The information requested is contained in the following table.
Obtaining property by deception Perverting the course of justice1 Theft and handling stolen goods 2001 1,753 1,128 26,205 2002 1,691 960 27,945 2003 1,496 855 25,517 2004 1,414 890 22,759 2005 1,263 867 20,472 Notes: 1 Common law offences and offences of intimidating or harming jurors or witnesses. Although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile these figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. Consequently, although figures are shown to the last digit in order to provide a comprehensive record of the information collected, they are not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown.Common law offences and offences of intimidating or harming jurors or witnesses. Source: RDS-NOMS, Home Office