Home Department written question – answered at on 24 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) violent crimes and (b) crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York in each of the last 10 years.
The available information relates to the North Yorkshire police force area and the York Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area and is given in the tables.
Table 1: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—1997 | ||||
Violence against the person | Total crime | |||
York CDRP | North Yorkshire | York CDRP | North Yorkshire | |
1997 | n/a | 2,425 | n/a | 50,252 |
n/a - not available |
Table 2: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—1998-99 to 2001-02 | ||||
Violence against the person | Total crime | |||
York CDRP | North Yorkshire | York CDRP | North Yorkshire | |
1998-99 | n/a | 4,827 | n/a | 55,309 |
1999-2000 | n/a | 5,101 | n/a | 53,554 |
2000-01 | 1,504 | 4,895 | 19,291 | 51,532 |
2001-02 | 1,656 | 5,624 | 22,890 | 59,125 |
n/a = Not available Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. |
Table 3: Recorded offences of violence against the person and total crime—2002-03 to 2006-07 | ||||
Violence against the person | Total crime | |||
York CDRP | North Yorkshire | York CDRP | North Yorkshire | |
2002-03 | 2,575 | 8,108 | 25,630 | 67,239 |
2003-04 | 3,459 | 9,610 | 29,347 | 71,473 |
2004-05 | 4,000 | 12,045 | 23,080 | 61,615 |
2005-06 | 3,810 | 11,473 | 22,784 | 58,850 |
2006-07 | 3,285 | 10,087 | 20,935 | 54,526 |
Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. |
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