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Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2005. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Crime Clear-up Rates

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) burglaries, (b) vehicle thefts, (c) assaults, (d) violence against the person offences and (e) violent crimes have been reported to (i) East Belfast District Command Unit and (ii) Castlereagh District Command Unit in each year since 1998; how many reports led to (A) prosecution and (B) conviction; and what this figure is as a percentage of the total.
Answer

The information requested in relation to the number of offences reported to East Belfast and Castlereagh DCU's in each year since 1998 is contained in the following tables. Data relating to prosecutions and convictions for these type of offences is currently only available in the period 2000 to 2003 (2000 and 2003 being the earliest and most recent dates for which this information is available). Prosecutions and convictions cannot be linked to offences reported, therefore it is not possible to provide a meaningful percentage of one against the other.

East Belfast District Command Unit
Burglary Theft/unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Assaults Offences against the person Total violent crime
1998–99 1,214 418 704 834 1,017
1999–2000 1,099 538 789 960 1,155
2000–01 963 587 780 913 1,093
2001–02 1,026 611 826 952 1,201
2002–03 1,174 640 1,010 1,317 1,609
2003–04 913 267 1,058 1,269 1,504
2004–05 748 213 923 1,168 1,344
Castlereagh District Command Unit
Burglary Theft/unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Assaults Offences against the person Total violent crime
1998–99 485 306 299 353 441
1999–2000 446 379 345 392 457
2000–01 499 325 330 374 459
2001–02 634 454 468 534 645
2002–03 648 284 447 536 677
2003–04 578 182 462 545 648
2004–05 313 143 433 521 591
East Belfast DCU
Burglary Vehicle Theft Assault
Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
2000 66 57 3 3 52 34
2001 42 33 1 1 67 57
2002 39 31 0 0 47 35
2003 44 40 0 0 54 41
Violence against the Person Violent Crime
Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
2000 92 68 116 88
2001 81 69 100 86
2002 86 69 109 85
2003 116 97 136 115
Castlereagh DCU
Burglary Vehicle Theft Assault
Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
2000 10 10 0 0 39 28
2001 14 12 0 0 29 23
2002 24 20 0 0 32 24
2003 11 11 0 0 29 18
Violence against the Person Violent Crime
Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
2000 55 44 62 50
2001 45 38 54 45
2002 43 35 48 39
2003 48 37 54 42
Note: Prosecutions and convictions data is based on the police district command unit in which an offender's address falls.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c1251-4W;440 c1251-4W; 31992
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Crime Crimes of violence Convictions Burglary Northern Ireland Prosecutions Theft Castlereagh Belfast East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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