asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his answer of 7 May, Official Report, column 510, he will give comparable clear-up rates for each police force area in England and Wales for 1978.
The clear-up rates for police force areas in 1978 are given in the following table:
| Ratio of notifiable offences1 recorded to notifiable offences cleared up by the police, 1978 | |
| Police force area | Percentage cleared up |
| Avon and Somerset | 42 |
| Bedfordshire | 46 |
| Cambridgeshire | 55 |
| Cheshire | 59 |
| Cleveland | 55 |
| Cumbria | 54 |
| Derbyshire | 45 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 46 |
| Dorset | 47 |
| Durham | 51 |
| Essex | 43 |
| Gloucestershire | 51 |
| Ratios of offences cleared up to offences recorded by the police | ||||||||
| England and Wales | ||||||||
| Percentages | ||||||||
| Police Force area | Theft and handling stolen goods | Fraud and forgery | 1Criminal damage | |||||
| 1978 | 1986 | 1978 | 1986 | 1978 | 1986 | |||
| Avon and Somerset | 38·7 | 26·6 | 92·5 | 75·0 | 38·8 | 28·7 | ||
| Bedfordshire | 45·2 | 28·3 | 90·6 | 56·3 | 26·6 | 21·2 | ||
| Cambridgeshire | 53·0 | 35·4 | 92·2 | 61·6 | 36·9 | 28·9 | ||
| Cheshire | 58·6 | 41·3 | 92·6 | 83·7 | 52·9 | 40·6 | ||
| Cleveland | 55·8 | 34·8 | 81·7 | 52·3 | 35·1 | 24·7 | ||
| Cumbria | 54·1 | 42·4 | 93·6 | 77·2 | 43·9 | 37·5 | ||
| Derbyshire | 43·2 | 48·7 | 90·3 | 87·7 | 26·4 | 34·4 | ||
| Devon and Cornwall | 42·7 | 37·2 | 88·3 | 80·1 | 32·9 | 29·9 | ||
| Dorset | 44·1 | 29·3 | 94·5 | 81·8 | 38·2 | 29·9 | ||
| Durham | 51·8 | 38·1 | 95·7 | 87·1 | 35·7 | 31·9 | ||
| Essex | 42·0 | 36·4 | 90·6 | 57·5 | 25·8 | 23·2 | ||
| Gloucestershire | 49·8 | 30·6 | 87·4 | 50·7 | 45·3 | 24·4 | ||
| Greater Manchester | 45·0 | 24·8 | 96·4 | 84·0 | 41·1 | 19·1 | ||
| Hampshire | 43·5 | 32·2 | 92·2 | 67·2 | 34·9 | 25·5 | ||
| Hertfordshire | 47·7 | 46·0 | 97·0 | 90·4 | 26·3 | 27·9 | ||
| Humberside | 46·1 | 31·1 | 83·6 | 54·7 | 31·8 | 19·3 | ||
| Kent | 37·1 | 31·5 | 89·7 | 55·3 | 34·2 | 26·0 | ||
| Lancashire | 54·2 | 41·8 | 95·4 | 88·9 | 48·8 | 39·6 | ||
| Leicestershire | 55·2 | 41·4 | 96·0 | 77·0 | 39·2 | 31·6 | ||
| Lincolnshire | 57·3 | 38·5 | 77·5 | 58·9 | 46·3 | 22·6 | ||
Police force area
| Percentage cleared up
|
| Greater Manchester | 46 |
| Hampshire | 46 |
| Hertfordshire | 51 |
| Humberside | 45 |
| Kent | 40 |
| Lancashire | 55 |
| Leicestershire | 57 |
| Lincolnshire | 57 |
| London, City of | 23 |
| Merseyside | 43 |
| Metropolitan Police | 21 |
| Norfolk | 49 |
| Northamptonshire | 50 |
| Northumbria | 51 |
| North Yorkshire | 52 |
| Nottinghamshire | 49 |
| South Yorkshire | 53 |
| Staffordshire | 55 |
| Suffolk | 55 |
| Surrey | 49 |
| Sussex | 56 |
| Thames Valley | 43 |
| Warwickshire | 46 |
| West Mercia | 48 |
| West Midlands | 34 |
| West Yorkshire | 49 |
| Wiltshire | 44 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 64 |
| Gwent | 59 |
| North Wales | 58 |
| South Wales | 46 |
| England and Wales | 42 |
1 Excluding offences of "other criminal damage" value £20 or under. | |
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish for 1978 and 1986, for each police force area in England and Wales, the clear-up rate for (a) violence against the person, (b) burglary, (c) theft, (d) fraud/forgery and (e) criminal damage.
