Written question asked by David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 13 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2006. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 October 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Violent Crime

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many violent crimes in which the victim's occupation or the victim type was given as taxi driver have been carried out in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) district command unit and (b) council area.

Answer: PSNI have advised the following breakdown of violent crime where the victim was a taxi driver. As district command unit and council area are coterminous the statistics are outlined only by district command unit and included a Belfast total. Violent crime recorded by the police( 1) where the victim was a taxi driver( 2) 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Antrim 6 3 8 Ards 2 2 5 Armagh 0 2 0 Ballymena 3 7 3 Ballymoney 0 0 0 Banbridge 2 1 2 Carrickfergus 1 0 2 Castlereagh 0 2 1 Coleraine 5 10 13 Cookstown 1 1 1 Craigavon 8 14 14 Down 0 1 1 Dungannon and South Tyrone 5 2 9 Fermanagh 2 5 1 Foyle 6 9 15 Larne 3 1 1 Limavady 2 1 1 Lisburn 11 8 8 Magherafelt 3 0 2 Moyle 0 0 0 Newry and Mourne 3 7 11 Newtownabbey 0 0 4 North Down 1 1 5 Omagh 4 4 1 Strabane 2 3 8 East Belfast 4 2 7 North Belfast 10 9 11 South Belfast 3 4 5 West Belfast 2 3 3 Belfast total 19 18 26 Northern Ireland 89 102 142 (1) Violent crime includes offences against the person, sexual offences and robbery. (2) Figures are based on the victim type or victim occupation being categorised as a taxi or mini cab driver.

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