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Robbery: Children
Mr. Spring:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many robberies were committed by children in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last five years. [183384]
Mr. Coaker:
The information requested is not collected centrally. From the information collected on recorded crime it is not possible to identify the age of the offender.
Theft: Bicycles and Cars
Norman Baker:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many thefts of (a) bicycles
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and (b) motor cars were reported in each police force area in England in each year since 2001; [183656]
(2) how many thefts from a motor car were reported in each police force area in England in each year since 2001; [183657]
(3) how many thefts of (a) bicycles and (b) motor cars there were from railway stations in each police force area in England in each year since 2001. [183658]
Mr. McNulty:
The available information is given in the following tables. Information on thefts of bicycles and motor cars from railway stations is not collected centrally.
| Table 1: Offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police in England |
| Number of offences |
| | 2001-02 | 2002-03( 1) | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
3,555
|
3,090
|
3,043
|
3,713
|
4,131
|
4,311
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
870
|
719
|
898
|
881
|
1,073
|
965
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
4,171
|
3,975
|
4,374
|
4,528
|
4,442
|
4,121
|
|
Cheshire
|
1,666
|
1,551
|
1,746
|
1,565
|
1,731
|
1,795
|
|
Cleveland
|
1,460
|
1,028
|
1,116
|
1,237
|
1,255
|
1,132
|
|
Cumbria
|
691
|
606
|
802
|
850
|
862
|
780
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1,505
|
1,301
|
1,358
|
1,131
|
1,156
|
1,065
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,563
|
1,443
|
1,712
|
1,825
|
1,792
|
1,876
|
|
Dorset
|
1,522
|
1,624
|
1,843
|
1,602
|
1,555
|
1,806
|
|
Durham
|
867
|
726
|
827
|
815
|
802
|
815
|
|
Essex
|
2,299
|
2,100
|
2,462
|
2,775
|
2,875
|
2,676
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,691
|
1,588
|
1,653
|
1,322
|
1,577
|
1,516
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
5,007
|
4,598
|
4,220
|
4,198
|
4,731
|
4,597
|
|
Hampshire
|
4,455
|
4,253
|
4,545
|
4,869
|
5,843
|
5,839
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,339
|
1,397
|
1,484
|
1,656
|
1,767
|
1,826
|
|
Humberside
|
4,330
|
3,736
|
3,777
|
3,195
|
3,281
|
2,978
|
|
Kent
|
1,821
|
1,609
|
1,829
|
2,020
|
1,884
|
1,888
|
|
Lancashire
|
2,702
|
2,505
|
2,525
|
2,594
|
2,694
|
2,784
|
|
Leicestershire
|
2,132
|
1,754
|
1,869
|
1,879
|
1,893
|
1,932
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,750
|
1,810
|
1,623
|
1,766
|
1,736
|
1,604
|
|
London, City of
|
334
|
427
|
355
|
319
|
336
|
314
|
|
Merseyside
|
1,678
|
1,445
|
1,569
|
1,673
|
1,726
|
1,854
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
14,340
|
15,812
|
19,261
|
19,317
|
21,238
|
18,648
|
|
Norfolk
|
1,926
|
1,888
|
2,108
|
1,972
|
2,019
|
1,877
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,146
|
1,053
|
1,157
|
1,318
|
1,152
|
1,202
|
|
Northumbria
|
2,468
|
2,387
|
2,644
|
2,405
|
2,362
|
2,338
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
2,442
|
2,331
|
2,563
|
1,991
|
2,041
|
2,020
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
3,555
|
2,608
|
2,744
|
2,601
|
2,876
|
3,026
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
1,891
|
1,787
|
1,346
|
1,421
|
1,725
|
1,690
|
|
Staffordshire
|
1,667
|
1,235
|
1,285
|
1,232
|
1,270
|
1,319
|
|
Suffolk
|
1,728
|
1,439
|
1,457
|
1,653
|
1,828
|
1,759
|
|
Surrey
|
1,301
|
1,085
|
1,297
|
1,331
|
1,463
|
1,679
|
|
Sussex
|
2,959
|
2,329
|
2,683
|
2,811
|
3,165
|
3,097
|
|
Thames Valley
|
5,346
|
5,264
|
5,547
|
5,879
|
5,994
|
5,688
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1,060
|
1,001
|
1,076
|
878
|
1,005
|
1,028
|
|
West Mercia
|
1,903
|
1,484
|
1,559
|
1,596
|
1,592
|
1,577
|
|
West Midlands
|
4,004
|
3,301
|
3,229
|
2,793
|
3,132
|
3,233
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
2,673
|
2,250
|
2,374
|
2,175
|
2,521
|
2,495
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1,224
|
1,050
|
1,001
|
1,074
|
1,253
|
1,335
|
| | | | | | | |
|
England
|
99,041
|
91,589
|
98,961
|
98,860
|
105,778
|
102,485
|
(1) The National Crime Recording standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
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