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Convictions

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) adults and (b) juveniles in each constituency were convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary and (v) theft in each year between 2005 and 2008. [324607]

Claire Ward: The following table shows the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary and theft and handling stolen goods, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, from 2005 to 2008.

Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.

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The number of persons found guilty at all courts for selected offences, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2005 - 08( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3)
		Age 10-17				Age 18 and over
Police force area	Offence type	2005	2006	2007	2008	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	Violence against the person	147	159	169	162	770	758	762	794
	Sexual offences	11	11	16	11	83	89	97	99
	Burglary	132	131	147	138	488	426	434	523
	Robbery	53	51	59	60	87	97	105	114
	Theft and handling stolen goods	308	357	387	345	2,191	2,107	2,428	2,737
	Sub-total	651	709	778	716	3,619	3,477	3,826	4,267
Bedfordshire	Violence against the person	62	63	64	81	307	303	298	315
	Sexual offences	6	3	4	4	39	35	41	34
	Burglary	85	89	72	61	176	158	156	186
	Robbery	61	62	55	60	44	53	54	63
	Theft and handling stolen goods	175	129	153	97	1,208	896	940	922
	Sub-total	389	346	348	303	1,774	1,445	1,489	1,520
Cambridgeshire	Violence against the person	115	70	84	82	398	388	389	427
	Sexual offences	11	7	8	6	51	67	40	76
	Burglary	73	61	84	53	203	179	195	219
	Robbery	23	20	36	23	47	25	46	52
	Theft and handling stolen goods	212	202	203	180	1,076	1,084	1,016	1,329
	Sub-total	434	360	415	344	1,775	1,743	1,686	2,103
Cheshire	Violence against the person	159	205	179	130	629	678	740	627
	Sexual offences	12	16	9	13	80	89	84	101
	Burglary	154	113	106	94	293	277	319	339
	Robbery	34	32	26	30	35	72	75	69
	Theft and handling stolen goods	284	308	265	235	1,247	1,426	1,631	1,769
	Sub-total	643	674	585	502	2,284	2,542	2,849	2,905
City of London	Violence against the person	-	-	-	-	43	34	23	40
	Sexual offences	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	4
	Burglary	-	-	-	-	29	17	11	18
	Robbery	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	3
	Theft and handling stolen goods	1	1	-	-	322	282	332	367
	Sub-total	1	1	-	-	401	343	369	432
Cleveland	Violence against the person	83	123	114	119	486	597	579	576
	Sexual offences	6	13	6	9	43	74	56	68
	Burglary	90	105	113	84	342	353	393	435
	Robbery	21	17	16	19	46	48	35	70
	Theft and handling stolen goods	257	271	320	344	1,458	1,419	1,658	2,153
	Sub-total	457	529	569	575	2,375	2,491	2,721	3,302
Cumbria	Violence against the person	101	110	81	89	442	382	377	395
	Sexual offences	9	6	4	5	46	38	46	39
	Burglary	64	63	89	65	150	146	135	172
	Robbery	6	1	4	3	11	7	12	15
	Theft and handling stolen goods	221	226	214	200	868	786	857	944
	Sub-total	401	406	392	362	1,517	1,359	1,427	1,565
Derbyshire	Violence against the person	191	132	176	134	711	539	591	518
	Sexual offences	13	12	7	12	79	146	122	93
	Burglary	76	91	114	93	311	265	318	277
	Robbery	33	50	40	36	56	45	69	83
	Theft and handling stolen goods	255	275	314	270	1,372	1,131	1,201	1,403
	Sub-total	568	560	651	545	2,529	2,126	2,301	2,374
Devon and Cornwall	Violence against the person	142	115	115	139	770	699	648	652
	Sexual offences	12	2	10	14	101	109	112	117
	Burglary	91	101	131	89	330	278	336	394
	Robbery	21	22	26	18	49	45	51	45
	Theft and handling stolen goods	411	314	385	329	1,535	1,341	1,386	1,682
	Sub-total	677	554	667	589	2,785	2,472	2,533	2,890
Dorset	Violence against the person	79	77	68	52	369	329	310	282
