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Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime: Preston

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in numbers of (a) overall recorded crimes, (b) recorded violent crimes, (c) burglaries and (d) vehicle thefts in Preston has been since 1997.
Answer

Information is not available in the form requested. Since 1997, there have been two major changes to the way crime is recorded. The effect of extending the coverage and changing the counting rules in 1998 was to artificially increase total recorded crime nationally by 14 per cent. It is estimated that the effect of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002 caused a further artificial increase of 10 per cent. in total recorded crime in its first year. For these reasons data between 1997 and 2008-09 are not directly comparable.The latest comparable data are for offences recorded in Preston between 2002-03 and 2008-09 and are given in the following table.

Percentage change in selected offences recorded by the police in Preston between 2002-03 and 2008-09
Percentage change
Total recorded crime -20
Violence against the person +27
Burglary -45
Theft of a vehicle -47
Theft from a vehicle -54

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c258-9W; 310997
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Crime Preston
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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