§ 40. Mr. Patrick McLoughlinasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has 611W on comparative crime rates for homicide, rape, and armed robbery in England and Wales, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany and France.
§ Mr. John PattenInternational crime statistics are published periodically by Interpol. A copy of its most recent publication "International Crime Statistics 1983–84" is in the Library. The available figures do not distinguish armed robberies from other robberies. Care is needed in using such comparisons; because of differences in legal systems there are often differences in definitions and in coverage of the figures: there may also be differences in the extent to which offences are recorded by the authorities.
§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the total numbers of recorded crimes, crimes of murder, rape, violence against the person, robbery and armed robbery, respectively, in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available (a) in the Metropolitan police area, (b) in other metropolitan police areas, and (c) in non-metropolitan police areas.
§ Mr. John PattenNumbers of homicides, other offences of violence against the person, rapes, robberies and the
Table 2. Notifiable offences of robbery recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used England and Wales, 1977–86 Number of offences Year Metropolitan Police District Other metropolitan police forces1 Other police forces Total 1976 746 95 235 1,076 1977 901 146 187 1,234 1978 718 111 167 996 1979 734 125 179 1,038 1980 740 169 240 1,149 1981 1,317 265 311 1,893 1982 1,756 359 415 2,560 1983 1,276 347 334 1,957 1984 1,422 377 299 2,098 1985 1,610 502 427 2,539 1986 1,549 596 506 2,651 1 Incorporates City of London, West Midlands, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Northumbria.