The readily available information is given in the following tables.
Police Force area
| Theft and handling stolen goods
| Fraud and forgery
| 1 Criminal damage | |||
1978
| 1986
| 1978
| 1986
| 1978
| 1986
| |
| London, City of | 16·3 | 8·8 | 58·1 | 41·9 | 32·8 | 18·5 |
| Merseyside | 44·3 | 39·0 | 87·9 | 72·8 | 27·3 | 17·0 |
| Metropolitan Police | 20·1 | 14·9 | 63·8 | 52·8 | 14·6 | 9·2 |
| Norfolk | 47·0 | 37·4 | 90·5 | 74·0 | 40·7 | 24·1 |
| Northamptonshire | 49·0 | 29·3 | 88·7 | 64·1 | 34·9 | 18·0 |
| Northumbria | 52·6 | 44·1 | 91·0 | 58·0 | 33·0 | 19·1 |
| North Yorkshire | 51·2 | 32·4 | 94·6 | 53·6 | 54·5 | 26·7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 46·8 | 31·3 | 77·1 | 55·9 | 34·5 | 19·4 |
| South Yorkshire | 53·9 | 44·3 | 92·0 | 71·7 | 30·6 | 27·0 |
| Staffordshire | 53·7 | 43·2 | 88·8 | 71·8 | 42·0 | 31·6 |
| Suffolk | 54·1 | 44·7 | 89·4 | 65·5 | 40·3 | 30·1 |
| Surrey | 46·2 | 31·9 | 93·8 | 66·6 | 40·8 | 29·7 |
| Sussex | 53·6 | 31·0 | 94·5 | 59·9 | 49·9 | 25·1 |
| Thames Valley | 40·0 | 36·5 | 85·5 | 65·2 | 32·2 | 23·7 |
| Warwickshire | 42·7 | 33·3 | 93·9 | 67·1 | 31·6 | 24·2 |
| West Mercia | 45·8 | 39·4 | 89·8 | 68·2 | 36·8 | 31·6 |
| West Midlands | 33·3 | 27·3 | 85·0 | 51·9 | 23·0 | 16·1 |
| West Yorkshire | 46·2 | 36·1 | 86·8 | 65·5 | 31·8 | 23·5 |
| Wiltshire | 43·0 | 35·8 | 86·2 | 60·1 | 21·7 | 26·9 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 58·7 | 43·9 | 94·6 | 90·2 | 58·2 | 41·4 |
| Gwent | 57·6 | 46·8 | 95·6 | 92·4 | 51·0 | 42·8 |
| North Wales | 55·2 | 33·3 | 94·2 | 67·7 | 45·8 | 25·4 |
| South Wales | 46·7 | 38·7 | 92·0 | 77·2 | 34·2 | 26·2 |
| England and Wales | 40·3 | 30·8 | 84·0 | 66·6 | 30·0 | 20·7 |
1 Excluding offences of "other criminal damage" value £20 or under. | ||||||
Ratios of offences cleared up to offences recorded by the police in England and Wales
| ||||
Police Force Area
| Violence against the person
| Burglary
| ||
1978
| 1986
| 1978
| 1986
| |
Per cent.
