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Mr. Sumner
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a table of figures relating to crimes in Orpington, similar to, and bringing up to date, the table given by him on 18th December, 1958.
| Offence | 1958 | 1959 | ||||||
| Crimes | Crimes cleared up | Arrests | Crimes | Crimes cleared up | Arrests | |||
| Burglary | … | … | 21 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 1 | — |
| Housebreaking | … | … | 109 | 24 | 16 | 103 | 53 | 23 |
| Shopbreaking | … | … | 98 | 15 | 16 | 92 | 26 | 32 |
| Attempted breakings | … | … | 14 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Total | … | … | 242 | 53 | 41 | 222 | 87 | 61 |
| offence | 1960 | January-May, 1961 | ||||||
| Crimes | Crimes cleared up | Arrests | Crimes | Crimes cleared up | Arrests | |||
| Burglary | … | … | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Housebreaking | … | … | 81 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| Shopbreaking | … | … | 100 | 19 | 13 | 46 | 12 | 8 |
| Attempted breakings | … | … | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | … | … | 191 | 38 | 25 | 73 | 36 | 11 |