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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded crimes of (a) violence against persons, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) total theft and handling stolen goods, (f) theft of and from vehicles, (g) fraud and forgery, (h) criminal damage, (i) drug offences and (j) other notifiable offences there were in (i) St. Helens police area and (ii) Merseyside police area in the years to (A) March 1999, (B) March 2000 and (C) March 2001. [51618] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 25 April 2002]: The requested information for Merseyside, and the available information for the St. Helens police Basic Command Unit, are given in the tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year ending Offence Group March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 Recorded crimes for Merseyside Violence against the person 12,208 14,639 15,855 Sexual offences 1,019 935 982 Robbery 2,484 2,663 2,405 Burglary in a dwelling 14,177 13,606 12,514 Burglary in other building 12,321 12,032 11,424 Theft and handling stolen goods 59,044 62,230 57,844 including: Theft from vehicle 15,031 16,960 14,220 Theft or unauthorised taking of 15,306 16,775 16,157 motor vehicle Fraud and Forgery 4,884 4,794 5,021 Criminal damage 27,465 30,822 30,593 Drug Offences 5,620 4,838 4,421 Other Offences 1,652 1,613 1,748 Grand Total 140,874 148,172 142,807 Recorded crimes for the St. Helens Basic Command Unit{ 1} Violence against the person n/a 1,693 1,795 Sexual offences n/a 109 153 Robbery n/a 171 168 Burglary in a dwelling n/a 1,550 1,669 Theft from vehicle n/a 2,000 1,923 Theft or unauthorised taking of n/a 1,680 1,725 motor vehicle _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} A subset of recorded crime has been collected since 1 April 1999.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

51618; 384 c618W;384 c616W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Crime Crimes of violence Burglary Damage Fraud Forgery Drugs Merseyside Sexual offences Theft Robbery Merseyside Police Authority St Helens

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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