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Crime: Lancashire

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many alcohol-related crimes were committed in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years. (124877)

Police Recorded Crime statistics do not specify whether alcohol was an aggravating factor in an offence unless specifically stated.

The offence of ‘causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs (offence code 4.6)’ is recorded together with ‘causing death by dangerous driving (offence code 4.4)’. An individual breakdown of figures within these classifications is not available.

The available combined figures for offence codes 4.4 and 4.6 are given in the following tables.

Table A: Numbers of offences (code 4.4 and 4.6) recorded for Lancashire police force area, 1996 to 1997

Offences recorded

1996

9

1997

4

Note:

Police crime statistics were recorded on a calendar year basis up to 1997 and thereafter on a financial year basis.

Table B: Numbers of offences (code 4.4 and 4.6) recorded for Lancashire police force area, 1998-99 to 2001-02

Offences recorded

1998-99

6

1999-2000

5

2000-01

2

2001-02

9

Note:

An expanded offence coverage and revised set of counting rules were introduced in April 1998. Figures recorded before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.

Table C: Numbers of offences (Code 4.4 and 4.6) recorded for Lancashire police force area, 2002-03 to 2005-06

Offences recorded

2002-03

5

2003-04

12

2004-05

6

2005-06

10

Note:

Numbers of recorded crime were affected by changes in reporting and recording following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002. These data are not directly comparable with earlier years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many weapons-related incidents took place in schools in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years. (124880)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of credit card fraud were committed in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years. (124881)

From April 1998 offences of credit card fraud were separately recorded. Prior to this date these offences were recorded within the ‘other frauds’ classification.

The available figures are given in the following tables.

Table A: Numbers of credit card fraud offences recorded for Lancashire police force area, 1998-99 to 2001-02

Offences recorded

1998-99

2,035

1999-2000

1,633

2000-01

3,233

2001-02

3,085

Note:

An expanded offence coverage and revised set of counting rules were introduced in April 1998. Figures recorded before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.

Table B: Numbers of credit card fraud offences recorded for Lancashire police force area, 2002-03 to 2005-06

Offences recorded

2002-03

2,694

2003-04

3,319

2004-05

2,927

2005-06

1,882

Note:

Numbers of recorded crime were affected by changes in reporting and recording following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002. These data are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.