HC Deb 09 February 1989 vol 146 c761W
Mr. Maples

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of homicides recorded by the police in the Metropolitan police district in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Hurd

The numbers of recorded homicides in the Metropolitan police district during the last 10 years are as follows:

Number
1978 118
1979 179
1980 204
1981 131
1982 192
1983 149
1984 164
1985 187
1986 210
1987 193
1988 1148
1 provisonal.

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