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Written question asked by Malcolm Moss (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 2009. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 December 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Shoplifting

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were reported to police on suspicion of shoplifting offences in (a) each division in Cambridgeshire and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The available data relates to shoplifting offences recorded by the police in England and in each Basic Command Unit (BCU) in Cambridgeshire.Shoplifting data at BCU level is only available from 2000-01.

Table 1: Offences of shoplifting recorded by the police—1999-2000 to 2001-02
Cambridgeshire Basic Command Unit
England Central Northern Southern
1999-2000 278,243 n/a n/a n/a
2000-01 279,198 903 1,605 1,236
2001-02 291,689 940 1,758 1,326
n/a - Not available.
Table 2: Offences of shoplifting recorded by the police—2002-03 to 2008-09¹
Cambridgeshire Basic Command Unit
England Central Northern Southern
2002-03 294,062 1,053 1,643 1,724
2003-04 286,440 1,059 1,505 1,601
2004-05 265,789 842 1,511 1,277
2005-06 279,908 807 1,582 1,371
2006-07² 278,241 960 1,378 1,507
2007-08 274,146 909 1,462 1,569
2008-09 302,499 1,112 1,840 1,766
¹ The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in 2002-03 and data before and after that date are not directly comparable.
² Cambridgeshire BCUs revised in 2006-07.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c1117-8W; 306353
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Shoplifting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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