NCJ Number
137671
Date Published
1992
Length
17 pages
Annotation
This document presents statistics on notifiable offenses in England and Wales from April 1991 to March 1992.
Abstract
Data address total crime, property offenses, violent crime, crime reported according to police force areas and non-Home Office forces, and offenses cleared. Data indicate that 5.4 million notifiable offenses were recorded by the police in the 12 months to March 1992, an increase of 15 percent over the previous 12 months. Ninety-four percent were crimes against property; 5 percent were violent crimes. Car crimes accounted for a quarter of the overall increase of 700,000 offenses. Violent crime increased by 8 percent, which incorporated a 5-percent increase in violence against the person and a 28-percent increase in robberies. Recorded crime increased in all police force areas except Bedfordshire. A total of 1.5 million notifiable offenses were cleared up, 7 percent more than in 1990. The rise in recorded crime in 1991 outweighed the increase in offenses cleared up, however, such that the clear-up rate decreased from 32 percent in 1990 to 29 percent in 1991. 7 figures and 4 tables