111	100,002	90,637	89,941
West Yorkshire	58,249	78,626	90,231	94,294	87,391	90,130
Wiltshire	6,187	8,158	9,223	9,118	8,152	8,092
England	961,696	1,160,370	1,290,664	1,307,683	1,203,637	1,183,159

 
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						Number of offences
Police force area	1996	1997	1998–991	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02
Avon and Somerset	35,151	31,220	29,194	27,804	25,805	32,865
Bedfordshire	10,237	8,883	7,129	7,913	6,884	7,671
Cambridgeshire	14,544	12,668	12,759	12,377	10,244	11,161
Cheshire	15,521	13,346	13,125	12,805	12,012	13,680
Cleveland	22,234	16,432	16,526	15,621	15,255	16,966
Cumbria	8,419	6,868	5,812	5,455	4,759	4,942
Derbyshire	18,856	17,302	16,720	15,536	14,997	16,564
Devon and Cornwall	24,841	20,017	17,808	17,307	15,606	15,257
Dorset	9,924	8,437	9,202	8,466	7,803	7,889
Durham	13,084	12,209	10,135	9,083	7,744	8,864
Essex	19,007	16,326	14,997	14,967	14,889	14,472
Gloucestershire	12,928	11,559	10,111	9,308	7,796	8,468
Greater Manchester	83,780	75,834	79,179	75,374	69,361	72,331
Hampshire	23,008	20,431	19,822	18,778	17,968	17,903
Hertfordshire	10,353	9,345	8,353	8,689	9,937	10,677
Humberside	37,834	36,169	34,169	32,230	26,414	26,551
Kent	32,516	25,749	22,978	19,722	19,183	17,474
Lancashire	30,500	27,921	24,226	21,360	21,668	23,920
Leicestershire	24,997	18,753	17,218	15,632	13,377	13,032
Lincolnshire	12,819	10,551	10,257	10,719	9,583	9,592
London, City of	515	402	520	420	545	467
Merseyside	29,437	26,266	26,498	25,638	23,697	25,478
Metropolitan Police	164,926	141,056	123,861	129,145	112,375	116,026
Norfolk	11,751	10,935	10,154	10,243	9,445	9,043
Northamptonshire	12,542	11,385	12,162	11,302	9,541	9,553
Northumbria	42,822	34,584	31,625	26,459	24,741	22,796
North Yorkshire	13,972	11,359	11,237	10,402	9,828	11,656
Nottinghamshire	33,407	29,953	28,792	26,458	25,925	30,263
South Yorkshire	43,276	37,446	34,370	32,412	29,429	32,085
Staffordshire	24,511	23,518	20,391	19,155	17,085	18,781
Suffolk	6,384	6,094	6,241	6,214	5,738	6,346
Surrey	8,476	7,496	6,922	6,640	8,902	8,317
Sussex	21,534	20,595	20,934	19,437	18,302	16,500
Thames Valley	36,549	31,426	30,735	31,185	27,756	27,798
Warwickshire	9,181	8,302	8,064	7,741	7,197	7,813
West Mercia	16,435	16,334	14,631	14,313	13,384	15,398
West Midlands	88,860	77,412	70,624	68,780	62,597	63,060
West Yorkshire	80,010	67,686	67,633	58,896	60,198	68,818
Wiltshire	7,611	6,361	6,129	5,718	5,027	5,824
England	1,112,752	968,630	911,243	869,704	802,997	846,301

Note:
Figures using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect from 1 April 1998.



 
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Table 2: Recorded offences of burglary in England 2002–03 to 2004–05

Number of offences
Police force area	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Avon and Somerset	30,182	24,564	21,496
Bedfordshire	8,336	9,045	7,186
Cambridgeshire	12,775	10,257	8,501
Cheshire	14,194	13,119	10,627
Cleveland	14,856	13,395	9,357
Cumbria	4,895	4,613	4,274
Derbyshire	18,465	16,052	11,667
Devon and Cornwall	15,700	14,024	14,012
Dorset	7,355	7,615	6,330
Durham	7,656	7,083	6,853
Essex	16,909	16,467	14,771
Gloucestershire	8,694	9,072	7,142
Greater Manchester	75,367	66,545	49,372
Hampshire	18,217	18,014	15,552
Hertfordshire	11,713	12,783	11,471
Humberside	27,099	23,761	18,602
Kent	18,371	17,830	16,621
Lancashire	20,487	19,571	16,274
Leicestershire	12,832	12,795	11,687
Lincolnshire	10,831	9,052	7,306
London, City of	444	454	501
Merseyside	25,956	24,871	21,943
Metropolitan Police	113,427	105,361	101,474
Norfolk	9,681	8,169	6,577
Northamptonshire	11,381	12,231	11,120
Northumbria	22,704	20,083	16,822
North Yorkshire	11,511	11,062	7,767
Nottinghamshire	33,190	31,335	25,034
South Yorkshire	34,468	26,553	21,149
Staffordshire	15,172	14,072	11,058
Suffolk	6,248	6,396	5,090
Surrey	9,727	9,700	8,870
Sussex	17,321	16,430	14,607
Thames Valley	29,432	30,076	25,466
Warwickshire	7,437	7,661	6,403
West Mercia	16,375	15,015	12,424
West Midlands	56,531	53,116	40,499
West Yorkshire	69,807	59,799	39,657
Wiltshire	6,242	5,929	5,120
England	851,988	783,970	650,682

Note:
The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Table 3: Percentage changes in recorded offences of burglary in England—1990 to 2001–02