| Per cent.
| Per cent.
| Per cent.
| |
| Avon and Somerset | 84·6 | 78·8 | 30·9 | 15·5 |
| Bedfordshire | 74·4 | 75·7 | 30·1 | 16·7 |
| Cambridgshire | 84·8 | 81·6 | 40·7 | 30·2 |
| Cheshire | 92·3 | 85·4 | 48·0 | 32·8 |
| Cleveland | 81·9 | 74·1 | 43·5 | 27·6 |
| Cumbria | 87·8 | 89·6 | 37·9 | 31·1 |
| Derbyshire | 84·1 | 86·9 | 30·4 | 32·6 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 87·8 | 83·7 | 34·9 | 31·7 |
| Dorset | 72·0 | 77·4 | 26·8 | 25·5 |
| Durham | 83·7 | 84·0 | 37·1 | 27·9 |
| Essex | 79·8 | 78·8 | 33·4 | 32·4 |
| Gloucestershire | 82·3 | 71·5 | 42·1 | 19·9 |
| Greater Manchester | 79·6 | 69·7 | 31·4 | 22·0 |
| Hampshire | 76·1 | 76·2 | 32·5 | 23·2 |
| Hertfordshire | 80·2 | 81·1 | 38·8 | 27·7 |
| Humbcrside | 82·2 | 70·2 | 31·7 | 20·4 |
| Kent | 78·3 | 79·2 | 31·3 | 29·3 |
| Lancashire | 90·9 | 83·7 | 41·7 | 39·3 |
| Leicestershire | 84·0 | 80·4 | 49·5 | 41·5 |
| Lincolnshire | 92·3 | 76·6 | 44·3 | 26·4 |
| London, City of | 60·1 | 61·2 | 21·9 | 12·1 |
| Merseyside | 70·1 | 51·5 | 35·7 | 36·9 |
| Metropolitan Police | 55·6 | 48·8 | 10·5 | 9·6 |
| Norfolk | 87·6 | 87·1 | 37·6 | 23·9 |
| Northamptonshire | 88·9 | 69·6 | 36·5 | 31·7 |
| Northumbria | 80·3 | 74·9 | 45·5 | 36·5 |
| North Yorkshire | 91·0 | 76·1 | 33·6 | 21·6 |
| Nottinghamshire | 78·3 | 72·1 | 46·1 | 26·6 |
| South Yorkshire | 88·5 | 82·4 | 42·3 | 35·6 |
| Staffordshire | 86·5 | 88·9 | 39·0 | 34·4 |
| Suffolk | 90·3 | 84·3 | 36·6 | 23·7 |
| Surrey | 88·4 | 85·3 | 31·3 | 22·5 |
| Sussex | 87·3 | 69·0 | 41·6 | 17·8 |
| Thames Valley | 77·3 | 75·9 | 33·4 | 21·7 |
| Warwickshire | 90·6 | 83·4 | 41·6 | 34·3 |
| West Mercia | 89·6 | 87·5 | 34·9 | 34·1 |
| West Midlands | 64·7 | 61·9 | 27·5 | 31·2 |
| West Yorkshire | 82·2 | 68·3 | 47·9 | 38·1 |
| Wiltshire | 74·3 | 83·8 | 31·3 | 24·0 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 96·7 | 95·4 | 50·4 | 40·4 |
| Gwent | 92·1 | 89·4 | 45·0 | 33·0 |
| North Wales | 84·3 | 71·9 | 41·1 | 19·7 |
Police Force Area
| Violence against the person
| Burglary
| ||
1978
| 1986
| 1978
| 1986
| |
Per cent.
| Per cent.
| Per cent.
| Per cent.
| |
| South Wales | 86·4 | 83·2 | 34·9 | 33·2 |
| England and Wales | 77·2 | 71·3 | 31·3 | 26·0 |