	Sexual offences	4	4	2	5	51	52	40	61
	Burglary	38	41	50	28	196	141	160	158
	Robbery	7	15	6	9	23	25	22	28
	Theft and handling stolen goods	188	180	179	160	1,061	835	877	982
	Sub-total	316	317	305	254	1,700	1,382	1,409	1,511
Durham	Violence against the person	132	150	146	117	526	548	566	522
	Sexual offences	11	14	4	8	59	52	57	67
	Burglary	112	79	103	59	248	211	271	266
	Robbery	1	8	21	10	17	32	31	42
	Theft and handling stolen goods	229	218	258	198	925	884	1,017	991
	Sub-total	485	469	532	392	1,775	1,727	1,942	1,888
Essex	Violence against the person	178	170	173	170	654	638	740	700
	Sexual offences	6	6	5	9	95	83	76	100
	Burglary	172	189	176	129	350	311	374	332
	Robbery	43	54	60	49	88	72	85	81
	Theft and handling stolen goods	520	527	578	536	2,213	2,164	2,399	2,381
	Sub-total	919	946	992	893	3,400	3,268	3,674	3,594
Gloucestershire	Violence against the person	71	62	57	56	296	284	207	303
	Sexual offences	4	3	6	4	50	60	44	39
	Burglary	26	53	52	39	185	121	118	197
	Robbery	16	34	16	8	22	32	48	41
	Theft and handling stolen goods	155	170	199	167	972	664	640	1,064
	Sub-total	272	322	330	274	1,525	1,161	1,057	1,644
Greater Manchester	Violence against the person	572	522	526	487	2,274	2,539	2,540	2,262
	Sexual offences	39	29	34	29	253	274	284	293
	Burglary	505	516	437	451	1,211	1,303	1,316	1,325
	Robbery	272	298	320	245	400	448	420	436
	Theft and handling stolen goods	1,283	1,021	1,195	1,011	5,993	5,948	6,079	6,129
	Sub-total	2,671	2,386	2,512	2,223	10,131	10,512	10,639	10,445
Hampshire	Violence against the person	261	248	276	269	1,052	1,096	1,039	1,097
	Sexual offences	15	18	22	23	146	136	143	164
	Burglary	192	237	195	211	409	390	372	407
	Robbery	39	74	61	43	92	82	88	93
	Theft and handling stolen goods	839	725	822	708	2,516	2,053	2,386	2,997
	Sub-total	1,346	1,302	1,376	1,254	4,215	3,757	4,028	4,758
Hertfordshire	Violence against the person	146	111	116	85	537	468	403	397
	Sexual offences	2	7	10	6	75	66	77	57
	Burglary	81	106	87	64	206	217	211	234
	Robbery	50	54	26	50	48	75	71	74
	Theft and handling stolen goods	323	288	271	261	1,402	1,225	1,202	1,283
	Sub-total	602	566	510	466	2,268	2,051	1,964	2,045
Humberside	Violence against the person	142	161	176	156	659	693	777	703
	Sexual offences	16	13	15	9	100	96	89	99
	Burglary	167	160	161	137	389	372	397	401
	Robbery	33	39	39	35	47	73	70	98
	Theft and handling stolen goods	402	309	407	379	1,700	1,269	1,399	1,441
	Sub-total	760	682	798	716	2,895	2,503	2,732	2,742
Kent	Violence against the person	148	144	125	152	575	623	655	760
	Sexual offences	6	3	2	11	97	83	108	153
	Burglary	155	175	177	143	403	360	462	470
	Robbery	34	36	59	39	62	81	87	91
	Theft and handling stolen goods	540	470	588	471	2,325	1,851	1,801	1,833
	Sub-total	883	828	951	816	3,462	2,998	3,113	3,307
Lancashire	Violence against the person	278	311	319	271	1,073	1,287	1,397	1,350
	Sexual offences	24	20	25	18	133	158	196	183
	Burglary	294	313	331	274	648	745	817	730
	Robbery	52	79	93	89	121	119	158	150
	Theft and handling stolen goods	462	527	558	446	2,698	2,512	2,822	2,910
	Sub-total	1,110	1,250	1,326	1,098	4,673	4,821	5,390	5,323
Leicestershire	Violence against the person	155	151	165	144	734	615	609	563
	Sexual offences	15	8	19	5	90	82	91	77
	Burglary	132	128	99	111	271	276	283	300
	Robbery	43	51	54	46	65	48	61	74
	Theft and handling stolen goods	386	339	414	315	1,477	1,400	1,453	1,351
	Sub-total	731	677	751	621	2,637	2,421	2,497	2,365
Lincolnshire	Violence against the person	66	44	59	52	300	358	351	373
	Sexual offences	5	5	6	3	60	54	53	49
	Burglary	63	36	49	46	175	174	177	185
	Robbery	2	9	8	4	17	21	14	25
	Theft and handling stolen goods	125	141	146	139	954	1,021	1,013	1,243
	Sub-total	261	235	268	244	1,506	1,628	1,608	1,875
Merseyside	Violence against the person	261	297	293	253	1,160	1,238	1,211	1,142
