Auto Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for each police authority in 1991 the number of known offenders found guilty or cautioned for offences of (a) theft or (b) unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle; and what proportion of the total number of known offenders in those categories were (i) juveniles and (ii) young adults;(2) if he will list for each police authority in 1991 the number of known offenders for offences of theft from a vehicle; and what percentage of those offenders were

(a) juveniles and (b) young adults.

The information is given in the tables.

	16-Oct		17–20		All ages
Police force area	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
Cleveland	37	35	39	37	105	100
Cumbria	10	22	15	33	45	100
Derbyshire	42	33	52	40	129	100
Devon and Cornwall	39	20	69	36	192	100
Dorset	23	31	24	32	74	100
Durham	31	30	33	32	103	100
Essex	98	34	103	35	291	100
Gloucester	7	18	10	26	38	100
Greater Manchester	112	33	82	24	335	100
Hampshire	56	29	45	24	190	100
Hertfordshire	52	36	63	43	145	100
Humberside	76	46	39	23	167	100
Kent	147	38	126	33	384	100
Lancashire	20	18	36	32	111	100
Leicestershire	34	26	53	41	129	100
Lincolnshire	11	27	17	41	41	100
City of London	—	—	—	—	2	100
Merseyside	13	16	24	30	79	100
Metropolitan police	31	10	115	37	310	100
Norfolk	16	20	28	35	81	100
Northamptonshire	7	9	33	42	78	100
Northumbria	56	34	47	28	165	100
North Yorkshire	20	37	14	26	54	100
Nottinghamshire	62	30	69	33	208	100
South Yorkshire	136	45	78	26	302	100
Staffordshire	9	11	32	41	79	100
Suffolk	34	37	25	27	92	100
Surrey	33	38	31	36	86	100
Sussex	35	32	42	39	109	100
Thames Valley	61	30	67	33	204	100
Warwickshire	32	52	21	34	61	100
West Mercia	19	22	32	37	86	100
West Midlands	198	48	99	24	416	100
West Yorkshire	124	32	130	34	383	100
Wiltshire	3	7	21	48	44	100
Dyfed Powys	5	17	11	37	30	100
Gwent	21	33	22	34	64	100
North Wales	23	35	27	42	65	100
South Wales	46	25	68	37	184	100
England	1,842	32	1,886	32	5,808	100
Wales	95	28	128	37	343	100
England and Wales	1,937	31	2,014	33	6,151	100
¹ Theft Act 1968 Section 1.

Table B
Number and percentage of persons found guilty or cautioned for the summary offence of stealing and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle ¹ by police force area and age group 1991
Police force area	10–16		17–20		All ages
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Avon and Somerset	112	19	338	57	595	100
Bedfordshire	89	31	130	45	289	100
Cambridgeshire	38	25	73	48	153	100
Cheshire	259	44	213	36	587	100
Cleveland	192	42	207	45	461	100
Cumbria	112	42	99	37	266	100
Derbyshire	122	36	137	40	342	100
Devon and Cornwall	135	30	188	42	452	100
Dorset	60	31	79	40	196	100
Durham	86	31	137	49	281	100
Essex	144	28	238	47	511	100
Gloucester	58	37	66	42	158	100
Greater Manchester	1,038	42	998	40	2,499	100
Hampshire	219	35	262	42	621	100
Hertfordshire	103	36	132	46	286	100
Humberside	195	46	163	38	428	100
Kent	102	32	156	49	319	100
Lancashire	249	32	346	45	769	100
Leicestershire	213	34	301	49	619	100
Lincolnshire	65	28	113	49	231	100
City of London	—	—	6	38	16	100
Merseyside	347	37	399	42	940	100
Metropolitan Police	1,116	37	1,203	39	3,053	100
Norfolk	111	36	134	44	305	100
Northamptonshire	34	17	116	57	204	100

Police force area	10–16		17–20		All ages
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Northumbria	433	41	462	43	1,064	100
North Yorkshire	66	29	108	48	224	100
Nottinghamshire	339	40	375	44	852	100
South Yorkshire	334	42	307	39	793	100
Staffordshire	176	34	229	45	513	100
Suffolk	64	32	91	45	200	100
Surrey	55	27	107	52	205	100
Sussex	98	22	214	48	444	100
Thames Valley	377	40	415	44	951	100
Warwickshire	63	33	96	50	191	100
West Mercia	206	42	194	40	491	100
West Midlands	864	40	911	43	2,139	100
West Yorkshire	742	39	789	42	1,895	100
Wiltshire	76	39	79	40	196	100
Dyfed Powys	53	34	63	40	156	100
Gwent	116	51	78	34	229	100
North Wales	93	36	108	42	259	100
South Wales	502	44	482	42	1,141	100
England	9,092	37	10,611	43	24,739	100
Wales	764	43	731	41	1,785	100
England and Wales	9,856	37	11,342	43	26,524	100
¹ Theft Act 1968 Section 12(1) as amended by CJA 1988 Section 37; being carried knowing vehicle to have been taken or driven away; unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle.

Table C
Number and percentage of persons found guilty or cautioned for the indictable offence of theft from a vehicle ¹ by police force area and age group 1991
Police force area	10–16		17–20		All ages
Police force area	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
Avon and Somerset	26	10	163	63	259	100
Bedfordshire	77	48	53	33	159	100
Cambridgeshire	42	21	100	51	196	100
Cheshire	47	18	137	51	267	100
Cleveland	122	40	127	42	305	100
Cumbria	63	55	42	37	114	100
Derbyshire	66	21	159	50	317	100
Devon and Cornwall	29	21	72	51	141	100
Dorset	35	24	62	42	148	100
Durham	52	27	92	48	190	100
Essex	118	23	258	50	513	100
Gloucester	44	25	85	49	175	100
Greater Manchester	370	41	351	39	895	100
Hampshire	141	28	230	46	505	100
Hertfordshire	52	18	184	63	291	100
Humberside	110	26	217	52	420	100
Kent	94	22	216	50	434	100
Lancashire	101	34	138	47	293	100
Leicestershire	122	27	228	50	457	100
Lincolnshire	22	12	95	53	180	100
City of London	5	17	7	24	29	100
Merseyside	179	58	88	29	308	100
Metropolitan police	479	33	557	38	1,459	100
Norfolk	50	32	74	47	158	100
Northamptonshire	14	17	41	51	80	100
Northumbria	214	38	225	39	570	100
North Yorkshire	46	28	77	46	167	100
Nottinghamshire	154	30	213	42	507	100
South Yorkshire	144	27	240	46	524	100
Staffordshire	75	48	57	36	157	100
Suffolk	34	28	53	43	122	100
Surrey	12	12	58	59	98	100
Sussex	64	19	174	52	336	100
Thames Valley	158	37	193	46	423	100
Warwickshire	61	37	74	44	167	100
West Mercia	60	34	79	45	177	100
West Midlands	529	50	348	33	1,050	100
West Yorkshire	337	35	414	44	950	100
Wiltshire	36	24	74	50	148	100
Dyfed Powys	35	50	26	37	70	100
Gwent	58	38	68	44	154	100
North Wales	39	20	100	51	195	100
South Wales	164	44	135	36	373	100
England	4,384	32	6,055	44	13,689	100

Police force area	10–16		17–20		All ages
Police force area	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
Wales	296	37	329	42	792	100
England and Wales	4,680	32	6,384	44	14,481	100
¹ Theft Act 1968 Section 1.

Volume 225: debated on Monday 24 May 1993