Recorded Crime Statistics England and Wales, April 1998 to March 1999

• NCJ Number: 180254
• Author(s): David Povey; Julian Prime
• Date Published: 1999
• Length: 28 pages
• Corporate Author: Great Britain Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate
• Sale Source: Great Britain Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Issue 18/99, October 12, 1999

Annotation

This report presents data and information on recorded crime (violent offenses, property offenses, and drug offenses) and clearance rates for England and Wales from April 1998 to March 1999.

Abstract

In these 12 months, 84 percent of offenses recorded by the police were against property; 12 percent were violent crimes. Offenses of violence against the person showed a 10-percent decrease; however, sexual offenses increased by 2 percent, and robberies increased by 6 percent. Both theft of vehicles and theft from vehicles decreased 2 percent. Domestic burglary fell by 6 percent, with non-domestic burglary decreasing by 2 percent. Robberies increased by 8.9 percent to 63,100, reversing the small decrease recorded during the previous year. Fraud and forgery offenses increased by 27.5 percent. A total of 29 percent of all crimes, including two-thirds of violent crimes, were cleared by police during 1998/99. Half of all detected crimes were cleared by using a charge or summons, and less than 1 in 12 were cleared by interviewing a convicted prisoner. Extensive tabular and graphic data