§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of crimes of murder brought to the notice of the police in England and Wales during each month from April to December, 1957, inclusive; and how these figures compare with the same months during 1956.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe numbers of murders recorded as known to the police in England and Wales in the months in question are as follows:
1956 1957 April … … 12 27 May … … 16 21 June … … 15 34 July … … 15 15 August … … 11 20 September … … 13 11 October … … 24 18 November … … 14 13 December … … 19 17 139 176 The figures include some cases which have been, or may be, found not to be murders. Since the more recent figures cannot yet be adjusted by deducting such cases, all the figures are given in the unadjusted form in order to provide a comparison.