§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported crimes there were in(a) each London borough and (b) London as a whole in each category in (i) 1996 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. [152207]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe available information, for the calendar years 1996 and 2000, has been provided by the Metropolitan police, and is given in the tables. The 1996 figures may differ from the previously published overall and offence group totals because they have been compiled using a new computer system (CRIS) which interprets historical data differently from the previous system.
It should be noted that there was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998. This expanded the coverage of offences, changed the basis of counting more towards one crime per victim, and introduced the new category of drugs offences. Previously drugs trafficking was the only drugs offence recorded in these statistics, and it was included in the "Other" category. Also, the outer boundary of the Metropolitan police area changed on 1 April 2000, so as to be coterminous with the boundary of the Greater London area. These changes mean that recorded crime statistics for these two years are not directly comparable.
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Calendar year 1996 Major category description (pre-April 1998) Borough Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary and going equipped Theft and handling Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Other notifiable offences Grand total Barking and Dagenham 693 170 238 3,192 6,077 439 3,713 129 14,651 Barnet 957 152 516 4,955 10,312 913 4,508 158 22,471 Bexley 856 136 183 4,191 6,992 624 3,459 177 16,618 Brent 1,611 210 2,043 5,185 9,324 1,360 4,473 265 24,471 Bromley 897 147 391 4,624 10,689 791 4,766 191 22,496 Broxbourne1 60 6 16 581 1,052 29 431 7 2,182 Camden 1,691 256 1,271 6,020 18,509 1,857 5,714 586 35,904 Croydon 1,899 332 936 6,480 12,618 1,354 6,002 245 29,868 Ealing 2,092 236 1,059 5,530 11,506 1,677 5,937 293 28,330 Elmbridge1 137 35 19 762 1,612 116 915 19 3,615 Enfield 964 145 603 6,224 11,211 790 4,440 119 24,496 Epping Forest1 247 25 29 811 1,744 121 988 32 3,997 Epsom and Ewell1 251 40 39 1,209 1,768 165 1,315 35 4,822 Greenwich 1,920 355 643 5,678 11,182 1,339 6,173 354 27,644 Hackney 1,868 331 2,108 5,862 12,254 1,034 4,628 379 28,464 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,105 140 852 3,840 10,268 786 3,659 206 20,876 Haringey 1,434 252 1,918 5,922 11,258 1,422 4,621 285 27,112 Harrow 791 101 357 3,202 6,349 775 3,389 97 15,061 Havering 604 93 121 2,924 7,848 648 3,495 141 15,874 Heathrow 30 7 3 68 3,870 748 261 942 5,929 Hertsmere1 259 76 39 1,124 3,022 332 1,590 52 6,494 Hillingdon 1,618 240 277 5,223 9,325 741 5,392 141 22,957 Hounslow 1,162 178 380 3,999 9,315 1,934 4,281 261 21,510 Islington 2,122 212 1,170 5,187 12,587 884 5,027 463 27,652 Kensington and Chelsea 920 116 864 4,052 15,330 1,290 2,865 223 25,660 Kingston upon Thames 604 117 137 2,299 6,055 568 2,539 109 12,428 Lambeth 2,700 340 2,733 8,594 15,541 1,558 6,296 558 38,318 Lewisham 1,418 269 1,371 6,213 11,211 1,169 5,187 362 27,200 Merton 747 75 217 2,973 6,580 744 3,509 145 14,990 Newham 1,327 247 1,147 5,750 11,713 1,015 5,038 234 26,471 Redbridge 652 115 381 3,410 7,520 881 3,150 167 18,478 Reigate and Banstead1 78 14 24 476 794 60 430 16 1,892 Richmond upon Thames 515 77 128 3,281 