§ Sir B. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many robberies have taken place during each of the past five years; what amount of money or value was involved; and in how many cases culprits were caught.
§ Mr. BrookeThe numbers of offences of robbery and assault with intent to rob known to the police in England and Wales from 1957 to 1961, and the numbers cleared up, were as follows:
Year Number of offences known to the police Number of offences cleared up 1957 1,194 573 1958 1,692 788 1959 1,900 879 1960 2,014 933 1961 2,349 922 Information about the value of property stolen is available only for the Metropolitan Police District. The figures are as follows:
Year Number of offences of robbery and assault with intent to rob known to the police Number of these offences in which property was stolen Value of property stolen £ 1957 398 308 77,000 1958 558 460 172,912 1959 671 535 219,267 1960 763 633 372,663 1961 963 806 683,296