HC Deb 14 April 1949 vol 463 c260W
Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of robbery with violence have occurred in each of the last 12 months; in how many death or injury resulted; and in how many the criminal was detained.

Mr. Ede

The latest available figures are those for 1948 and are as follows:

Month Cased of robbery with violence Arrest[...] made
January … 106 42
February … 85 30
March … 121 47
April … 82 29
May … 79 30
June … 88 39
July … 77 36
August … 78 28
September … 87 35
October … 92 28
November … 92 37
December … 114 23
Total … 1,101 404

I regret that information relating to the number of cases in which death or injury resulted is not available.