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Home Office

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Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many burglaries have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to a (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208279] (2) how many vehicle thefts have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to a (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208593] (3) how many assaults have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208594] (4) how many violence against the person offences have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208596] (5) how many violent crimes have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208597] (6) how many sexual offences have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208598] (7) how many robberies have been reported to (a) Essex police and (b) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to a (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; [208639] (8) how many (a) fraud and (b) forgery offences have been reported to (i) Essex police and (ii) Southend police in each year since 1997; and how many reports led to a (A) prosecution and (B) conviction. [208642] Ms Blears: The available information is given in the tables. Tables 1 and 2 give the number of offences recorded by the police in the Essex police force area and the Southend Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area. Recorded crime data is published on a financial year basis and data at CDRP level is only available for six key offences for 1999-2000 and 2000-01 but for all offences from 2001-02. Tables 3 and 4 give the number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty in the Essex police force area and South East Essex petty sessional area. Court proceedings data is published on a calendar year basis. Data for 2004 will not be available until the autumn. Because recorded crime deals with offences and court proceedings deals with defendants, the two data sets are not directly comparable. Table 1: Offences recorded by the police by various offence types, 1997-98 to 2001-02 Number of offences _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Burglary Theft of a Common Violence Violent Sexual Robbery Fraud Forgery vehicle assault against crime1 offences the person Essex police force area 1997-982 15,839 797 n/a 4,806 6,016 783 427 2,321 137 1998-993 14,997 7,414 1,478 8,043 9,443 877 523 4,207 159 1999-2000 14,967 7,174 3,220 9,879 11,480 975 626 5,339 131 2000-01 14,889 6,826 3,344 10,680 12,232 852 700 6,455 160 2001-02 14,472 7,505 4,332 11,896 13,703 887 920 6,518 193 Southend Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area 1997-98 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1998-99 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1999-2000 n/a 1,013 n/a 1,463 1,786 157 166 n/a n/a 2000-01 n/a 863 n/a 1,414 1,697 135 148 n/a n/a 2001-02 1,439 810 479 1,444 1,800 139 217 649 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Not available. 1 Includes offences of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. 2 The number of crimes recorded using the coverage and rules in use until 31 March 1998. 3 The number of crimes recorded using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998. Note: The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. Table 2: Offences recorded by the police by various offence types, 2002-03 and 2003-04 Number of offences _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Burglary Theft of a Common Violence Violent Sexual Robbery Fraud Forgery vehicle assault against crime1 offences the person Essex police force area 2002-03 16,909 7,664 3,559 22,090 24,583 1,165 1,328 7,471 263 2003-04 16,467 7,283 4,050 26,010 28,782 1,296 1,476 7,163 307 Southend Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area 2002-03 1,994 668 321 3,043 3,551 195 313 596 38 2003-04 1,643 746 244 3,253 3,849 188 408 802 49 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes offences of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. Table 3: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for various offences, 1997 to 2003 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Burglary Theft of a vehicle Common assault Violence against the Violent crime2 person Proceeded Found Proceeded Found Proceeded Found Proceeded Found Proceeded Found against guilty3 against guilty3 against guilty3 against guilty3 against guilty3 Essex police force area 1997 995 598 560 311 956 550 1,443 647 1,774 819 1998 920 581 562 357 1,270 748 1,468 637 1,851 824 1999 828 533 585 319 1,368 793 1,454 622 1,814 792 2000 837 436 599 348 1,475 732 1,361 569 1,665 728 2001 717 403 517 327 1,472 769 1,547 613 1,940 759 2002 680 405 575 381 1,473 845 1,298 618 1,705 792 2003 648 410 547 362 1,565 898 1,471 702 1,828 863 South East Essex petty sessional area4 1997 246 163 118 57 263 149 394 158 468 192 1998 248 159 138 65 366 198 421 171 497 200 1999 211 138 150 77 328 203 353 162 422 194 2000 147 107 129 80 348 159 290 127 341 151 2001 157 102 98 60 357 190 351 120 412 144 2002 130 70 95 62 309 186 292 145 386 172 2003 137 89 91 61 342 199 323 147 408 178 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Includes: Violence against the person, Sexual offences and Robbery. 3 For South East Essex PSA the guilty figures include those found guilty at the Crown court where South East Essex PSA was the committing court. 4 Covers Southend and includes some parts of Rayleigh, Benfleet and Canvey. Table 4: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for various offences, 1997 to 2003 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sexual offences Robbery Fraud Forgery Proceeded Found Proceeded Found Proceeded Found Proceeded Found against guilty2 against guilty2 against guilty2 against guilty2 Essex police force area 1997 194 112 137 60 528 355 314 226 1998 220 101 163 86 558 361 300 217 1999 228 81 132 89 508 347 231 173 2000 151 81 153 78 544 324 234 176 2001 195 66 198 80 505 321 304 223 2002 201 79 206 95 483 316 249 176 2003 186 77 171 84 442 321 191 149 South East Essex petty sessional area3 1997 41 19 33 15 120 78 81 58 1998 38 10 38 19 115 64 68 52 1999 41 15 28 17 114 83 53 40 2000 23 12 28 12 120 79 57 35 2001 30 11 31 13 100 60 65 50 2002 45 12 49 15 91 54 39 26 2003 33 15 52 16 78 56 33 25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 For South East Essex PSA the guilty figures include those found guilty at the Crown court where South East Essex PSA was the committing court. 3 Covers Southend and includes some parts of Rayleigh, Benfleet and Canvey.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1599-604W;431 c1594-8W; 208279;208593;208594;208596;208597;208598;208639;208642

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Crime Crimes against the person Crimes of violence Burglary Fraud Forgery Essex Sexual offences Taking and driving away Southend on Sea

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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