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Crimes of Violence

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) violent and (b) other crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) city of York constituency in each of the last 10 years. (183420)

The available information is given in the table. Violence against the person data for the city of York are only available from 1999-2000 and other crimes data from 2000-01.

Violence against the person and other crimes recorded by the police

Area and year

Violence against the person

Other crimes

Total crimes

North Yorkshire

19971

2,425

47,827

50,252

1998-99

4,827

50,482

55,309

1999-2000

5,101

48,453

53,554

2000-01

4,895

46,637

51,532

2001-022

5,624

53,501

59,125

2002-032

8,108

59,131

67,239

2003-04

9,610

61,863

71,473

2004-05

12,045

49,570

61,615

2005-06

11,473

47,377

58,850

2006-07

10,087

44,439

54,526

City of York

1997

3

3

3

1998-99

3

3

3

1999-2000

1,650

3

3

2000-01

1,504

17,787

19,291

2001-022

1,656

21,234

22,890

2002-032

2,575

23,055

25,630

2003-04

3,459

25,888

29,347

2004-05

4,000

19,080

23,080

2005-06

3,810

18,974

22,784

2006-07

3,285

17,650

20,935

1 Using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into force on 1 April 1998.

2 The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.

3 Not available.