Milton Keynes Basic Command Unit Mr. Lancaster To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in numbers of crimes recorded in Milton Keynes Basic Command Unit was in each year since 1997, broken down by category of crime. Mr. McNulty Recorded crime by police basic command unit was collected centrally for the first time for the period beginning April 1999. For the year 1999-2000 data related to six selected offence groups only. Information for those selected offence groups are given in the table. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1999-2000|2000-01|Percentage change 1999-2000 to 2000-01|2001-02|Percentage change 2000-01 to 2001-02| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Violence against the person |1,790 |2,060 |15 |2,387 |16 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sexual offences |158 |159 |1 |168 |6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Robbery |170 |199 |17 |286 |44 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burglary in a dwelling |1,809 |1,202 |-34 |1,222 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Theft from a vehicle |4,161 |2,394 |-42 |2,960 |24 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle|2,184 |1,528 |-30 |1,411 |-8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2002-031|2003-041|Percentage change 2002-03 to 2003-04|2004-051|Percentage change 2003-04 to 2004-05|2005-061|Percentage change 2004-05 to 2005-06| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Violence against the person |3,257 |3,512 |8 |4,881 |39 |5,373 |10 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sexual offences |227 |241 |6 |364 |51 |305 |-16 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Robbery |213 |282 |32 |258 |-9 |290 |12 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burglary in a dwelling |1,315 |1,171 |-11 |965 |-18 |990 |3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Theft from a vehicle |2,533 |2,382 |-6 |2,555 |7 |2,334 |-9 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle |1,137 |1,107 |-3 |1,020 |-8 |846 |-17 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Data not comparable with earlier years following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standards (NCRS) in April 2002.| | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------