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Robbery
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many robberies there were in each police force area in each year since 1997. [167101]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is given in the following tables:
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| Table 1: Recorded offences of robbery, 1997 |
| | 1997 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
1,562
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
531
|
|
British Transport Police
|
—
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
350
|
|
Cheshire
|
319
|
|
Cleveland
|
507
|
|
Cumbria
|
101
|
|
Derbyshire
|
396
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
389
|
|
Dorset
|
206
|
|
Durham
|
142
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
34
|
|
Essex
|
438
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
369
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
6,296
|
|
Gwent
|
156
|
|
Hampshire
|
554
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
289
|
|
Humberside
|
757
|
|
Kent
|
709
|
|
Lancashire
|
845
|
|
Leicestershire
|
880
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
107
|
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|
London, City of
|
34
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,141
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
27,386
|
|
Norfolk
|
189
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
415
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,260
|
|
North Wales
|
112
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
198
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1,145
|
|
South Wales
|
509
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
946
|
|
Staffordshire
|
498
|
|
Suffolk
|
141
|
|
Surrey
|
192
|
|
Sussex
|
681
|
|
Thames Valley
|
1,256
|
|
Warwickshire
|
146
|
|
West Mercia
|
287
|
|
West Midlands
|
6,737
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
2,698
|
|
Wiltshire
|
164
|
| | |
|
England and Wales
|
63,072
|
| Table 2: Recorded offences of robbery, 1998-99 to 2001-02 |
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
1,831
|
2,381
|
2,765
|
4,889
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
530
|
615
|
663
|
957
|
|
British Transport Police
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
437
|
548
|
539
|
679
|
|
Cheshire
|
397
|
466
|
486
|
472
|
|
Cleveland
|
908
|
839
|
932
|
1,264
|
|
Cumbria
|
119
|
90
|
94
|
143
|
|
Derbyshire
|
504
|
584
|
773
|
1,029
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
462
|
487
|
452
|
474
|
|
Dorset
|
205
|
241
|
309
|
334
|
|
Durham
|
172
|
236
|
231
|
284
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
42
|
28
|
23
|
26
|
|
Essex
|
523
|
626
|
700
|
920
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
273
|
291
|
363
|
498
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
7,632
|
8,634
|
9,918
|
11,027
|
|
Gwent
|
173
|
216
|
244
|
215
|
|
Hampshire
|
588
|
732
|
794
|
872
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
250
|
420
|
508
|
678
|
|
Humberside
|
839
|
950
|
999
|
1,190
|
|
Kent
|
712
|
827
|
1,000
|
1,003
|
|
Lancashire
|
981
|
1,058
|
1,224
|
1,608
|
|
Leicestershire
|
967
|
1,023
|
1,067
|
1,167
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
149
|
178
|
191
|
251
|
|
London, City of
|
29
|
49
|
53
|
46
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,484
|
2,663
|
2,405
|
3,155
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
26,330
|
36,317
|
40,992
|
53,547
|
|
Norfolk
|
220
|
297
|
330
|
401
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
443
|
481
|
604
|
877
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,347
|
1,389
|
1,381
|
1,390
|
|
North Wales
|
127
|
146
|
163
|
194
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
170
|
212
|
186
|
291
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1,312
|
1,768
|
2,050
|
2,725
|
|
South Wales
|
511
|
519
|
460
|
595
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
979
|
1,122
|
1,438
|
1,952
|
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|
Staffordshire
|
509
|
697
|
796
|
963
|
|
Suffolk
|
140
|
223
|
177
|
289
|
|
Surrey
|
171
|
224
|
456
|
519
|
|
Sussex
|
939
|
1,020
|
1,241
|
1,250
|
|
Thames Valley
|
1,327
|
1,659
|
2,147
|
2,894
|
|
Warwickshire
|
170
|
224
|
252
|
370
|
|
West Mercia
|
351
|
359
|
423
|
646
|
|
West Midlands
|
7,315
|
10,092
|
11,351
|
13,322
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
3,072
|
3,088
|
3,781
|
5,674
|
|
Wiltshire
|
195
|
258
|
193
|
279
|
| | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
66,835
|
84,277
|
95,154
|
121,359
|
| | | | | |
n/a = Not available. Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
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