Crimes of Violence: Convictions Mr. Burrowes To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions there were for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) violence against the person in Crown courts in England and Wales since 1997 broken down by (i) year and (ii) age of defendant. Maria Eagle The number of defendants found guilty at all courts for offences relating to (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) violence against the person in Crown courts in England and Wales since 1997 broken down by (i) year and (ii) age of defendant can be viewed in the following table. These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one 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. Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008. 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| |Murder|Rape |Violence against the person| 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| |10-17 |18 and over|10-17 |18 and over|10-17|18 and over| 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|1997 |26 |249 |47 |467|619|12,034| 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|1998 |10 |246 |23 |547|623|11,165| 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|1999 |24 |228 |40 |517|591|10,610| 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|20004 |20 |241 |34 |481|661|10,930| 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|2001 |27 |258 |33 |458|608|11,468| 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|2002 |20 |304 |23 |525|696|12,432| 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|2003 |9 |268 |26 |556|569|12,826| 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|2004 |13 |348 |27 |614|607|13,001| 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|2005 |26 |368 |66 |619|565|13,245| 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|2006 |19 |353 |63 |683|526|13,418| 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|1 Data are on the principal offence basis.2 Data include the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions, or offences comprising :Common Law. Offences against the Person Act 1861 Sec 1, 9, 10.Murder of persons aged one year or over.Murder of infants under one year of age.Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.IRape of a female aged under 16.Rape of a female aged 16 or over.Rape of a male aged under 16.Rape of a male aged 16 or overSexual Offences Act 2003 S. 5Rape of a female child under 13 by a maleRape of a male child under 13 by a maleViolence against the person includes:MurderAttempted MurderManslaughter, etcAggravated vehicle takingWounding or other act endangering lifeEndangering railway passengerEndangering life at seaOther wounding etc.Cruelty or neglect of childrenAbandoning children under two yearsChild abductionProcuring illegal abortionConcealment of birth3 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 Staffordshire police force were only able to supply a nine per cent. sample of data for magistrates courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter for 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data and to contribute to national totals, these data are not robust at a detailed level and are not included in this analysis.Source:Court proceedings data held by CJEA—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice.| | | |||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------