6,420 561 2,631 95 13,708 Southwark 3,054 384 1,706 7,261 16,462 2,432 7,188 682 39,169 Spelthorne1 328 74 41 1,046 3,354 255 1,567 40 6,705 Squads2 — — — 3 47 82 7 29 168 Sutton 653 119 130 2,304 5,218 434 2,864 84 11,806 Tower Hamlets 1,137 175 803 4,460 10,962 755 4,300 284 22,876 Waltham Forest 1,116 144 744 4,808 8,442 1,008 3,830 176 20,268 Wandsworth 1,437 212 1,025 5,240 14,106 1,424 5,364 321 28,129 Welwyn and Hatfield1 — — 4 18 36 1 11 — 70 Westminster 1,776 280 2,083 7,890 39,024 2,616 5,066 593 59,328 Total 43,930 6,633 28,749 162,871 379,527 37,730 151,019 9,695 820,154 1 Areas outside Greater London policed by the Metropolitan police 2 'Squads' refers to crimes that were reported by Specialist Operations groups such as the flying squad
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Calendar year 2000 Major category Borough Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Theft and handling Fraud or forgery Criminal damage Drugs Other notifiable offences Total Barking and Dagenham 3,596 203 679 2,058 6,894 2,202 3,871 403 175 20,081 Barnet 4,654 251 1,011 4,190 11,451 3,311 5,078 495 315 30,756 Bexley 3,291 165 370 2,734 7,862 1,234 4,700 411 204 20,971 Brent 5,693 370 1,900 4,534 10,486 4,502 4,335 832 328 32,980 Bromley 3,554 174 644 3,346 10,633 1,541 5,771 452 216 26,331 Camden 5,316 357 1,814 5,184 24,051 3,602 4,725 1,433 351 46,833 Croydon 6,250 354 1,516 4,073 13,017 3,273 6,680 708 262 36,133 Ealing 6,465 354 1,597 4,787 14,962 3,554 6,453 873 386 39,431 Enfield 4,750 238 1,225 4,376 10,510 3,049 3,836 607 309 28,900 Greenwich 6,417 358 480 3,138 10,638 1,405 5,191 968 258 28,853 Hackney 6,383 364 2,361 4,443 16,175 2,463 4,759 992 372 38,312 Hammersmith and Fulham 4,341 219 851 2,997 12,980 1,715 3,617 712 309 27,741 Haringey 5,223 467 2,373 4,363 12,741 2,213 4,662 1,105 370 33,517 Harrow 2,431 153 603 2,815 5,943 1,793 2,790 460 191 17,179 Havering 2,838 175 358 2,341 7,973 1,719 3,356 462 156 19,378
Calendar year 2000 Major category Borough Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Theft and handling Fraud or forgery Criminal damage Drugs Other notifiable offences Total Heathrow Airport 326 30 10 54 4,428 607 173 37 982 6,647 Hillingdon 3,924 224 485 4,264 10,685 1,761 5,048 398 251 27,040 Hounslow 5,407 234 680 3,646 11,586 2,431 5,112 554 243 29,893 Islington 5,336 297 1,530 4,319 16,347 2,963 4,615 864 375 36,646 Kensington and Chelsea 3,416 155 882 3,477 16,865 3,190 2,466 571 290 31,312 Kingston upon Thames 2,363 123 227 1,365 5,337 1,432 2,589 485 147 14,068 Lambeth 8,055 553 4,498 6,118 19,988 4,278 6,713 1,456 429 52,088 Lewisham 5,269 418 1,541 3,624 10,196 1,915 4,690 686 280 28,619 Merton 2,957 123 387 1,716 5,689 1,642 3,553 248 156 16,471 Newham 7,483 342 2,091 3,470 15,046 3,345 6,455 605 401 39,238 Redbridge 3,752 205 817 3,036 10,527 3,118 3,659 378 231 25,723 Richmond Upon Thames 1,959 94 201 2,311 5,755 1,017 2,970 252 154 14,713 Squads 6 5 — — 32 517 2 1 37 600 Southwark 7,289 431 2,180 4,379 15,050 3,870 5,279 1,443 419 40,340 Sutton 2,102 106 262 1,463 5,167 1,102 3,477 299 121 14,099 Tower Hamlets 5,850 371 1,731 3,648 14,803 3,088 4,704 987 385 35,567 Waltham Forest 4,842 241 1,186 3,257 9,131 2,917 3,495 541 261 25,871 Wandsworth 4,921 271 1,322 4,155 14,907 4,109 4,614 661 255 35,215 Westminster 8,660 529 2,341 5,350 53,538 7,402 5,277 2,723 880 86,700 Total 155,119 8,954 40,153 115,031 421,393 88,280 144,715 24,102 10,499 1,008,246