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Crime: Hampshire

Volume 487: debated on Thursday 29 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported cases of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drug offences there were in (i) Southampton, (ii) Test Valley borough and (iii) the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years. (251096)

The available information on the number of offences recorded by the police is given in the following tables. These statistics relate to the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) for Southampton and Test Valley, and for Hampshire police force area.

Table 1: Offences recorded for the Southampton CDRP, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Offence group

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Violence against the person

6,685

7,274

7,745

8,515

8,800

Sexual offences

519

566

541

507

527

Robbery

277

269

369

435

354

Burglary

3,560

3,175

3,220

2,877

2,728

Offences against vehicles

5,674

4,213

4,847

5,426

4,037

Other theft offences

8,067

8,132

8,602

7,926

7,652

Fraud and forgery

1,502

2,108

1,499

1,390

1,190

Criminal damage

9,151

8,753

9,017

9,246

8,302

Drug offences

624

520

824

706

1,314

Table 2: Offences recorded for the Test Valley CDRP, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Offence group

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Violence against the person

1,541

1,703

1,620

1,722

1,871

Sexual offences

140

138

133

139

116

Robbery

21

23

31

25

41

Burglary

1,126

931

926

1,071

949

Offences against vehicles

968

729

916

1,121

933

Other theft offences

1,781

1,589

1,725

1,824

1,647

Fraud and forgery

459

540

472

468

157

Criminal damage

1,808

1,912

2,153

2,295

2,209

Drug offences

163

187

103

103

219

Table 3: Offences recorded for the Hampshire police force area, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Offence group

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Violence against the person

35,148

38,173

38,686

40,569

39,028

Sexual offences

2,565

2,765

2,727

2,640

2,329

Robbery

1,040

948

1,078

1,212

1,066

Burglary

18,014

15,552

16,623

15,624

14,629

Offences against vehicles

22,659

18,870

20,201

21,815

17,948

Other theft offences

40,591

39,212

39,852

39,422

37,641

Fraud and forgery

8,557

9,246

7,851

8,004

5,335

Criminal damage

43,557

42,210

42,352

45,362

38,927

Drug offences

3,967

3,773

4,037

4,073

5,754