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Burglary

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic burglaries there were in (a) Bridgend constituency, (b) the South Wales Police Authority area, (c) Wales and (d) England in each of the last 10 years. (144295)

The available information is given in the following tables. Statistics for Bridgend relate to the Bridgend Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area.

Table 1: Offences of domestic burglary recorded by the police, 1996 and 1997

Number of offences

Bridgend

South Wales

Wales

England

1996

n/a

12,472

20,511

581,617

1997

n/a

10,687

18,001

501,264

n/a = Not available

Table 2: Offences of domestic burglary recorded by the police, 1998-99 to 2001-02

Number of offences

Bridgend

South Wales

Wales

England

1998-991

n/a

9,239

16,038

457,311

1999-2000

662

8,383

14,446

428,156

2000-01

483

6,685

12,150

390,834

2001-02

500

6,845

12,526

417,821

n/a = Not available

1 Using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998. Figures after that date are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Table 3: Offences of domestic burglary recorded by the police, 2002-03 to 2005-06

Number of offences

Bridgend

South Wales

Wales

England

2002-031

659

8,060

14,954

422,617

2003-04

505

7,275

13,902

388,431

2004-05

378

6,477

11,697

309,762

2005-06

404

5,747

10,009

290,542

1 The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced nationally in April 2002. Figures after that date are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.