Percentage change
Police force area	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997–98	1998–99(62)	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Avon and Somerset	—	29	27	-6	-8	-9	3	-11	-6	-5	-7	27
Bedfordshire	—	19	23	-1	-18	-14	-7	-13	-20	11	-13	11
Cambridgeshire	—	42	21	4	-6	1	2	-13	1	-3	-17	9
Cheshire	—	22	32	1	-13	-6	-15	-14	-2	-2	-6	14
Cleveland	—	4	19	-9	-2	28	-6	-26	1	-5	-2	11
Cumbria	—	40	8	-8	-6	-6	-11	-18	-15	-6	-13	4
Derbyshire	—	48	20	15	-6	-17	-5	-8	-3	-7	-3	10
Devon and Cornwall	—	18	12	13	-7	-13	-6	-19	-11	-3	-10	-2
Dorset	—	22	7	-3	-3	32	-20	-15	9	-8	-8	1
Durham	—	20	-1	1	-8	23	-15	-7	-17	-10	-15	14
Essex	—	26	6	2	-13	-16	-4	-14	-8	0	-1	-3
Gloucestershire	—	32	30	5	-8	-12	-7	-11	-13	-8	-16	9
Greater Manchester	—	11	6	-5	-7	-6	-2	-9	4	-5	-8	4
Hampshire	—	25	8	-4	-10	-16	-7	-11	-3	-5	-4	0
Hertfordshire	—	26	14	8	-10	-6	-9	-10	-11	4	14	7
Humberside	—	20	18	23	-8	-11	-3	-4	-6	-6	-18	1
Kent	—	35	17	-1	-13	26	-4	-21	-11	-14	-3	-9
Lancashire	—	16	10	8	-8	10	2	-8	-13	-12	1	10
Leicestershire	—	34	8	8	4	-2	-2	-25	-8	-9	-14	-3
Lincolnshire	—	9	22	18	-14	9	5	-18	-3	5	-11	0
London, City of	—	9	-18	-11	-13	5	-28	-22	29	-19	30	-14
Merseyside	—	-1	3	-3	-2	4	-15	-11	1	-3	-8	8
Metropolitan Police	—	11	0	-9	-6	4	-4	-14	-12	4	-13	3
Norfolk	—	22	11	7	-23	-6	-10	-7	-7	1	-8	-4
Northamptonshire	—	33	8	22	-9	-4	-10	-9	7	-7	-16	0
Northumbria	—	21	0	-5	-9	-8	-19	-19	-9	-16	-6	-8
North Yorkshire	—	30	27	4	3	0	-16	-19	-1	-7	-6	19
Nottinghamshire	—	26	19	10	-13	10	-12	-10	-4	-8	-2	17
South Yorkshire	—	30	19	25	-2	-11	-5	-13	-8	-6	-9	9
Staffordshire	—	26	23	4	-11	-7	-1	-4	-13	-6	-11	10
Suffolk	—	7	18	2	-15	-9	-10	-5	2	0	-8	11
Surrey	—	16	5	7	-21	-10	-8	-12	-8	-4	34	-7
Sussex	—	19	9	-8	-9	-4	-7	-4	2	-7	-6	-10
Thames Valley	—	26	10	8	-5	1	-6	-14	-2	1	-11	0
Warwickshire	—	44	24	-1	-12	-16	-1	-10	-3	-4	-7	9
West Mercia	—	39	16	6	-7	-10	9	-1	-10	-2	-6	15
West Midlands	—	23	20	-1	-9	-1	-1	-13	-9	-3	-9	1
West Yorkshire	—	35	15	5	-7	3	-11	-15	0	-13	2	14
Wiltshire	—	32	13	-1	-11	-1	-6	-16	-4	-7	-12	16
England	—	21	11	1	-8	-2	-6	-13	-6	-5	-8	5

Note:
Figures using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect from 1 April 1998.



 
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Table 4: Percentage changes in recorded offences of burglary in England—2002–03 to 2004–05

Percentage change
Police force area	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Avon and Somerset	—	-19	-12
Bedfordshire	—	9	-21
Cambridgeshire	—	-20	-17
Cheshire	—	-8	-19
Cleveland	—	-10	-30
Cumbria	—	-6	-7
Derbyshire	—	-13	-27
Devon and Cornwall	—	-11	0
Dorset	—	4	-17
Durham	—	-7	-3
Essex	—	-3	-10
Gloucestershire	—	4	-21
Greater Manchester	—	-12	-26
Hampshire	—	-1	-14
Hertfordshire	—	9	-10
Humberside	—	-12	-22
Kent	—	-3	-7
Lancashire	—	-4	-17
Leicestershire	—	0	-9
Lincolnshire	—	-16	-19
London, City of	—	2	10
Merseyside	—	-4	-12
Metropolitan Police	—	-7	-4
Norfolk	—	-16	-19
Northamptonshire	—	7	-9
Northumbria	—	-12	-16
North Yorkshire	—	-4	-30
Nottinghamshire	—	-6	-20
South Yorkshire	—	-23	-20
Staffordshire	—	-7	-21
Suffolk	—	2	-20
Surrey	—	0	-9
Sussex	—	-5	-11
Thames Valley	—	2	-15
Warwickshire	—	3	-16
West Mercia	—	-8	-17
West Midlands	—	-6	-24
West Yorkshire	—	-14	-34
Wiltshire	—	-5	-14
England	—	-8	-17

Note:
The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.



 
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