CRIME: SUSSEX
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) West Sussex in each of the last five years. [186183]
Norman Baker [holding answer 5 February 2014]: The Home Office holds data on crime for Police Force Areas and Community Safety Partnerships, but not for parliamentary constituencies or counties. The overall number of offences (excluding fraud) recorded in the Sussex Police Force Area and the Mid Sussex Community Safety Partnership area in each of the last five years are shown in the table provided.
The Office for National Statistics publishes quarterly statistics on crime. As part of this, a set of open data tables are published, showing crime at Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership level. These contain the data requested, and can be found using this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-recorded-crime-open-da...
| Total offences in Mid Sussex CSP and Sussex PFA in each of the last five years to September | |||||
| Year to September: | |||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Mid Sussex CSP | 5,950 | 4,786 | 4,929 | 5,037 | 5,034 |
| Sussex PFA | 104,720 | 95,016 | 94,471 | 91,301 | 85,302 |
| Note: The recording of fraud offences has moved from police forces to Action Fraud in recent years. The number of crimes shown exclude fraud offences to allow for consistent comparisons over time. | |||||