	Sexual offences	13	13	15	15	106	106	105	95
	Burglary	232	224	239	165	463	467	534	525
	Robbery	68	89	100	53	133	165	135	117
	Theft and handling stolen goods	431	407	485	348	2,926	2,508	3,118	3,129
	Sub-total	1,005	1,030	1,132	834	4,788	4,484	5,103	5,008
Metropolitan Police	Violence against the person	1,057	1,092	1,142	1,333	5,003	5,076	4,868	5,451
	Sexual offences	66	57	78	87	546	613	629	692
	Burglary	594	624	682	562	2,437	2,468	2,457	2,604
	Robbery	1,106	1,533	1,791	1,570	847	1,041	1,136	1,175
	Theft and handling stolen goods	1,688	1,850	2,199	1,949	11,878	12,709	12,650	12,891
	Sub-total	4,511	5,156	5,892	5,501	20,711	21,907	21,740	22,813
Norfolk	Violence against the person	58	69	55	76	365	401	360	344
	Sexual offences	11	5	8	11	70	71	91	83
	Burglary	39	57	53	49	177	160	165	178
	Robbery	4	9	5	10	29	27	41	39
	Theft and handling stolen goods	170	197	204	204	1,183	1,320	1,215	1,214
	Sub-total	282	337	325	350	1,824	1,979	1,872	1,858
North Yorkshire	Violence against the person	68	91	120	102	445	408	479	442
	Sexual offences	3	8	7	10	62	60	85	59
	Burglary	40	62	67	60	198	187	165	213
	Robbery	10	7	11	7	36	27	24	16
	Theft and handling stolen goods	220	239	290	278	1,289	1,093	1,018	1,208
	Sub-total	341	407	495	457	2,030	1,775	1,771	1,938
Northamptonshire	Violence against the person	40	35	45	64	329	290	271	359
	Sexual offences	3	-	-	2	37	39	50	55
	Burglary	32	44	51	65	159	172	138	196
	Robbery	14	20	55	40	47	43	59	61
	Theft and handling stolen goods	53	84	185	155	975	853	742	926
	Sub-total	142	183	336	326	1,547	1,397	1,260	1,597
Northumbria	Violence against the person	308	233	309	313	1,072	1,109	1,218	1,133
	Sexual offences	14	14	21	15	121	139	136	130
	Burglary	165	205	190	161	510	555	625	615
	Robbery	46	43	48	38	115	124	126	95
	Theft and handling stolen goods	647	634	812	737	3,073	3,171	3,583	3,805
	Sub-total	1,180	1,129	1,380	1,264	4,891	5,098	5,688	5,778
Nottinghamshire	Violence against the person	152	163	181	150	685	692	673	633
	Sexual offences	17	7	16	10	99	97	104	91
	Burglary	213	210	192	170	422	447	450	537
	Robbery	118	86	84	63	105	114	69	128
	Theft and handling stolen goods	398	367	317	295	2,030	1,835	1,933	2,088
	Sub-total	898	833	790	688	3,341	3,185	3,229	3,477
South Yorkshire	Violence against the person	213	215	214	246	939	968	1,003	1,067
	Sexual offences	16	15	6	12	138	114	114	110
	Burglary	154	149	155	156	535	558	578	678
	Robbery	78	74	101	75	104	137	145	120
	Theft and handling stolen goods	527	498	571	479	2,860	2,544	2,756	3,475
	Sub-total	988	951	1,047	968	4,576	4,321	4,596	5,450
Staffordshire	Violence against the person	154	132	129	108	583	659	631	654
	Sexual offences	13	11	13	11	93	96	106	85
	Burglary	112	109	81	91	305	299	369	328
	Robbery	23	25	20	30	50	40	53	53
	Theft and handling stolen goods	321	259	316	238	1,508	1,391	1,578	1,688
	Sub-total	623	536	559	478	2,539	2,485	2,737	2,808
Suffolk	Violence against the person	102	109	86	62	383	462	396	352
	Sexual offences	8	9	5	7	65	64	58	54
	Burglary	99	84	88	58	149	148	160	131
	Robbery	12	16	24	27	30	25	20	28
	Theft and handling stolen goods	322	315	252	176	885	833	886	829
	Sub-total	543	533	455	330	1,512	1,532	1,520	1,394
Surrey	Violence against the person	57	70	59	44	216	256	287	293
	Sexual offences	3	2	1	3	34	50	51	57
	Burglary	47	57	48	44	178	153	161	151
	Robbery	28	31	19	18	46	64	65	35
	Theft and handling stolen goods	174	172	194	171	775	690	810	976
	Sub-total	309	332	321	280	1,249	1,213	1,374	1,512
Sussex	Violence against the person	160	168	208	163	620	680	709	732
	Sexual offences	14	15	17	9	80	107	129	116
	Burglary	127	129	128	114	336	337	328	314
	Robbery	43	43	38	31	58	63	82	86
	Theft and handling stolen goods	557	510	543	517	1,843	1,764	1,919	2,171
	Sub-total	901	865	934	834	2,937	2,951	3,167	3,419
