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Violent crimes( 1) recorded by the Metropolitan police for each crime and disorder reduction partnership (CDRP), 2002-03 to 2005-06
CDRP 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Barking and Dagenham

5,329

5,939

6,207

6,321

Barnet

6,597

7,165

8,773

7,928

Bexley

4,098

4,598

4,786

5,045

Brent

8,379

9,552

11,517

10,927

Bromley

5,670

6,100

6,798

6,693

Camden

7,935

8,178

9,505

9,089

City of Westminster

12,352

11,683

12,730

11,760

Croydon

9,957

10,099

10,511

9,960

Ealing

9,325

8,978

9,962

10,216

Enfield

6,964

6,664

6,580

7,003

Greenwich

7,954

8,320

9,394

9,312

Hackney

9,646

9,997

9,669

9,790

Hammersmith and Fulham

5,856

5,701

6,234

6,549

Haringey

8,123

7,887

8,179

9,370

Harrow

3,573

3,620

3,933

4,046

Havering

4,558

4,615

4,792

4,844

Hillingdon

5,847

6,001

6,782

7,439

Hounslow

8,372

8,051

7,776

7,559

Islington

8,436

8,427

9,229

8,760

Kensington and Chelsea

4,450

4,437

4,382

4,442

Kingston upon Thames

3,312

3,901

3,958

3,753

Lambeth

13,752

13,264

13,435

12,566

Lewisham

7,795

8,964

10,048

11,147

Merton

4,322

4,357

4,475

4,493

Newham

10,679

10,936

10,365

11,312

Redbridge

5,892

6,105

6,212

5,512

Richmond upon Thames

2,942

2,855

3,120

2,939

Southwark

10,898

11,707

12,223

12,503

Sutton

3,476

3,703

3,956

3,762

Tower Hamlets

9,777

9,664

9,762

9,531

Waltham Forest

7,506

7,926

8,276

9,501

Wandsworth

7,510

7,254

7,706

8,135

Total

231,282

236,648

251,275

252,207

(1) The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

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Violent Death

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been victims of violent death since 1 January 2006; and how many victims of violent death there were between 1 January and 10 July in each of the last 10 years. [85143]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the number of violent deaths in England and Wales is not collected centrally. Available data relate to offences classed as homicide. The number of offences currently considered as homicide, recorded by police between 1 January and 10 July in each of the years 1996 to 2004-05, are given in the following table. Data for the periods April to July 2005 and January to July 2006 relate to financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07, full analyses of which will be published in January 2007 and 2008 respectively.


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Offences currently recorded as homicide( 1,2) , England and Wales
Year( 3,4) Number of offences

1996

307

1997

330

1997-98

328

1998-99

325

1999-2000

363

2000-01

421

2001-02

415

2002-03

427

2003-04

429

2004-05

447

(1) As at 28 November 2005; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available. (2) Does not include death by careless/dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking. (3) Calendar years data relate to offences recorded by police between 1 January and 10 July; other years data relate to 1 April to 10 July and 1 January to 31 March within the specified financial year. (4) This is not necessarily the year in which the incident took place or the year in which any court decision was made.

Witnesses

Mr. Ian Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many witnesses have requested special measures in each of the last three years. [24582]

Mr. Sutcliffe: This information is not collected centrally.

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of offences of intimidation or harming of witnesses in each year since 2003; and how many of those received a custodial sentence in each year. [88499]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of people convicted of offences of intimidation or harming of witnesses; and how many of those in each year received a custodial sentence in England and Wales, 2003 to 2004, can be seen in the following table. Court proceedings statistics for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.

Number of people convicted at all courts for offences relating to intimidation or harming of witness in England and Wales( 1, 2) 2003 to 2004
2003 2004
Sentenced Sentenced
Statute Offence Description Guilty Total sentenced( 3) Of which immediate custody Guilty Total sentenced( 3) Of which immediate custody

Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994, Sec.51(1)

Intimidating a juror or witness or person assisting in investigation of offenders

467

469

211

523

525

259

Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994, Sec.51(2)

Harming or threatening to harm a juror, witness or a person assisting in investigation of offences

76

77

34

113

112

56

Criminal Justice & Police Act 2001 S39

Intimidating or intending to intimidate a witness

2

3

2

10

12

7

Criminal Justice & Police Act 2001 S40

Harming or intending to harm a witness

2

2

0

2

2

0

Total

547

551

247

648

651

322

(1 )These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3 )The sentenced figure can exceed those found guilty, as it may be that the sentencing took place in the Crown court the year after a person was found guilty at the magistrates court. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

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