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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2010. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 29 November 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2010, Official Report, columns 114-15W, on crime: databases, in how many cases in each category of crime there was (a) a match and (b) no match on the National DNA Database.
Answer

As at 12 November 2010, there were 369,253 crime scene sample profiles on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) submitted by police forces in England and Wales, of which an estimated 221,401 had been matched to subject sample profiles and an estimated 147,852 had not. The offence types recorded against these crime scene sample profiles are shown in the following table.Since April 2002, records have been captured on the NDNAD Match Reporting Management Information Database (MID) on matches between crime scene sample profiles and subject sample profiles. The figures provided are estimates, as it is possible that some crime scene profiles were matched before 2002 and therefore not captured on the MID. The number of unmatched crime scene profiles may therefore be lower than indicated. In cases where a crime scene sample profile on the NDNAD has not matched to a subject sample profile, the crime may nevertheless have been detected through other evidence.The data provided are management information and have not been formally assessed for compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Offence type Unmatched Matched
Abduction and Kidnapping 359 540
Aggravated Burglary 1,238 1,640
Alcohol Technical Defences 3 5
Arson/Fire 1,102 1,305
Attempted Murder 554 744
Auto-Crime 4,308 5,725
Blackmail 56 54
Break in Offences 497 357
Burglary in a Dwelling 34,217 47,265
Criminal Damage 9,049 20,403
Customs and Excise 2 2
Documents 0 4
Driving After Consuming Drugs 1 13
Drugs 5 0
Drugs Services—Other 304 974
Expert Evidence 0 1
Explosives 20 14
Firearms 0 28
Fraud 0 6
GBH Assault 14 18
High Value Fraud/Forgery 33 50
Import Drugs (Customs and Excise) 3 2
Import/Export Controlled Drugs 28 41
Less Serious Assault 1,901 4,780
Low Value Fraud/Forgery 332 642
Murder/Manslaughter 2,088 1,931
Other Burglary 27,469 42,253
Other Serious 1,855 1,432
Other Sexual Offences 779 986
Other Specialist Services 3 6
Other Suspicious Death 129 119
Other Vehicle Crime 3,214 6,428
Other Volume Crime 3,256 4,949
Possession of Controlled Drugs 209 953
Possession of Firearms 181 361
Production of Controlled Drugs 696 1,842
Public Order 77 250
Rape 2,441 3,460
Robbery 7 15
Robbery Serious 2,666 3,228
Robbery Volume 3,796 4,886
Road Traffic Accident—Alcohol 5 37
Sexual Offences 16 27
Supply of Controlled Drugs 926 3,131
Suspicious Death/Abortion 0 3
Terrorism 33 13
Theft 52 43
Theft From a Vehicle 6,931 13,012
Theft inc Handling Stolen Goods 2,975 7,519
Theft of a Vehicle 31,045 33,492
Threat to Kill/Malicious Communication 0 2
Traffic 0 10
Traffic Offences Fatal 67 121
Traffic Offences Non-fatal 1,227 3,107
Unclassified/ Unknown 76 16
Using/Trading in/Shortening/Converting Firearms 404 659
Wounding/GBH 1,203 2,497
Total 147,852 221,401

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24548; 519 c501-2W
Session
2010-12
Related items
DNA: Databases
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Written questions
House of Commons
Crime: Databases
Monday, 8 November 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Databases DNA
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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