HC Deb 03 July 1952 vol 503 cc55-6W
62. Sir T. Moore

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of crimes accompanied by violence for which sentences were imposed during the year 1947 and the year 1951, respectively.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

The numbers of persons found guilty in England and Wales of robbery, rape, and such offences of violence against the person as murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, wounding and indictable assaults were 2,717 in 1947 and 4,274 in 1951.