Mr. Bone:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were reported in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; and what the detection rate in each police force area was in each such year. [223629]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 15 September 2008]:The information requested is in the following tables.
Table 1: Offences recorded by the police and detection rates, 1998-99 to 2001-02
1998-99
1999- 20 00( 1)
2000-01
2001-02
Police force area
Number of offences
Detection rate (%)
Number of offences
Detection rate (%)
Number of offences
Detection rate (%)
Number of offences
Detection rate (%)
Avon and Somerset
150,089
24
147,104
22
149,254
21
177,196
14
Bedfordshire
49,076
33
53,607
25
49,627
27
52,210
25
British Transport Police
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cambridgeshire
67,256
29
68,722
25
64,343
24
69,559
22
Cheshire
65,119
37
64,528
31
63,288
30
70,990
26
Cleveland
67,030
23
65,185
22
64,357
21
72,003
20
Cumbria
40,202
44
37,729
39
32,873
34
37,229
32
Derbyshire
84,459
31
85,650
28
81,668
26
89,841
25
Devon and Cornwall
110,644
36
110,361
35
102,853
34
101,425
32
Dorset
52,755
31
52,332
26
50,320
25
54,869
27
Durham
50,413
33
48,796
32
44,702
34
51,478
33
Dyfed-Powys
24,588
69
23,709
65
22,878
63
23,969
64
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Essex
95,797
29
102,777
30
106,768
26
113,150
26
Gloucestershire
48,206
31
50,993
31
49,871
32
50,467
30
Greater Manchester
362,450
25
377,086
23
363,454
22
380,801
21
Gwent
58,738
55
60,132
53
56,728
57
46,916
55
Hampshire
128,253
35
135,174
32
133,553
29
135,961
29
Hertfordshire
49,309
34
52,741
27
64,215
24
67,237
24
Humberside
130,691
22
121,442
19
110,312
21
118,039
20
Kent
129,340
34
124,918
33
128,382
28
120,155
28
Lancashire
118,085
34
108,866
29
117,633
27
137,760
26
Leicestershire
93,397
34
94,577
30
86,422
28
88,557
28
Lincolnshire
46,670
40
46,170
28
44,884
25
49,792
27
London, City of
7,144
33
7,775
32
8,255
27
10,093
34
Merseyside
140,874
31
148,172
26
142,807
28
151,041
24
Metropolitan Police
934,254
22
1,052,049
16
994,233
15
1,056,513
14
Norfolk
57,129
37
59,387
30
57,259
26
58,923
25
Northamptonshire
65,466
33
61,240
33
56,731
33
60,458
31
Northumbria
151,298
30
142,279
31
134,777
31
139,130
31
North Wales
43,848
43
44,606
36
47,712
31
53,839
28
North Yorkshire
55,309
33
53,554
31
51,551
30
59,125
26
Nottinghamshire
135,255
25
136,875
21
139,903
20
159,462
18
South Wales
134,820
39
127,040
31
111,131
31
116,708
33
South Yorkshire
133,059
32
131,700
25
125,179
25
134,764
23
Staffordshire
91,919
32
98,852
22
104,705
23
117,027
20
Suffolk
39,908
41
43,355
36
44,317
35
50,492
33
Surrey
42,467
40
46,288
32
63,321
28
61,457
25
Sussex
130,402
25
136,566
25
136,920
23
135,110
25
Thames Valley
176,477
25
191,875
20
187,989
22
196,980
24
Warwickshire
38,485
26
38,593
22
36,963
22
42,211
25
West Mercia
81,782
34
84,797
29
78,363
28
102,257
28
West Midlands
314,628
30
364,887
27
364,879
28
372,257
29
West Yorkshire
273,809
27
260,237
25
258,908
23
298,845
19
Wiltshire
38,189
38
38,461
33
36,555
29
38,728
30
England and Wales
5,109,089
29
5,301,187
25
5,170,843
24
5,525,024
22
n/a = Not available (1) New instructions which clarified the rules for detecting crime were introduced on 1 April 1999. Notes:
1. 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.
2. It should be noted that non-sanction detections that contribute to the overall detection rate have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many police forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable. From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.
