Crimes of Violence: Hertfordshire Mike Penning To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) crimes of burglary, (b) violent crimes and (c) vehicle crimes were reported in (i) Hemel Hempstead, (ii) Dacorum and (iii) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years. Mr. Alan Campbell The available information relates to offences recorded by the police and is given in the table. Hemel Hempstead comes within the Dacorum Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area and separate figures for Hemel Hempstead are not available centrally. A number of changes have been made to recorded crime in response to suggestions in the two reviews of crime statistics. One such change is that the term 'violent crime' is no longer used in connection with the recorded crime statistics and figures for violence against the person are now provided. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of offences | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Area and year |Burglary1|Violence against the person|Vehicle crime2| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dacorum |||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |1,446|1,440|2,539| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |1,314|2,073|2,033| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |1,108|1,939|1,535| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |1,149|2,155|1,540| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |924|1,617|1,576| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |12,783|12,356|16,885| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |11,471|16,845|13,548| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |10,656|16,206|12,965| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |9,764|16,890|11,914| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |9,534|13,348|11,366| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Includes burglary in a dwelling and other burglary.2 Includes theft of or from a vehicle and interfering with a motor vehicle.|||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------