Crime Mrs. Moon To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recorded level of crime was in (a) Bridgend constituency, (b) the South Wales police authority area, (c) Wales and (d) England in each of the last 10 years. Mr. McNulty The available information is given in the following tables. Statistics for Bridgend relate to the Bridgend Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area. ---------------------- |Number of offences | ---------------------- | |Bridgend|South Wales|Wales|England| ---------------------- |1996 |n/a|141,578|246,246|4,790,307| ---------------------- |1997 |n/a|130,886|236,936|4,361,391| ---------------------- |n/a = Not available.||||| ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of offences | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Bridgend|South Wales|Wales|England| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998-991 |n/a|134,820|261,994|4,847,095| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999-2000 |n/a|127,040|255,487|5,045,698| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000-01 |10,162|111,131|238,449|4,932,394| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |10,530|116,708|241,432|5,283,592| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available.1 Using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998. Figures after that date are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.||||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Number of offences | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Bridgend|South Wales|Wales|England| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002-031 |13,167|143,372|294,780|5,602,916| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003-04 |12,182|137,113|289,263|5,645,314| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |10,787|124,162|267,642|5,295,042| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |10,811|123,942|258,309|5,221,819| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced nationally in April 2002. Figures after that date are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------