Crime: Hampshire Sandra Gidley To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported cases of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drug offences there were in (i) Southampton, (ii) Test Valley borough and (iii) the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years. Mr. Alan Campbell The available information on the number of offences recorded by the police is given in the following tables. These statistics relate to the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) for Southampton and Test Valley, and for Hampshire police force area. --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offence group |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Violence against the person|6,685 |7,274 |7,745 |8,515 |8,800 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sexual offences |519 |566 |541 |507 |527 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Robbery |277 |269 |369 |435 |354 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burglary |3,560 |3,175 |3,220 |2,877 |2,728 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offences against vehicles |5,674 |4,213 |4,847 |5,426 |4,037 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other theft offences |8,067 |8,132 |8,602 |7,926 |7,652 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fraud and forgery |1,502 |2,108 |1,499 |1,390 |1,190 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Criminal damage |9,151 |8,753 |9,017 |9,246 |8,302 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drug offences |624 |520 |824 |706 |1,314 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offence group |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Violence against the person|1,541 |1,703 |1,620 |1,722 |1,871 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sexual offences |140 |138 |133 |139 |116 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Robbery |21 |23 |31 |25 |41 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burglary |1,126 |931 |926 |1,071 |949 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offences against vehicles |968 |729 |916 |1,121 |933 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other theft offences |1,781 |1,589 |1,725 |1,824 |1,647 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fraud and forgery |459 |540 |472 |468 |157 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Criminal damage |1,808 |1,912 |2,153 |2,295 |2,209 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drug offences |163 |187 |103 |103 |219 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offence group |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Violence against the person|35,148 |38,173 |38,686 |40,569 |39,028 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sexual offences |2,565 |2,765 |2,727 |2,640 |2,329 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Robbery |1,040 |948 |1,078 |1,212 |1,066 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burglary |18,014 |15,552 |16,623 |15,624 |14,629 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offences against vehicles |22,659 |18,870 |20,201 |21,815 |17,948 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other theft offences |40,591 |39,212 |39,852 |39,422 |37,641 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fraud and forgery |8,557 |9,246 |7,851 |8,004 |5,335 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Criminal damage |43,557 |42,210 |42,352 |45,362 |38,927 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drug offences |3,967 |3,773 |4,037 |4,073 |5,754 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------