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Written question asked by Alan Milburn (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 7 March 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 March 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime: Darlington

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 February 2008, Official Report, columns 429-30W, on crime: Darlington, what the crime detection rates were for the South Durham basic command unit in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answer

The 2006-07 detection rates for the South Durham basic command unit are given in the following table.It should be noted that non-sanction detections that contribute to the percentage change in detection rates have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many police forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detections rates over time are not fully comparable. From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.

Detection rates in the South Durham basic command unit—2006-07
Percentage
Offence group Detection rate
Violence against the person 64
Sexual offences 46
Robbery 28
Burglary 15
Offences against vehicles 11
Other theft offences 27
Fraud and forgery 49
Criminal damage 16
Drug offences 91
Other miscellaneous offences 80
Total 29

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
192864; 473 c1250-1W;473 c1246W
Session
2007-08
Related items
Crime: Darlington
Monday, 18 February 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Detection rates County Durham
Link
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