Crime Statistics

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes against property and crimes against people were (a) reported to each constabulary and (b) successfully prosecuted by each constabulary in the last three years. [36734]

The available information is given in the tables. Table A gives the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police and table B gives the number of offenders found guilty at all courts. These tables are not directly comparable as it is not possible to match the number of offences committed against offenders convicted: court proceedings can occur in a different year from the crime; one crime could involve more than one defendant being found guilty; and some offenders convicted of one crime may have also committed other crimes for which they have not been caught or successfully prosecuted. A wider measure would also include cautions and informal action taken by the police, both of which do not result in a court appearance.

Table A: Notifiable offences recorded by the police 1992–94
	Offences against property ¹						Offences against the person
				Violence against the person			Sexual offences			Robbery
Police force area	1992	1993	1994	1992	1993	1994	1992	1993	1994	1992	1993	1994
Thames Valley	189,930	192,620	177,106	4,762	4,702	5,564	845	787	870	1,011	911	1,130
Warwickshire	43,086	43,312	40,411	1,275	1,461	1,411	237	332	288	128	131	136
West Mercia	74,504	78,399	79,053	3,429	3,298	3,438	505	420	473	246	260	284
West Midlands	309,202	309,792	295,031	11,637	10,980	10,407	1,583	1,504	1,354	5,008	5,978	7,028
West Yorkshire	289,113	285,571	273,139	9,605	9,189	9,414	1,361	1,465	1,504	2,761	3,174	2,968
Wiltshire	38,624	37,977	34,631	2,570	2,621	2,495	475	385	364	135	147	137
Dyfed-Powys	25,624	21,956	18,605	2,188	2,031	2,192	389	361	250	49	31	41
Gwent	37,775	36,742	34,687	2,394	2,385	2,533	334	313	270	117	116	79
North Wales	45,757	44,172	39,846	2,611	2,857	2,612	336	556	352	113	117	100
South Wales	160,887	158,019	149,261	5,904	6,004	6,141	552	597	550	391	483	419
England and Wales	5,268,135	5,191,067	4,898,683	201,777	205,102	219,744	29,528	31,284	31,987	52,894	57,845	60,016
¹ Includes offences of burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery and criminal damage.

