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Crimes of Violence: Hertfordshire

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2009

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Mike Penning

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of violent crime in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire was perpetrated against (i) young people, (ii) families and (iii) pensioners in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. (284446)

Mr. Alan Campbell

The requested information is not collected centrally.

Recorded crime data provided to the Home Office from each police force area cannot separately identify the individual circumstances of victims.

Selected offences recorded by the police in the Dacorum Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area and the Hertfordshire police force area

Number of offences

Area and year

Burglary1

Violence against the person

Vehicle crime2

Dacorum

2003-04

1,446

1,440

2,539

2004-05

1,314

2,073

2,033

2005-06

1,108

1,939

1,535

2006-07

1,149

2,155

1,540

2007-08

924

1,617

1,576

Hertfordshire

2003-04

12,783

12,356

16,885

2004-05

11,471

16,845

13,548

2005-06

10,656

16,206

12,965

2006-07

9,764

16,890

11,914

2007-08

9,534

13,348

11,366

1 Includes burglary in a dwelling and other burglary.

2 Includes theft of or from a vehicle and interfering with a motor vehicle.