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Crime: North Yorkshire

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) violent crimes and (b) crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York in each of the last 10 years. (151609)

The available information relates to the North Yorkshire police force area and the York Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area and is given in the tables.

Table 1: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—1997

Violence against the person

Total crime

York CDRP

North Yorkshire

York CDRP

North Yorkshire

1997

n/a

2,425

n/a

50,252

n/a - not available

Table 2: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—1998-99 to 2001-02

Violence against the person

Total crime

York CDRP

North Yorkshire

York CDRP

North Yorkshire

1998-99

n/a

4,827

n/a

55,309

1999-2000

n/a

5,101

n/a

53,554

2000-01

1,504

4,895

19,291

51,532

2001-02

1,656

5,624

22,890

59,125

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 is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 3: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—2002-03 to 2006-07

Violence against the person

Total crime

York CDRP

North Yorkshire

York CDRP

North Yorkshire

2002-03

2,575

8,108

25,630

67,239

2003-04

3,459

9,610

29,347

71,473

2004-05

4,000

12,045

23,080

61,615

2005-06

3,810

11,473

22,784

58,850

2006-07

3,285

10,087

20,935

54,526

Note:

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