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Figure 7 CLEAR-UP RATES BY TYPE OF OFFENCE, 1998/99 Homicide Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Theft of and from vehicles Total theft Fraud and forgery Criminal damage All offences 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 (e) Within violence against the person, 95 per cent of homicides and 89 per cent of attempted murders were cleared up during 1998/99. The clear-up rate for rape offences – at 64 per cent – was the lowest rate since 1986. (f) Offences for which a low proportion were cleared up include theft from a person (9 per cent), pedal cycle theft and vehicle interference/tampering (8 per cent). Other offences for which less than one in five were cleared up were non-residential burglary, theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, other theft, arson, and criminal damage. Together these offences comprise over three-fifths of all recorded crimes. (g) Clear-up rates varied widely among forces, from 22 per cent in the Metropolitan Police District and Humberside to 69 per cent in Dyfed-Powys. However, comparisons may reflect differences in the types of offences between areas and variations in recording practice. (h) There are several methods of clearing up a crime (see table 5); these can be divided into two main groups, “primary clear-ups” and “secondary clear-ups”. A full explanation of the definitions used is given in note 5 on page 24. In 1998/99 26 per cent of recorded crimes were cleared up by primary means, representing 90 per cent of all clear-ups, compared with 84 per cent during 1997/98. 10
Table B Notifiable offences recorded (1) and offences cleared up (2) England and Wales Number of offences and percentages Year Number recorded 11 Cleared up Number Percentage Total Primary Secondary Total Primary Secondary 1994/95 4,929,209 1,297,272 1,015,870 281,402 26% 21% 6% 1995/96 4,921,597 1,291,466 1,020,248 271,218 26% 21% 6% 1996/97 4,760,144 1,292,316 1,052,281 240,035 27% 22% 5% 1997/98 4,428,758 1,251,707 1,054,033 197,674 28% 24% 4% 1998/99 5,109,104 1,492,265 1,347,772 144,493 29% 26% 3% (1) Excluding criminal damage of £20 and under prior to 1998/99. (2) See note 5 on page 24. (i) In thirty-one forces over 85 per cent of clear-ups were by primary means. By contrast there were two forces in which secondary clear-ups made up over onequarter of all clear-ups (South Yorkshire and South Wales). (j) Looking at the method of clear-up in more detail, the most common was a charge or summons; a total of 755,800 offences – more than one half of all those detected - were cleared up in this way. In seven forces one fifth or more of all offences were cleared up using a charge or summons, although six forces cleared up less than one in eight offences by this method. (k) Five per cent of notifiable offences were cleared up by means of a caution, although Dyfed-Powys cleared up 15 per cent this way. (l) Three per cent of all offences were cleared up by secondary means, within which the most common method was by interview of convicted prisoners. Although nationally just two per cent of crimes were cleared up in this way, there was considerable variation amongst forces. This is largely as a result of differing force policies on using this method.
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