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Burglary: East Sussex

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic burglaries there were in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years. (151361)

The available information is given in the following tables and relates to the Eastbourne Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area and the Sussex police force area as a whole. Data specifically for East Sussex are not available.

Table 1: domestic burglary offences recorded in 1997

Eastbourne CDRP

Sussex police force area

1997

n/a

10,862

n/a = Not available.

Table 2: domestic burglary offences recorded by the police—1998-99 to 2001-02

Eastbourne CDRP

Sussex police force area

1998-99

n/a

11,026

1999-2000

n/a

9,596

2000-01

665

8,498

2001-02

667

7,618

n/a Not available.

Notes:

1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997.

2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 3: domestic burglary offences recorded by the police—2002-03 to 2006-07

Eastbourne CDRP

Sussex police force area

2002-03

667

8,209

2003-04

843

7,920

2004-05

545

6,836

2005-06

431

5,709

2006-07

394

4,556

Note:

The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.