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Home Office

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles were arrested for (a) robbery and (b) other offences defined as street crime in (i) London, (ii) Manchester and (iii) Leeds in each month in 2002. [109606] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Statistics are collected on arrests for notifiable offences quarterly, by offence group and police force area (pfa), and are published on a financial year basis. The table shows data for the notifiable offence group of robbery, for the period 2001-02 by quarter, for the pfas Metropolitan police, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. Data for 2002-03 will be published in the autumn. Street crime is generally referred to as the offences of robbery and snatch theft. Snatch thefts are not separately identifiable from other offences covered under the theft and handling stolen goods offence group. Number of persons aged 10-17 arrested for robbery, by police force area, England and Wales 2001-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police force area (pfa) April to June 2001 July to September October to December January to March Total 2001 2001 2002 Greater Manchester 296 275 271 252 1,094 Metropolitan police1 1,796 1,174 1,497 1,489 5,956 West Yorkshire 198 177 192 209 776 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes City of London

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

109606; 404 c758-60W;404 c754-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Crime Arrests Greater London Greater Manchester Leeds Young offenders Theft Robbery West Yorkshire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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