Private Houses (Unauthorised Entry)

HC Deb 17 January 1978 vol 942 cc138-9W

Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the methods of unauthorised entry into private houses in the Metropolitan Police District in each of the last five years.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The available information is as follows:

(a) Number of forcible entry burglaries into dwellings in the Metropolitan Police District:

Year	Number
1972	26,045
1973	23,645
1974	29,905
1975	34,130
1976	36,579

(b) Number of walk-in entry burglaries into dwellings in the Metropolitan Police District:

Year	Number
1972	20,339
1973	18,531
1974	18,954
1975	21,637
1976	24,101