§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the number of policemen injured on duty in England and Wales, including the Metropolitan force, in all years for 1938, 1939 and 1945 to date, and a similar table showing the number of crimes in which violence was used.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe numbers of members of the Metropolitan police granted sick leave in the years referred to, after being assaulted in the execution of their duty, are given in the first part of the following table.
Similar figures for other police forces in England and Wales are not available.
Comprehensive figures of crimes in which violence was used are not available; but the second part of the table shows the numbers of indictable offences classified as involving violence against the person which were known to the police in the years in question.
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TABLE I Year Metropolitan police officers granted sick leave as a result of assaults in the execution of their duty 1938 … … 222 1939 … … 185 1945 … … 199 1946 … … 149 1947 … … 145 1948 … … 138 1949 … … 124 1950 … … 130 1951 … … 183 1952 … … 159 1953 … … 168 1954 … … 155 1955 … … 140 1956 … … 198 1957 … … 207 The figures relate to male officers only and include, as separate cases, any second or subsequent periods of sick leave attributable to a particular assault.
TABLE II CRIMES OF VIOLENCE KNOWN TO THE POLICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES Offence 1938 1939 1945 1946 1947 1. Murder … … … 116 157 218 148 175 2. Attempted Murder … … … 79 50 190 167 179 4. Manslaughter … … … 172 155 217 151 138 5. Felonious Wounding … … … 388 358 545 498 572 8. Malicious Wounding … … … 1,602 1,805 2,737 2,510 2,908 9. Indictable Assaults … … … 30 16 10 12 15 19. Rape … … … 99 109 377 251 240 34/1. Robbery with Violence … … … 287 265 1,033 804 842 34/2 and 3. Robbery and Assaults with intent to rob … … … 117 137 TOTAL … … … 2,773 2,915 5,327 4,658 5,206
Offence 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1. Murder … … 171 136 139 132 146 2. Attempted Murder … … 191 167 183 126 155 4. Manslaughter … … 138 131 176 176 233 5. Felonious Wounding … … 646 625 976 1,078 1,027 8. Malicious Wounding … … 3,547 3,705 4,201 4,445 4,873 9. Indictable Assaults … … 31 46 81 96 80 19. Rape … … 252 233 314 335 260 34/1. Robbery with Violence … … 978 860 812 633 790 34/2 and 3. Robbery and Assaults with intent to rob … … 123 130 209 167 212 TOTAL … … 6,077 6,033 7,091 7,188 7,776
Offence 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1. Murder … … 143 146 135 156 166 2. Attempted Murder … … 129 176 169 162 158 4. Manslaughter … … 158 138 122 142 147 5. Felonious Wounding … … 981 1,048 1,042 1,227 1,397 8. Malicious Wounding … … 5,111 5,425 5,884 7,039 8,192 9. Indictable Assaults … … 95 113 150 167 185 19. Rape … … 295 294 340 329 408 34/1. Robbery with Violence … … 754 604 577 730 921 34/2 and 3. Robbery and Assaults with intent to rob … … 226 208 246 235 273 TOTAL … … 7,892 8,152 8,665 10,187 11,847