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Crime Statistics (Suffolk)

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recorded rate of crime was in Suffolk for (a) burglary of dwellings, (b) violence against the person, (c) vehicle crime, (d) robbery, (e) sexual offences, (f) total violent crime, (g) theft and handling of stolen goods and (h) criminal damage in each year since 1997. (95451)

The available information is given in the following table.

Suffolk—recorded crime rates per 1,000 population1

Violence against the person

Sexual offences

Robbery

Violent crime

Burglary dwelling

Vehicle crime

Theft and handling

Criminal damage

19972

3.7

0.6

0.2

4.5

3.7

10.1

25.6

11.8

1998-993

5.7

0.6

0.2

6.5

3.7

9.7

25.6

11.8

1999-2000

7.9

0.6

0.3

8.8

3.5

9.7

26.0

14.2

2000-01

9.5

0.6

0.3

10.4

3.3

9.3

25.5

15.0

2001-024

10.8

0.7

0.4

12.0

3.6

10.2

28.6

17.8

2002-035

11.9

0.9

0.4

13.1

3.4

9.4

28.1

17.2

2003-04

14.2

1.0

0.4

15.6

3.5

8.6

27.1

19.1

2004-05

15.3

0.9

0.4

16.6

2.6

8.1

26.0

18.8

2005-06

14.7

1.0

0.4

16.0

2.8

7.7

26.8

19.1

1 Uses population data available at the time the recorded crime data was published.

2 The introduction of new counting rules and expanded coverage in 1998-99 means data not comparable with later years

3 The introduction of new counting rules and expanded coverage in 1998-99 means data not comparable with earlier years.

4 The introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in 2002-03 means data not comparable with later years.

5 The introduction of the NCRS in 2002-03 means data not comparable with earlier years.