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Crime: North Yorkshire

Answer

The available information relates to the North Yorkshire police force area and the York Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area and is given in the tables.

Table 1: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—1997
	Violence against the person	Total crime
	York CDRP	North Yorkshire	York CDRP	North Yorkshire
1997	n/a	2,425	n/a	50,252
n/a - not available

Table 2: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—1998-99 to 2001-02
	Violence against the person	Total crime
	York CDRP	North Yorkshire	York CDRP	North Yorkshire
1998-99	n/a	4,827	n/a	55,309
1999-2000	n/a	5,101	n/a	53,554
2000-01	1,504	4,895	19,291	51,532
2001-02	1,656	5,624	22,890	59,125
n/a = Not available
Notes:
1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997.
2. 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 3: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—2002-03 to 2006-07
	Violence against the person	Total crime
	York CDRP	North Yorkshire	York CDRP	North Yorkshire
2002-03	2,575	8,108	25,630	67,239
2003-04	3,459	9,610	29,347	71,473
2004-05	4,000	12,045	23,080	61,615
2005-06	3,810	11,473	22,784	58,850
2006-07	3,285	10,087	20,935	54,526
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.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

151609; 463 c935-6W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Crime North Yorkshire

Link

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