§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifiable offences in total were recorded in the Metropolitan police area in 1963, 1970, 1979, 1990, 1991 and 1992; what proportion the offences were per thousand population respectively; and what has been the percentage change in notifiable offences since 1963 and 1979 respectively.
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on the number of offences recorded in the Metropolitan police district and the number per thousand population is contained in the following table. The percentage increase between 1963 and 1992 was 412 per cent. and between 1979 and 1992 it was 169 per cent.
Number of offences and number per 1,000 population Metropolitan Police District Year Number of offences Number per 1,000 population 1963 229,107 29 1970 321,156 42 1979 557,378 76 1990 834,324 115 1991 926,203 128 1992 942,878 130