Table B: Number of offenders found guilty at all courts by police force area 1992–94
	Offences against property ¹						Offences against the person
				Violence against the person			Sexual offences			Robbery
Police force area	1992	1993	²1994	1992	1993	²1994	1992	1993	²1994	1992	1993	²1994
Avon and Somerset	4,359	3,923	4,130	753	586	613	105	80	90	99	100	102
Bedfordshire	1,655	1,596	1,600	316	286	295	30	42	48	50	40	44
Cambridgeshire	2,273	2,362	2,143	596	621	510	75	50	60	70	56	53
Cheshire	3,653	3,615	3,499	917	915	878	146	80	73	55	108	104
Cleveland	3,111	3,159	3,099	777	569	500	47	39	34	54	60	69
Cumbria	2,484	2,534	2,467	660	609	592	27	40	33	25	37	31
Derbyshire	3,160	3,075	3,013	1,161	994	751	87	88	79	66	72	55
Devon and Cornwall	4,591	4,264	4,222	931	842	839	103	110	134	73	53	66
Dorset	2,190	1,984	2,024	356	405	312	76	62	69	25	44	24
Durham	2,368	2,259	2,329	555	563	554	58	59	57	39	53	27
Essex	4,626	4,291	3,816	878	833	688	70	72	85	101	73	63
Gloucestershire	1,865	1,630	1,730	411	369	347	45	36	46	23	24	23
Greater Manchester	13,574	12,548	12,951	2,847	2,565	2,472	298	227	244	440	506	504
Hampshire	6,156	5,341	5,421	1,174	1,052	1,048	165	225	245	84	83	71
Hertfordshire	2,454	1,979	1,884	394	334	292	45	34	51	37	59	36
Humberside	3,967	3,721	3,621	903	758	682	102	77	71	68	72	44
Kent	4,112	3,828	5,064	643	502	691	125	78	115	91	86	74
Lancashire	7,398	6,647	6,737	1,089	847	938	127	108	137	126	105	115
Leicestershire	3.023	2,835	2,456	664	620	547	64	63	59	105	96	73
Lincolnshire	2,253	2,230	2,153	627	643	530	44	53	48	15	22	24
City of London	413	352	306	50	43	30	7	4	7	9	6	5
Merseyside	7,635	7,552	6,605	1,209	1,091	973	147	139	110	163	180	132
Metropolitan Police	27,349	26,328	29,121	4,569	3,846	4,650	818	644	634	1,239	1,191	1,249
Norfolk	3,126	2,684	2,601	549	415	397	54	51	82	58	41	30
Northamptonshire	1,926	1,986	1,969	524	488	337	49	53	44	59	61	41
Northumbria	7,086	6,764	6,338	1,486	1,398	1,454	180	154	158	152	152	177
North Yorkshire	2,675	2,653	2,501	641	610	547	54	47	47	50	27	43
Nottinghamshire	5,651	4,714	4,911	1,713	1,302	1,083	168	122	122	141	125	132
South Yorkshire	5,628	4,840	4,774	1,178	993	901	121	95	107	129	113	117
Staffordshire	3,739	3,708	3,648	1,092	1,011	1,019	81	96	113	74	57	74
Suffolk	2,272	2,057	2,036	589	599	579	53	65	59	36	23	27
Surrey	1,825	1,627	1,505	405	357	354	33	41	31	38	25	28
Sussex	4,933	4,417	4,049	556	536	503	89	107	85	72	77	66
Thames Valley	5,603	5,341	4,956	1,130	1,041	970	128	80	86	121	113	89
Warwickshire	1,415	1,375	1,365	346	368	398	40	43	45	33	34	23
West Mercia	3,566	3,255	3,159	1,050	1,066	1,001	96	63	72	49	54	78
West Midlands	11,757	10,387	9,735	3,190	2,677	2,681	405	311	329	512	501	495
West Yorkshire	10,672	9,950	9,246	2,483	2,265	2,054	242	203	224	298	326	312
Wiltshire	1,854	1,694	1,521	495	361	346	54	43	41	14	23	13
Dyfed Powys	1,533	1,547	1,430	536	419	422	47	42	44	21	14	11
Gwent	2,251	1,904	2,059	651	560	603	40	45	43	41	30	27
North Wales	2,727	2,793	2,777	763	874	739	56	69	71	28	39	34
South Wales	7,056	7,041	6,979	1,706	1,643	1,505	155	188	150	99	133	97
England and Wales	201,964	188,790	187,950	43,563	38,876	37,625	4,956	4,328	4,482	5,082	5,094	4,902
¹ Includes indictable offences of burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery and criminal damage.
² Provisional.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many females aged (a) 10 to 14, (b) 14 to 17, (c) 17 to 21 and (d) over 21 years were cautioned or found guilty by magistrates' or crown courts in 1993 and 1994 in total and for (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary, (v) fraud and forgery, (vi) criminal damage, (vii) theft from the person, (viii) theft from a shop, (ix) theft of motor vehicle, (x) theft from motor vehicle, (xi) theft of a pedal cycle, (xii) handling and (xiii) other theft; [36247](2) how many offenders were cautioned or found guilty by magistrates' or crown courts in 1993 and 1994 in total and for

(a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) fraud and forgery, (f) criminal damage, (g) theft from the person, (h) theft

from a shop, (i) theft from the person, (j) theft from motor vehicle, (k) theft of a pedal cycle, (l) handling and (m) other theft; [36249]

(3) how many males aged (a) 10 to 14, (b) 14 to 17, (c) 17 to 21 and (d) over 21 years were cautioned or found guilty by magistrates' or crown courts in 1993 and 1994

