Robbery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded incidents of robbery there were (a) in total and (b) per head in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. (313952)

Data are provided for Milton Keynes crime and disorder reduction partnership (CDRP) for 2004-05 to 2008-09.

The available information relates to offences recorded by the police and the number of offences and rates per 1,000 population are given in the following table.

*Selected offences recorded by Milton Keynes CDRP and rate per 1,000 population, 2004-05 to 2008-09*
		2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Offence code	Offence description	No. of offences	Rate per 1,000 population	No. of offences	Rate per 1,000 population	No. of offences	Rate per 1,000 population
34A	Robbery of business property	16	0.07	25	0.12	41	0.19
34B	Robbery of personal property	242	1.12	265	1.22	302	1.38
	Total robbery offences	258	1.20	290	1.34	343	1.57

*2007-082008-09*
Offence code	Offence description	No. of offences	Rate per 1,000 population	No. of offences	Rate per 1,000 population
34A	Robbery of business property	31	0.14	21	0.09
34B	Robbery of personal property	264	1.17	277	1.21
	Total robbery offences	295	1.31	298	1.30

Volume 505: debated on Tuesday 2 February 2010