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Crime: Statistics
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what work has been done to map levels of recorded crime in a given geographical area against different indicators of social deprivation in the last five years. [289591]
Alan Johnson: In the last five years, the Home Office has analysed levels of recorded crime by type of area and this information has been presented as graphs and text but not mapped.
In 2008, the Home Office published an analysis of recorded crime in local authority districts by type of area. Crime varies by area according to factors such as levels of social deprivation. These variations were explored using recorded crime by grouping local authority districts
into clusters in relation to their population characteristics, such as the nature of employment and industry and socioeconomic characteristics, from the 2001 census (see Section 6.4, Crime in England and Wales 2007/08, http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0708.html).
Tables showing recorded crime figures at different geographic levels are also available on the Home Office website at:
This website allows users to download the recorded crime tables. This provides users with the recorded crime figures which they may then use for mapping levels of recorded crime against different indicators of social deprivation.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the supplementary table, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership areas: Recorded crime for seven key offences and BCS comparator 2007-08 to 2008-09 in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Crime in England and Wales 2008-09, for what reasons the number of total recorded offences are not provided for each Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership. [289597]
Alan Johnson: Following the introduction of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP) under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, data were only collected for six key offences for 1999-2000. From 2000-01 onwards data were collected for all offences at CDRP level but the supplementary tables continued to concentrate on the key offences.
Data for the total number of offences recorded at CDRP level are readily available and have been provided when requested for parliamentary questions and for inquiries from the general public.
The Home Office also makes available crime rates per head of population (including rates for total crime) at CDRP level in the form of crime maps for the years 2002/03 to 2008/09. This can be accessed at:
Data prior to 2002-03 are not directly comparable because of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002.
Crimes of Violence
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 7.12 in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Crime in England and Wales 2008-09, how many offences of (a) wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm (GBH) and (b) wounding or inflicting GBH without intent were carried out with a knife in 2008-09. [289595]
Alan Johnson: The information requested is given in the following table.
It should be noted that GBH offences for 2008-09 will not be comparable with those published for 2007-08. This is due to a change in the clarification rules for recording GBH with intent, and a change in the definition of GBH without intent. Under advice from the National Statistician the offences of GBH with and without intent and ABH and other injury were combined when published.
Further information is given in Box 2.1 on page 14 of Crime in England and Wales, 2008-09: Volume 1.
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