The Home Office does not hold data for the constituency area North East Cambridgeshire, as this does not correspond with a Crime and Disorder
Reduction Partnership or Cambridgeshire Police Basic Command Unit.
Data for grievous bodily harm (GBH) and actual bodily harm (ABH) offences for England for 1999-2000 to 2008-09 are given in Table A.
There was a major change in police recorded crime recording in 2002 that means that figures from 2002-03 are not comparable with figures prior to this year.
The introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in 2002 brought in a more victim-focused reporting system, where victim accounts had to be accepted unless there was credible evidence to the contrary. In its first year, this is estimated to have artificially increased recording of violence against the person by 23 per cent. (it is also thought to have increased figures in the following year as the standard bedded in but precise estimates of this effect are not available).
From 1 April 2008 there were also changes in offence classification, introducing the new category of GBH without intent, and a clarification in the counting rules for GBH with intent which meant that in some forces there was a significant shift in recording away from ABH to GBH with intent. This means figures for 2008-09 are not comparable with those for earlier years.
Offence 1999-20000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 GBH 5 More serious wounding or other act endangering life 13,835 14,452 15,202 16.113 17,746 17,801 17,045 15,667 13,596 — 5A Inflicting grevious bodily hard (GBH) with intent — — — — — — — — — 21,253 8F Inflicting grevious bodily harm (GBH) without intent — — — — — — — — — 16,170 8H Racially or religiously aggravated inflicting grevious bodily harm without intent — — — — — — — — — 376 ABH 8A Less serious wounding 189,441 185,312 198,418 320,157 401,917 458,372 486,052 454,638 406,251 — 8D Racially or religiously aggravated less serious wounding 2,618 3,112 3,369 4,197 4,685 5,134 5,799 5,405 4,614 — 8G Actually bodily harm and other injury — — — — — — — — — 351,550 8J Racially or religiously aggravated actual bodily harm and other injury — — — — — — — — — 3,759 Total GBH and ABH 205,894 202,876 216,989 340,467 424,348 481,307 508,896 475,710 424,461 393,108 Notes: 1. There was a major change in police recorded crime recording in 2002 that means that figures from 2002-03 are not comparable with figures prior to this year. The introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in 2002 brought In a more victim-focused reporting system, where victim accounts had to be accepted unless there was credible evidence to the contrary. 2. Offence classifications 5A, 5B and 5C were introduced from 1 April 2008 and replace classification 5. Classification 5A was influenced by a clarification in recording rules that had the effect of significantly increasing levels of recording in some forces. Figures for 2008-09 for classification 5A should be viewed as provisional as a current inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary may give rise to further revisions from forces. Classification 5A also includes some other offences of endangering life as well as GBH with intent, though GBH with intent is the major part of this category. 3. Offence classifications 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J and 8K were introduced from 1 April 2008 and had previously been recorded as part of classifications 8A or 8D.