Paul McGrath
Question:320 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide figures for violent crimes, including shootings and attacks on the person, in Northern Ireland for 2003 and 2004. [3867/05]
View answerTuesday, 8 February 2005
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Violent crime is categorised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland as being one of three separate classes: class 1 relates to offences against the person and includes shootings and assaults; class 2 relates to sexual offences and class 4 relates to robbery. Class 3 relates to burglary and is not categorised as violent crime. As the PSNI provide these statistics on a financial year basis, rather than calendar year, the 2004-05 figures are unavailable at this time. The most pertinent statistics with regard to the Deputy's question are set out below:
|
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
|
|
Class 1 |
28,455 |
28,982 |
|
Class 2 |
1,469 |
1,780 |
|
Class 4 |
2,497 |
1,973 |
|
Total: |
32,421 |
32,735 |