Recorded Crime Figures
Personal robbery, (that is, robbery of an individual) accounts for around one per
cent of all recorded offences committed in England and Wales each year. In the year
to March 2000 that was over seventy thousand offences. (See below)
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The table below illustrates recorded robbery data
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Number of all robberies
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No of personal robberies
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All robberies as a percentage of all
recorded crime
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April 1995 - March 1996 |
70, 497 |
N/K |
1.5% |
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April 1996 – March 1997 |
72, 266 |
N/K |
1.4% |
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April 1997 – March 1998 |
62, 652 |
N/K |
1.5% |
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April 1998 – March 1999 |
66, 835 |
56, 354 |
1.3% |
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April 1999 – March 2000 |
84, 277 |
72,129 |
1.3% |
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April 2000 – March 2001 |
95, 154 |
82, 760 |
1.8% |
1 Change in counting rules (see Home Office Crime Figures Page)
2 Based on all robberies, including commercial ones using old rules total
Source : Recorded crime figures are published by the Home Office.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/publf.htm
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