§ 58. Mr. N. Pannellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of offences known to the police of robbery with violence, armed robbery, and robbery in company with others for the first nine months of 1958 compared with the first nine months of 1948.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI regret that the figures are not available in precisely this form, but the number of offences under Section 23 (1) of the Larceny Act, 1916–robbery with violence and robbery or attempted robbery while armed or in company with others—known to the police in England and Wales in 1958 was 1,402 and in 1948 978. The figure for 1958 is provisional.
§ 59 and 60. Mr. N. Pannellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) the total number of crimes of violence known to the police for the first nine months of 1958 compared with the first nine months of 1948;
55W(2) the number of offences of malicious wounding known to the police for the first nine months of 1958 compared with the first nine months of 1948.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe number of indictable offences of violence against the person known to the police in England and Wales in the first nine months of 1958 was 8,955, of which 6,819 were offences of malicious wounding. The figures for the whole year were 12,137 and 9,174 respectively. These are provisional figures. For 1948 it is possible only to give the figures for the whole year. They were 5,183 and 3,547 respectively.