Crimes of Violence Mr. Moss To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of grievous and actual bodily harm were recorded by police in (a) England and (b) North East Cambridgeshire in each of the last 10 years. Mr. Hanson The Home Office does not hold data for the constituency area North East Cambridgeshire, as this does not correspond with a Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership or Cambridgeshire Police Basic Command Unit. Data for grievous bodily harm (GBH) and actual bodily harm (ABH) offences for England for 1999-2000 to 2008-09 are given in Table A. There was a major change in police recorded crime recording in 2002 that means that figures from 2002-03 are not comparable with figures prior to this year. The introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in 2002 brought in a more victim-focused reporting system, where victim accounts had to be accepted unless there was credible evidence to the contrary. In its first year, this is estimated to have artificially increased recording of violence against the person by 23 per cent. (it is also thought to have increased figures in the following year as the standard bedded in but precise estimates of this effect are not available). From 1 April 2008 there were also changes in offence classification, introducing the new category of GBH without intent, and a clarification in the counting rules for GBH with intent which meant that in some forces there was a significant shift in recording away from ABH to GBH with intent. This means figures for 2008-09 are not comparable with those for earlier years. 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| |Offence|1999-20000 |2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| 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|GBH |5 |More serious wounding or other act endangering life |13,835 |14,452 |15,202 |16.113 |17,746 |17,801 |17,045 |15,667 |13,596 |—| 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| |5A |Inflicting grevious bodily hard (GBH) with intent |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |21,253| 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| |8F |Inflicting grevious bodily harm (GBH) without intent |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |16,170| 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| |8H |Racially or religiously aggravated inflicting grevious bodily harm without intent|— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |376| 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|ABH |8A |Less serious wounding |189,441|185,312|198,418|320,157|401,917|458,372|486,052|454,638|406,251|—| 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| |8D |Racially or religiously aggravated less serious wounding |2,618 |3,112 |3,369 |4,197 |4,685 |5,134 |5,799 |5,405 |4,614 |—| 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| |8G |Actually bodily harm and other injury |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |351,550| 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| |8J |Racially or religiously aggravated actual bodily harm and other injury |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |3,759| 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|Total GBH and ABH | | |205,894|202,876|216,989|340,467|424,348|481,307|508,896|475,710|424,461|393,108| 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|Notes:1. There was a major change in police recorded crime recording in 2002 that means that figures from 2002-03 are not comparable with figures prior to this year. The introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in 2002 brought In a more victim-focused reporting system, where victim accounts had to be accepted unless there was credible evidence to the contrary.2. Offence classifications 5A, 5B and 5C were introduced from 1 April 2008 and replace classification 5. Classification 5A was influenced by a clarification in recording rules that had the effect of significantly increasing levels of recording in some forces. Figures for 2008-09 for classification 5A should be viewed as provisional as a current inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary may give rise to further revisions from forces. Classification 5A also includes some other offences of endangering life as well as GBH with intent, though GBH with intent is the major part of this category.3. Offence classifications 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J and 8K were introduced from 1 April 2008 and had previously been recorded as part of classifications 8A or 8D.| | | | | | | | | | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------