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Home Office

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Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in (a) domestic burglary, (b) juvenile anti-social behaviour, (c) arrests for violent crime, (d) incidents of violent crime, (e) road traffic collision involving fatality or serious injury, (f) domestic burglary per 1,000 households, (g) robberies per 1,000 population and (h) vehicle crimes per 1,000 population was between 2001-02 and 2002-03 for (i) division of the North Wales police and (ii) each local authority in North Wales. [154295] Ms Blears: The available statistics recorded by North Wales Police, are given as follows. Those figures derived from recorded crime statistics will have been affected by North Wales police adopting the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard in October 2001. Percentage changes between 2001-02 and 2002-03: Domestic burglary1 increased by 34 per cent. Juvenile anti-social behaviour2 remained level. Two Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) were issued in both 2001-02 and 2002-03. Arrests for violent crime3 increased by 28 per cent. Violent crime1,4 increased by 53 per cent. Details on road traffic collisions involving fatality or serious injury, are not collected by the Home Office. Domestic burglaries per 1,000 households1 increased by 31 per cent. Robberies per 1,000 population1 increased by 15 per cent. Vehicle crimes per 1,000 population1 increased by 5 per cent. 1 The National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) had the effect of increasing the number of crimes recorded by the police. Therefore, following the introduction of the Standard, numbers of recorded crimes, and figures derived from them, are not directly comparable with previous years. 2 Figure based on number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, as reported to the Home Office, issued to juveniles (persons aged 10-17 years), within North Wales. 3 Figure based on numbers of notifiable arrests made by North Wales Police. 4 Violent crime comprises the offences of Violence against the person, Sexual offences and Robbery. Crime statistics are recorded at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) level. CDRPs were set up under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and are broadly local authority areas. They include representatives from police, health, probation and other local agencies and provide strategies for reducing crime in the area. The available figures are given in the table. Percentage change between 2001-02 and 2002-03, by CDRPs in North Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. CDRP Domestic burglary Violent crime Conwy -3 74 Denbighshire 45 78 Flintshire 37 29 Gwynedd 47 41 Isle of Anglesey 104 55 Wrexham 42 53 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. See footnote 1 above. The number of ASBOs1 which were issued to juveniles, by local authority area, for 2001-02 and 2002-03: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority area 2001-02 2002-03 Conwy 0 1 Wrexham 2 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 ASBOs are issued by the courts but can be applied for, among other authorities, the police. Figures on arrests are not collected by local authority area. More generally, the British Crime Survey (BCS), which asks members of the public about their experiences of crime, gives a more complete estimate of crime in England and Wales since it covers both unreported and unrecorded crime. It also gives a more reliable indication of trends in crime as BCS estimates are unaffected by changes in levels of reporting, or in police recording. Between 2001-02 and 2002-03 there was a decrease of 2 per cent. in crime as measured by the BCS.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

154295; 421 c761-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Crime Crimes of violence Arrests Anti-social behaviour Accidents Burglary Motor vehicles Young offenders Wales Roads Road traffic offences Robbery North Wales

Contains statistics

Yes

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