Thames Valley	Violence against the person	183	191	191	158	862	957	918	931
	Sexual offences	7	16	15	13	147	147	144	131
	Burglary	184	172	183	149	501	477	491	532
	Robbery	60	72	73	94	143	117	141	148
	Theft and handling stolen goods	552	539	593	504	2,629	2,568	2,674	2,885
	Sub-total	986	990	1,055	918	4,282	4,266	4,368	4,627
Warwickshire	Violence against the person	46	62	46	53	243	264	256	247
	Sexual offences	2	4	6	2	28	29	26	34
	Burglary	41	44	35	50	130	103	115	137
	Robbery	21	21	11	6	33	49	38	35
	Theft and handling stolen goods	107	135	142	121	460	576	574	636
	Sub-total	217	266	240	232	894	1,021	1,009	1,089
West Mercia	Violence against the person	166	185	182	145	672	724	727	677
	Sexual offences	27	15	18	12	111	102	91	78
	Burglary	131	125	130	125	319	334	273	295
	Robbery	30	21	23	21	45	62	52	42
	Theft and handling stolen goods	331	376	383	326	1,676	1,606	1,669	1,834
	Sub-total	685	722	736	629	2,823	2,828	2,812	2,926
West Midlands	Violence against the person	416	514	477	452	2,111	2,334	2,133	2,096
	Sexual offences	38	35	29	30	257	268	287	274
	Burglary	288	283	296	253	1,016	1,126	1,152	1,138
	Robbery	335	367	358	355	431	449	483	460
	Theft and handling stolen goods	827	938	994	841	5,563	5,869	6,528	6,865
	Sub-total	1,904	2,137	2,154	1,931	9,378	10,046	10,583	10,833
West Yorkshire	Violence against the person	289	236	264	267	1,448	1,226	1,384	1,489
	Sexual offences	25	24	21	25	225	189	221	215
	Burglary	435	334	330	416	962	931	1,065	1,048
	Robbery	180	155	215	211	218	202	275	272
	Theft and handling stolen goods	956	823	941	856	4,199	4,168	4,564	4,941
	Sub-total	1,885	1,572	1,771	1,775	7,052	6,716	7,509	7,965
Wiltshire	Violence against the person	67	92	66	81	332	368	330	344
	Sexual offences	4	8	5	4	38	51	36	43
	Burglary	72	84	59	36	155	157	131	138
	Robbery	11	10	21	9	28	23	31	36
	Theft and handling stolen goods	191	193	162	130	800	715	676	608
	Sub-total	345	387	313	260	1,353	1,314	1,204	1,169
Dyfed-Powys	Violence against the person	55	45	57	34	307	305	309	224
	Sexual offences	3	1	6	2	34	20	24	23
	Burglary	42	54	57	52	105	109	127	159
	Robbery	1	9	6	3	9	11	7	19
	Theft and handling stolen goods	124	111	105	131	504	474	471	496
	Sub-total	225	220	231	222	959	919	938	921
Gwent	Violence against the person	89	92	101	63	396	474	465	368
	Sexual offences	9	5	3	7	57	51	56	35
	Burglary	73	99	86	67	200	207	204	184
	Robbery	13	14	13	12	28	21	12	23
	Theft and handling stolen goods	176	175	174	163	775	834	857	870
	Sub-total	360	385	377	312	1,456	1,587	1,594	1,480
North Wales	Violence against the person	100	112	94	91	504	565	558	526
	Sexual offences	4	5	5	11	50	47	55	68
	Burglary	81	72	62	71	194	211	205	245
	Robbery	10	11	13	6	13	26	26	21
	Theft and handling stolen goods	214	162	172	190	884	748	860	1,050
	Sub-total	409	362	346	369	1,645	1,597	1,704	1,910
South Wales	Violence against the person	159	189	172	173	1,221	1,032	1,085	981
	Sexual offences	27	23	34	15	120	101	75	117
	Burglary	139	159	146	132	445	462	542	553
	Robbery	24	39	61	63	77	69	92	101
	Theft and handling stolen goods	497	358	330	354	2,487	2,134	2,112	2,471
	Sub-total	846	768	743	737	4,350	3,798	3,906	4,223
Total	Violence against the person	7,428	7,520	7,679	7,378	33,501	34,344	34,272	34,141
	Sexual offences	554	492	543	517	4,254	4,409	4,532	4,618
	Burglary	6,042	6,167	6,131	5,415	16,909	16,788	17,690	18,467
	Robbery	3,079	3,701	4,115	3,618	4,004	4,404	4,714	4,857
	Theft and handling stolen goods	17,059	16,340	18,220	15,954	86,715	82,701	87,730	94,967
Total England and Wales		34,162	34,220	36,688	32,882	145,383	142,646	148,938	157,050
(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (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. (3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

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