Crime Prevention
Home Department
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made by local crime partnerships in (a) Denbighshire and (b) England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
Alan Campbell (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Tynemouth, Labour)
holding answer
The information is as follows:
(a) Denbighshire achieved a 22 per cent. reduction in the recorded crime British Crime Survey (BCS) Comparator during the period 2005-06 to 2007-08.
The latest published crime statistics for 2008-09 show a two per cent. increase in recorded crime BCS comparator (since 2007-08), and the Home Office Crime Team in Wales is working closely to support the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), which is very focused on tackling this increase in crime.
(b) Local partners in Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) in England and CSPs in Wales continue to make a significant contribution to our overall progress in reducing crime.
Since 1997, crime has fallen: all crime as measured by the BCS is down 36 per cent.; domestic burglary is down 54 per cent.; all vehicle-related thefts down 57 per cent.; all household offences down 36 per cent.; all BCS violence down 41 per cent.; and all personal offences down 36 per cent.
The latest published crime statistics for 2008-09 show a seven per cent. decrease overall in recorded crime BCS comparator in England and Wales (since 2007-08).