§ 3. Mr. Errollasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the current trends in crimes of violence; and to what causes does he attribute changes in expected trends.
§ Mr. EdeI assume that the hon. Member has in mind robbery, rape and such offences of violence against the person as murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, wounding and indictable assaults. From the table of figures below, it will be seen
INDICTABLF OFFENCES KNOWN TO THE POLICF Year Murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, wounding and assault Robbery Rape Total 1946 3,486 921 251 4,658 1947 3,987 979 240 5,206 1948 4,724 1,101 252 6,077 1949 4,810 990 233 6,033 1950 (Estimaled figures for first six months) 2,620 583 188 3,391