Crime: Statistics Mr. Grieve To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Answer of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1538W, on crime: statistics, how many (a) offences of soliciting for the purposes of prostitution, (b) incidents of prostitution-related activity and (c) incidents of youth-related anti-social behaviour were recorded by each police force in each of the last five years. Mr. Alan Campbell The available information is given in the following tables. Table 1 gives the number of recorded offences of soliciting for the purposes of prostitution for 2003-04 to 2007-08. Table 2 gives the number of incidents of prostitution related activity. This data has been provided by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and is only available for 2007-08. Data in table 3 relates to incidents of antisocial behaviour (ASB). This information has again been provided by NPIA and is only available for 2007-08. The response given on 1 September 2008 stated that data on the number of ‘youth-related ASB’ is being collected. NPIA have informed officials that this data is not currently collected centrally. -------------------------- |Number of offences | -------------------------- |Police force area |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| -------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |28|50|52|98|80| -------------------------- |Bedfordshire |7|27|25|27|75| -------------------------- |British Transport Police|5|3|0|2|0| -------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |1|1|0|0|1| -------------------------- |Cheshire |0|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Cleveland |209|204|74|101|74| -------------------------- |Cumbria |0|0|0|1|0| -------------------------- |Derbyshire |28|26|20|6|28| -------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |5|2|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Dorset |28|8|28|46|14| -------------------------- |Durham |0|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Dyfed-Powys |0|1|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Essex |9|5|5|0|0| -------------------------- |Gloucestershire |0|0|0|1|0| -------------------------- |Greater Manchester |62|3|34|67|105| -------------------------- |Gwent |0|1|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Hampshire |31|38|38|26|18| -------------------------- |Hertfordshire |0|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Humberside |3|3|21|2|0| -------------------------- |Kent |13|10|17|34|58| -------------------------- |Lancashire |31|19|3|3|0| -------------------------- |Leicestershire |4|2|1|10|10| -------------------------- |Lincolnshire |0|0|0|1|0| -------------------------- |London, City of |0|0|0|1|0| -------------------------- |Merseyside |1|8|0|2|0| -------------------------- |Metropolitan Police |939|916|806|317|244| -------------------------- |Norfolk |14|5|1|1|26| -------------------------- |Northamptonshire |18|53|29|88|144| -------------------------- |Northumbria |1|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |North Wales |0|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |North Yorkshire |0|0|1|1|0| -------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |45|118|142|148|119| -------------------------- |South Wales |5|6|2|3|10| -------------------------- |South Yorkshire |114|64|54|76|47| -------------------------- |Staffordshire |31|26|12|11|5| -------------------------- |Suffolk |21|49|38|19|108| -------------------------- |Surrey |1|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Sussex |0|1|0|0|0| -------------------------- |Thames Valley |25|18|7|17|10| -------------------------- |Warwickshire |1|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |West Mercia |1|0|0|0|0| -------------------------- |West Midlands |129|97|174|99|46| -------------------------- |West Yorkshire |130|55|55|82|24| -------------------------- |Wiltshire |4|2|1|0|12| -------------------------- |England and Wales |1,944|1,821|1,640|1,290|1,258| -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- |Police force area |Number of incidents| ---------------------------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |173 | ---------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |150 | ---------------------------------------------- |British Transport Police|n/a | ---------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |82 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |12 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cleveland |89 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |6 | ---------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |116 | ---------------------------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |16 | ---------------------------------------------- |Dorset |128 | ---------------------------------------------- |Durham |1 | ---------------------------------------------- |Dyfed-Powys |3 | ---------------------------------------------- |Essex |102 | ---------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |20 | ---------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |247 | ---------------------------------------------- |Gwent |65 | ---------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |121 | ---------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |26 | ---------------------------------------------- |Humberside |91 | ---------------------------------------------- |Kent |92 | ---------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |129 | ---------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |200 | ---------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |3 | ---------------------------------------------- |London, City of |5 | ---------------------------------------------- |Merseyside |124 | ---------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan Police |1,446 | ---------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |232 | ---------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |18 | ---------------------------------------------- |Northumbria |39 | ---------------------------------------------- |North Wales |2 | ---------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |7 | ---------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |70 | ---------------------------------------------- |South Wales |328 | ---------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |283 | ---------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |142 | ---------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |181 | ---------------------------------------------- |Surrey |19 | ---------------------------------------------- |Sussex |18 | ---------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |85 | ---------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |12 | ---------------------------------------------- |West Mercia |4 | ---------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |538 | ---------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |145 | ---------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |54 | ---------------------------------------------- |England and Wales |5,624 | ---------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available | | ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- |Police force area |Number of incidents| ---------------------------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |103,561 | ---------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |39,617 | ---------------------------------------------- |British Transport Police|n/a | ---------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |54,749 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |57,429 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cleveland |64,105 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |45,427 | ---------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |75,649 | ---------------------------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |106,403 | ---------------------------------------------- |Dorset |48,844 | ---------------------------------------------- |Durham |63,412 | ---------------------------------------------- |Dyfed-Powys |35,133 | ---------------------------------------------- |Essex |95,164 | ---------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |36,133 | ---------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |252,656 | ---------------------------------------------- |Gwent |67,556 | ---------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |142,061 | ---------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |84,801 | ---------------------------------------------- |Humberside |53,075 | ---------------------------------------------- |Kent |88,347 | ---------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |171,470 | ---------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |58,442 | ---------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |40,099 | ---------------------------------------------- |London, City of |1,902 | ---------------------------------------------- |Merseyside |112,623 | ---------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan Police |387,862 | ---------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |62,033 | ---------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |62,699 | ---------------------------------------------- |Northumbria |171,347 | ---------------------------------------------- |North Wales |50,670 | ---------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |50,656 | ---------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |88,240 | ---------------------------------------------- |South Wales |117,884 | ---------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |127,635 | ---------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |61,888 | ---------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |43,970 | ---------------------------------------------- |Surrey |64,048 | ---------------------------------------------- |Sussex |106,526 | ---------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |100,542 | ---------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |30,390 | ---------------------------------------------- |West Mercia |88,770 | ---------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |172,034 | ---------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |148,521 | ---------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |33,629 | ---------------------------------------------- |England and Wales |3,868,002 | ---------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available | | ----------------------------------------------