§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many street robberies there have been in each of the London boroughs in the last three years. [50877]
§ Mr. DenhamThe table contains figures for total recorded robberies (including robberies of personal property and business property) in London boroughs for 1999–2000 and 2000–01. The Home Office did not collect borough figures prior to April 1999. The Home Office will publish national statistics for 2001–02 in the summer in its crime bulletin. The Metropolitan police have already published figures for this period, which are available on its web site.
The Metropolitan police force area is one of the 10 areas included in the Government's wider street crime initiative, which involves a concerted response to street crime across all the criminal justice and social agencies.
The 10 Force Street Crime Initiative began in April 2002 across the 10 force areas with the biggest robbery problem. The police and criminal justice agencies are working together in these areas to target and fast-track all street crime offenders. The initiative also brings together the resources and expertise of non-criminal justice system agencies to help tackle the causes of street crime and take preventative action.
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Metropolitan police—total robbery offences by basic command unit (BCU), financial years 1999–2000 to 2000–011 Year ending BCU March 2000 March 2001 Barking and Dagenham 514 731 Barnet 876 1,041 Bexley 289 417 Brent 2,014 1,941 Bromley 518 685 Camden 1,645 1,906 Croydon 1,094 1,568 Ealing 1,702 1,510 Enfield 1,013 1,163 Greenwich 471 469 Hackney 2,437 2,275 Hammersmith and Fulham 853 911 Haringey 2,008 2,340 Harrow 607 559 Havering 240 392 Heathrow airport 6 6 Hillingdon 401 472 Hounslow 574 717
Metropolitan police—total robbery offences by basic command unit (BCU), financial years 1999–2000 to 2000–011 Year ending BCU March 2000 March 2001 Islington 1,761 1,511 Kensington and Chelsea 828 991 Kingston-upon-Thames 175 245 Lambeth 3,390 4,691 Lewisham 1,277 1,547 Merton 321 397 Newham 1,736 2,106 Redbridge 652 900 Richmond-upon-Thames 160 236 Southwark 2,008 2,162 Sutton 228 240 Tower Hamlets 1,589 1,757 Waltham Forest 943 1,281 Wandsworth 1,217 1,427 Westminster 2,468 2,397 'Squads' 0 1 Grand total 36,015 40,992 1Based on force boundary since 1 April 2000