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Mr. Barry Jones
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give details of the percentage of recorded offences cleared up by the police in Wales in 1986, according to offence groups.
Mr. Mellor
The information requested is given in the table.
| Clear-up rates1 for notifiable offences recorded by the police 1986, by offence group | |
| Wales | Percentages |
| Violence against the person | 83 |
| Sexual offences | 86 |
| Robbery | 31 |
| Theft and handling stolen goods | 56 |
| Fraud and Forgery | 82 |
| Criminal Damage2 | 30 |
| Other notifiable offences | 96 |
| Total notifiable offences 2 | 40 |
| 1 The proportion of notifiable offences cleared up by the police expressed as a percentage of those recorded. | |
| 2 Excluding offences of 'other criminal damage' value £20 and under. | |