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Crimes of Violence: Greater London

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many convictions there were for violent crimes in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in each of the last four years; (186899)

(2) how many people under the age of 18 years were convicted of criminal offences in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex in 2007.

The number of persons convicted at all courts for violence against the person offences in (b) Essex, and (c) City of London and Metropolitan police force areas for the years 2002 to 2006 can be viewed in table 1.

The number of young persons under the age of 18 years convicted at all courts for all offences in (b) Essex, and (c) City of London and Metropolitan police force areas for the year 2006 can be viewed in table 2.

City of London and Metropolitan police force area data have been provided, and combined they make up the Greater London police force area.

It is not possible to identify those defendants in (a) Romford constituency, as the data are not collected at this level of detail.

Table 1: the number of persons convicted at all courts of offences relating to violence against the person, in the City of London, Essex, and Metropolitan police force areas, for the years 2002 to 20061,2

Force

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

City of London

65

55

45

43

34

Essex

618

702

827

832

808

Metropolitan Police

6,394

5,871

6,080

6,060

6,168

1 These data are on the principal offence basis.

2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Note:

Includes the following offence classes:

1 Murder

2 Attempted Murder

3 Threat or Conspiracy to Murder

4.1 Manslaughter

4.2 Infanticide

4.3 Child Destruction

4.4 Causing Death by Dangerous Driving

4.5 Manslaughter Due to Diminished Responsibility

4.6 Causing Death by Careless Driving when under the influence of Drink or Drugs

4.7 Causing Death of a child or vulnerable person

5 Wounding or other act Endangering Life

6 Endangering Railway Passenger

7 Endangering Life at Sea

8 Malicious Wounding etc.

11 Cruelty to or Neglect of Children

12 Abandoning Child aged under Two Years

13 Child Abduction

15 Concealment of Birth

37.1 Causing Death by Aggravated Vehicle Taking

Source:

Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice

Table 2. The number of young persons under the age of 18 years convicted at all courts of all offences, in the City of London, Essex, and Metropolitan police force areas, for the year 20061,2

Force

2006

City of London

5

Essex

2,837

Metropolitan police

12,185

1 These data are on the principal offence basis.

2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source:

Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice

Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.