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Crime: Tamworth

Volume 479: debated on Monday 1 September 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the levels of incidence of (a) violent crime, (b) car crime, (c) robbery and (d) burglary in Tamworth constituency since 2006; and if she will make a statement. (220132)

The available information relates to offences recorded in the Tamworth crime and disorder reduction partnership area and is given in the following table.

A number of changes have been made to recorded crime in response to suggestions in the two reviews of crime statistics in 2007. One such change is that the term ‘violent crime’ is no longer used in connection with the recorded crime statistics and we now provide figures for violence against the person. In addition, a new offence group of ‘offences against vehicles’ has also been created. This group includes offences of theft of and from a vehicle, aggravated vehicle taking and interfering with a motor vehicle.

Specific offences recorded by the police in Tamworth

Violence against the person

Offences against vehicles1

Robbery

Burglary

2006-07

2,214

965

77

838

2007-08

1,798

900

64

791

1 Includes offences of theft of and from a vehicle, aggravated vehicle taking and interfering with a motor vehicle.