Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recorded level of crime was in (a) Bridgend constituency, (b) the South Wales police authority area, (c) Wales and (d) England in each of the last 10 years. (144294)

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 recorded by the police, 1996 and 1997*
Number of offences
	Bridgend	South Wales	Wales	England
1996	n/a	141,578	246,246	4,790,307
1997	n/a	130,886	236,936	4,361,391
n/a = Not available.

*Table 2: Offences recorded by the police, 1998-99 to 2001-02*
Number of offences
	Bridgend	South Wales	Wales	England
1998-99¹	n/a	134,820	261,994	4,847,095
1999-2000	n/a	127,040	255,487	5,045,698
2000-01	10,162	111,131	238,449	4,932,394
2001-02	10,530	116,708	241,432	5,283,592
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 recorded by the police, 2002-03 to 2005-06*
Number of offences
	Bridgend	South Wales	Wales	England
2002-03¹	13,167	143,372	294,780	5,602,916
2003-04	12,182	137,113	289,263	5,645,314
2004-05	10,787	124,162	267,642	5,295,042
2005-06	10,811	123,942	258,309	5,221,819
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.

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007