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Crime: North Yorkshire

Volume 498: debated on Tuesday 27 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recorded rate of each category of crime was in North Yorkshire in each year since 2002-03. (295225)

The information requested is given in the following tables.

Offences recorded by the police in North Yorkshire1 and rates per 1,000 population

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Offence group

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

Violence against the person

8,108

11

9,610

13

12,045

16

11,473

15

Sexual offences

504

1

596

1

563

1

631

1

Robbery

356

0

395

1

328

0

240

0

Burglary

11,511

15

11,062

15

7,759

10

7,324

10

Offences against vehicle

10,697

14

10,614

14

7,463

10

7,938

10

Other theft offences

17,663

24

18,792

25

14,721

19

14,068

18

Fraud and forgery

2,987

4

3,330

4

2,796

4

1,884

2

Criminal damage

13,168

18

14,732

20

13,573

18

12,723

17

Drug offences

1,582

2

1,624

2

1,678

2

1,899

2

Other offences

663

1

718

1

689

1

670

1

Total

67,239

89

71,473

95

61,615

81

58,850

77

2006-072007-082008-09

Offence group

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

No. of offences

Rate per 1,000 population

Violence against the person

10,087

13

9,472

12

8,136

10

Sexual offences

590

1

587

1

549

1

Robbery

278

0

248

0

247

0

Burglary

6,836

9

6,264

8

6,596

8

Offences against vehicle

7,057

9

5,578

7

5,581

7

Other theft offences

13,242

17

12,647

16

12,867

16

Fraud and forgery

1,575

2

1,379

2

1,170

1

Criminal damage

12,509

16

11,023

14

10,764

14

Drug offences

1,730

2

2,158

3

1,997

3

Other offences

622

1

588

1

656

1

Total

54,526

71

49,944

64

48,563

62

1 Figures for North Yorkshire have been revised since the publication of the annual figures in July 2009.