Written question asked by Barry Sheerman (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Blencathra (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 March 1997 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: How many (a) sex offences, (b) homicides and (c) violent crimes were recorded in each of the last 20 years; and what percentage of these led to successful prosecutions. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home were recorded in each of the last 20 years; and what percentage Mr. Maclean: The requested information on recorded crime Notifiable offence recorded by the police England and Wales __________________________________________________________________ Year Sexual offences 1975 23,731 1976 22,203 1977 21,313 1978 22,367 1979 21,843 1980 21,107 1981 19,424 1982 19,729 1983 20,410 1984 20,222 1985 21,456 1986 22,684 1987 25,154 1988 26,529 1989 29,733 1990 29,044 1991 29,423 1992 29,528 1993 31,284 1994 31,971 1995 30,274 __________________________________________________________________ {1} Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual Department how many (a) sex offences, (b) homicides and (c) violent crimes of these led to successful prosecutions. [19691] is given in the following table: _______________________________. Homicide All violent crime{1} 515 106,044 565 111,562 482 117,233 532 122,590 629 129,285 620 133,359 559 139,913 618 151,261 550 153,871 621 159,299 616 170,650 661 178,203 688 198,829 624 216,214 641 239,858 669 249,904 725 265,085 687 284,201 670 294,231 726 310,332 745 310,936 _______________________________. offences and robbery.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 19691; 292 c280W;292 c280-1W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Crime Crimes of violence Convictions Homicide Prosecutions Statistics Sexual offences
Contains statistics: Yes