Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported incidents of domestic burglary there were in (a) England and Wales, (b) the South East, (c) Hampshire and (d) Romsey constituency in each of the last five years. (251038)

The available information on the number of offences recorded by the police is given in the following table.

Crime statistics are not collected at constituency level. The area of Romsey comes within the Test Valley Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) and therefore these figures have been provided.

*Offences of burglary in a dwelling recorded by the police, 2003-04 to 2007-08*
Area	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
England and Wales	402,345	321,507	300,517	292,260	280,704
South East region	40,879	34,629	33,576	32,706	30,098
Hampshire police force area	7,030	5,415	5,810	5,451	5,300
Test Valley CDRP	311	241	299	256	279

Volume 487: debated on Thursday 29 January 2009