Theft: North West
(asked on 10th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of theft in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Stockport local authority area, (c) Tameside local authority area and (d) the North West in (i) each year since 2010 and (ii) 2015 to date.
Theft is unacceptable and the enforcement agencies will take action where appropriate. The number of offenders found guilty of theft offences at all courts in the North West Region, with breakdowns of those found guilty in the Stockport and Tameside Local Justice Areas, from 2010 to 2014 can be viewed in Table 1. The data shows there has been a general decrease each year in theft prosecution in the North West region. As there are no courts in the Denton and Reddish parliamentary constituency, the figure for that area is zero.
Court proceedings data for 2015, including findings of guilty for theft offences, are planned for publication in spring 2016.
Table 1 - Offenders found guilty of theft offences, North West region, 2010 to 2014 (1)(2) | |||||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Total | 21,782 | 21,224 | 19,312 | 18,438 | 16,818 |
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Stockport LJA | 635 | 568 | 487 | 454 | 345 |
Tameside LJA | 668 | 770 | 565 | 510 | 455 |
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(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | |||||
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(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||||
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Ref: PQ 1967 | |||||