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Mr. McNulty [holding answer 10 December 200 7 ]: The statistics provided in the previous answer related to all racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police. The police data (i.e. offences recorded) are based on the number of crimes recorded in each financial year. Convictions data are based on the number of offender convictions and are published on a calendar year basis. Convictions figures are counts of offenders classified by their principal offence. For these reasons the two datasets are not directly comparable.
Information on the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for racially aggravated violence offences has been provided in the following table.
Number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences of racially aggravated violence, by police force area, England and Wales 2002-06( 1,2) | |||||
Police force area | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
(1) These data are provided 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 police forces and courts. 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. Source: RDSCourt proceedings databaseOffice for Criminal Justice ReformMinistry of Justice |
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