Information showing the number of persons found guilty at all courts in the north-east Government office region (GOR) and England and Wales for offences of violence against the person, from 1997 to 2008 (latest available) is shown in the following table.
Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. Data are given in the table for the north-east GOR in which the Jarrow constituency and South Tyneside are located.
Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn 2010.
Number Area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20084 England and Wales more serious offences5 3,283 3,173 2,915 2,825 2,908 3,201 3,195 3,554 3,589 3,242 3,453 3,424 less serious offences6 31,279 33,877 32,785 32,445 32,390 34,507 34,841 35,595 37,340 38,622 38,498 38,095 common assault 20,636 24,110 26,406 26,262 26,610 28,949 32,282 38,330 44,745 49,260 52,693 52,319 of which: North-east GOR more serious offences5 236 236 181 169 167 203 219 214 220 206 225 202 less serious offences6 2,119 2,319 2,322 2,204 2,260 2,328 2,208 2,163 2,387 2,554 2,707 2,578 common assault 936 1,050 1,258 1,216 1,140 1,351 1,615 1,869 2,006 2,198 2,885 2,676 1 Includes: Cleveland police force area Durham police force area Northumbria police force area. 2 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 3 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 4 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. 5 Includes: murder, attempted murder, threat or conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, infanticide, child destruction, causing death by dangerous driving, manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs, causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person, causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving, causing death by driving,—unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers, causing death by aggravated vehicle taking, wounding or other act endangering life, endangering railway passenger. 6 Includes: endangering life at sea, other wounding etc. (including offences of assaults occasioning actual bodily harm and wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm), cruelty to or neglect of children, abandoning child aged under two years, child abduction, procuring illegal abortion, concealment of birth. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.