§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences involving armed criminals have been committed in each district of the Metropolitan police in each year since 1978–79; and what has been the percentage increase over the total period.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984. c. 121–22]: The available information is given in the following table.
Notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used Metropolitan Police District Number of offences* Police district 1979 1980 1981 1982 A Westminster (part) 10 20 20 20 B Kensington and Chelsea 40 30 50 80 C Westminster (part) 30 40 40 40 D Westminster (part) 50 40 70 100 E Camden 100 70 100 140 F Hammersmith 40 40 60 70 G Hackney 100 70 100 160 H Tower Hamlets 80 80 110 120 I Heathrow etc. 10 10 10 10 J Waltham Forest, Redbridge, etc. 90 130 150 160 K Havering, Barking and Newham 150 160 150 170 L Lambeth 90 100 160 160 M Southwark 100 120 180 140 N Islington 90 60 60 90 P Lewisham and Bromley 120 130 160 180 Q Brent and Harrow 80 80 120 130 R Greenwich and Bexley 60 70 70 80 S Barnet and Hertsmere 40 40 60 70 T Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow 70 100 70 70 V Kingston upon Thames, Merton etc. 30 40 40 40 W Wandsworth 90 50 30 70 X Ealing and Hillingdon 90 40 90 80 Y Haringey and Enfield 100 60 80 110 Z Croydon, Sutton, etc. 50 40 60 60 TA —Thames Division † † † † Total 1,710 1,627 2,107 2,369 * Figures for individual districts have been rounded to the nearest 10 because in a small number of cases the district was not recorded. † Indicates fewer than 5.