---

17 Jun 2008 : Column 898W—continued

Persons convicted for racially aggravated offences by ethnicity( 1) at all courts 2004( 2)
Offence type	White	Black	Asian	Other	Unknown	Total
Homicide	3191	72	38	22	175	626
Attempted murder	42	7	10	6	31	96
Wounding or other act endangering life	1 ,083	157	102	48	507	1,897
Other more serious offences	149	15	22	9	119,	314
Other wounding	7,700	556	392	200	10,896	19,744
Racially or religiously aggravated other wounding	80	4	3	—	70	157
Assault without injury	7,556	287	277	100	30,109	38,329
Racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury	153	6	7	3	340	509
Rape	414	75	45	27	190	751
Other Sexual Offences	1,773	131	129	52	1,949	4,034
Robbery	3,073	879	311	208	3,010	7,481
Burglary	7,938	515	158	123	15,518	24,252
Theft and Handling	24,040	1,002	746	344	86,937	113,069
Fraud and Forgery	3,385	483	466	187	16,257	20,778
Criminal Damage	2,462	99	71	61	9,042	11,735
Threat or conspiracy to murder	204	15	2l	8	328	576
Harassment	1,007	36	49	19	3,564	4,675
Racially or religiously aggravated: harassment	55	5	1	1	112	174
Other less serious offences	12,624	565	519	187	47,749	61,644
Other offences	123,807	7,437	6,742	6,375	1,082,786	1,227,147
All Racially Aggravated Offences	197,864	12,346	10,109	7,980	1,309,689	1,537,988
(1) The ethnicity classification used here is the standard “4+1” classification as used in the 2001 Census. (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. Source: Criminal Justice Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

17 Jun 2008 : Column 899W

17 Jun 2008 : Column 900W

Persons convicted for racially aggravated offences by ethnicity( 1) at all courts 2005( 2)
Offence type	White	Black	Asian	Other	Unknown	Total
Homicide	363	88	35	18	152	656
Attempted murder	29	12	12	3	10	66
Wounding or other act endangering life	1,085	133	79	37	538	1,872
Other more serious offences	185	12	20	10	117	344
Other wounding	8,538	543	417	214	11,316	21,028
Racially or religiously aggravated other wounding	96	5	6	1	91	199
Assault without injury	9,086	356	324	114	34,865	44,745
Racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury	182	10	8	2	425	627
Rape	475	76	32	24	189	726
Other Sexual Offences	1,912	97	138	53	1,812	4,012
Robbery	2,873	756	288	164	3,002	7,083
Burglary	7,526	466	140	129	14,690	22,951
Theft and Handling	23,230	1,087	637	405	80,773	106,132
Fraud and Forgery	3,235	637	431	257	15,809	20,369
Criminal Damage	2,474	91	72	59	9,022	11,718
Threat or conspiracy to murder	224	15	16	5	340	600
Harassment	1,171	46	36	16	3,916	5,185
Racially or religiously aggravated harassment	53	5	2	—	90	150
Other less serious offences	13,667	617	460	225	47,128	62,097
Other offences	114,877	7,118	6,427	8,594	1,027,606	1,164,622
All Racially Aggravated Offences	191,281	12,170	9,580	10,330	1,251,891	1,475,252
(1) The ethnicity classification used here is the standard “4+1” classification as used in the 2001 Census. (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. Source: Criminal Justice Evidence and Analysis Unit - Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

---