Table A—Number of female known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences by age 1993–94¹
England and Wales
Offence description		Aged 10 to under 14	Aged 14 to under 18	Aged 18 to under 21	Aged 21 and over	All ages
Indictable offences
Violence against the person	1993	641	3,064	1,139	4,553	9,397
	¹1994	726	3,311	1,087	4,536	9,660
Sexual offences	1993	4	9	11	115	139
	¹1994	13	12	8	72	105
Robbery	1993	44	206	58	87	395
	¹1994	55	231	60	95	441
Burglary	1993	283	859	367	653	2,162
	¹1994	322	772	280	597	1,971
Fraud and forgery	1993	83	553	1,012	5,093	6,741
	¹1994	81	545	1,000	5,232	6,858
Criminal damage	1993	90	360	143	699	1,292
	¹1994	124	372	158	683	1,337
Theft from the person	1993	50	111	82	292	535
	¹1994	38	136	82	316	572
Theft from a shop	1993	5,721	12,394	5,752	22,956	46,823
	¹1994	7,076	13,453	5,264	21,282	47,075
Theft from a motor vehicle¹	1993	9	64	22	51	146
	¹1994	9	59	10	64	142
Theft from a vehicle	1993	30	131	58	92	311
	¹1994	40	130	71	109	350
Theft of a pedal cycle	1993	26	59	13	27	125
	¹1994	20	52	12	30	114
Handling stolen goods	1993	183	875	1,092	4,186	6,336
	¹1994	235	870	963	4,537	6,605
Other theft	1993	520	1,924	1,429	5,378	9,251
	¹1994	534	1,875	1,198	4,924	8,531
¹ Provisional.
² Excludes summary offences of unauthorised taking of a conveyance.

Table B—Number of male known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences by age 1993–94¹
England and Wales
Offence description		Aged 10 to under 14	Aged 14 to under 18	Aged 18 to under 21	Aged 21 and over	All ages
Indictable offences
Violence against the person	1993	2,058	10,204	8,254	33,067	53,583
	¹1994	2,227	10,615	7,502	31,197	51,541
Sexual offences	1993	314	1,170	693	5,302	7,479
	¹1994	301	1,156	552	5,366	7,375
Robbery	1993	392	1,531	1,118	2,362	5,403
	¹1994	393	1,578	975	2,147	5,093

in total and for (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary, (v) fraud and forgery, (vi) criminal damage, (vii) theft from the person, (viii) theft from a shop, (ix) theft of motor vehicle, (x) theft from motor vehicle, (xi) theft of a pedal cycle, (xii) handling and (xiii) other theft. [36248]

The information is given in the tables.

Table B—Number of male known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences by age 1993–94¹
England and Wales
Offence description		Aged 10 to under 14	Aged 14 to under 18	Aged 18 to under 21	Aged 21 and over	All ages
Burglary	1993	4,044	13,889	11,219	21,779	50,931
	¹1994	4,122	13,350	10,017	20,031	47,520
Fraud and forgery	1993	136	1,110	2,482	15,103	18,831
	¹1994	144	1,181	2,339	15,458	19,122
Criminal damage	1993	1,227	2,636	2,085	6,229	12,177
	¹1994	1,368	2,920	2,041	6,668	12,997
Theft from the person	1993	151	489	491	1,270	2,401
	¹1994	194	594	462	1,300	2,550
Theft from a shop	1993	7,450	13,816	8,790	42,262	72,318
	¹1994	7,962	14,553	8,108	37,796	68,419
Theft of a motor vehicle²	1993	301	1,367	839	1,635	4,142
	¹1994	282	1,277	612	1,362	3,533
Theft from a vehicle	1993	1,189	4,333	3,470	3,238	12,230
	¹1994	933	3,792	3,163	3,176	11,064
Theft of a pedal cycle	1993	620	1,511	646	755	3,532
	¹1994	549	1,411	561	681	3,202
Handling stolen goods	1993	888	4,426	5,421	18,457	29,192
	¹1994	915	4,658	5,171	22,358	33,102
Other theft	1993	2,986	11,450	9,817	27,205	51,458
	¹1994	2,753	11,346	8,824	24,197	47,120
¹ Provisional.
² Excludes summary offences of unauthorised taking of a conveyance.

Table C—Number of known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences 1993–94²
England and Wales
Offence description	1993	¹1994
Indictable offences
Violence against the person	62,980	61,201
Sexual offences	7,618	7,480
Robbery	5,798	5,534
Burglary	53,093	49,491
Fraud and Forgery	25,572	25,980
Criminal damage	13,469	14,334
Theft from the person	2,936	3,122
Theft from a shop	119,141	115,494
Theft of motor vehicle²	4,288	3,675
Theft from vehicle	12,541	11,414
Theft of a pedal cycle	3,657	3,316
Handling stolen goods	35,528	39,707
Other theft	60,709	55,651
¹ Provisional.
² Excludes summary offences of unauthorised taking of a conveyance.

Volume 264: debated on Monday 16 October 1995