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1. RECORDED CRIME (TABLES A, 1; FIGURES 1, 2) Table A Notifiable offences recorded by the police by offence England and Wales Number of offences and percentages Offence group 12 months ending March 1998 March 1999 March 1999 Old rules (1) New rules (1) 2 Underlying trend (2) Number Percentage Violence against the person 256,070 230,756 502,793 -25,314 (+12,424) -9.9% (+5.1%) Sexual offences 34,151 34,915 36,174 +764 (+2,031) +2.2% (+6.3%) Robbery 62,652 66,172 66,836 +3,520 (-9,614) +5.6% (-13.3%) Total violent crime 352,873 331,843 605,803 -21,030 (+4,841) -6.0% (+1.4%) Burglary 988,432 951,878 953,187 -36,554 (-138,595) -3.7% (-12.3%) Total theft & handling stolen goods 2,144,973 2,126,718 2,191,456 -18,255 (-178,726) -0.9% (-7.7%) Theft of and from vehicles 1,096,022 1,071,828 1,077,732 -24,194 (-149,030) -2.2% (-12.0%) Fraud and forgery 136,232 173,728 279,505 +37,496 (+257) +27.5% (+0.2%) Criminal damage 861,846 834,370 879,572 -27,476 (-76,889) -3.2% (-8.2%) Total property crime 4,131,483 4,086,694 4,303,720 -44,789 (-393,953) -1.1% (-8.7%) Drug offences 23,336 21,306 135,945 -2,030 (+685) -8.7% (+3.0%) Other notifiable offences 37,645 41,974 63,636 +4,329 (+3,086) +11.5% (+8.9%) Total all offences 4,545,337 4,481,817 5,109,104 -63,520 (-385,341) -1.4% (-7.8%) (1) ‘Old rules’ denotes the number of crimes that would have been recorded using the coverage and rules in use until 31 March 1998. ‘New rules’ denotes crimes recorded using the expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998. (2) Underlying trend is calculated using the old rule crime figures. Trends for the previous 12 months are shown in brackets. Figure 2 NOTIFIABLE OFFENCES RECORDED BY THE POLICE Percentage change 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -6 9 Underlying trend from the previous year (rounded) All notifiable offences 18 15 4 -4 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Percentage change 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -10 7 23 20 -5 12 months ending March Burglary 9 -4 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 -7 12 months ending March -0.1 -0.2 -9 -4 -8 -12 -4 -1 Percentage change 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 7 9 4 Violent crime 8 6 4 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Percentage change 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -8 12 months ending March Theft of and from vehicles 10 24 14 3 -5 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1 -9 5 -1 12 months ending March 9 -6 1 -12 -6 -2
(a) A number of changes to the way that the police count and record crimes took effect on 1 April 1998. Full details of these changes, together with their effect on the notifiable offence categories, are given in Annex A. Where trends are discussed in this bulletin, we have calculated the underlying trend where the effect of the counting rule and coverage changes has been removed (i.e. comparisons are made on the ‘old rules’ basis). (b) The collective term “Recorded Crime” refers to notifiable offences recorded by the police (see also note 1 on page 24). These offences cover a wide range of crimes, from homicides to minor thefts and damage. It is essential that when different offences are combined, the seriousness of the component crimes is borne in mind. (c) In the twelve months ending March 1999, a total of 5.1 million offences were recorded by the police in England and Wales. The trend in recorded offences shows a 1.4 per cent reduction compared to the previous twelve months, and this represents the sixth consecutive fall in the financial year figures. (d) The majority of crimes were property offences (burglary, theft, fraud and forgery, criminal damage). These offences accounted for 4.3 million or 84 per cent of all recorded crime, and include 1,078,000 thefts of and from vehicles and 473,000 domestic burglaries. (e) Violent crimes (violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery) accounted for 12 per cent (605,800) of all offences recorded during this period. Of the 502,800 offences of violence against the person, 151,500 were common assaults, which are now covered by the new counting rules. (f) Of the remaining 199,600 other notifiable offences, 135,900 were drug related, 18,600 were public order offences, and 9,300 involved perverting the course of justice. 2. PROPERTY OFFENCES (TABLES A, 3, 6; FIGURES 1, 2, 3) (a) The number of property offences fell by 1.1 per cent, with 4.3 million offences recorded during 1998/99. This is the sixth consecutive financial year decrease in property offences, which have fallen from a record number of 5.3 million during 1992/93. (b) There were decreases in many offence groups within property crime; however fraud and forgery, arson, and the theft from the person groups showed large increases. 3
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