HC Deb 27 January 1972 vol 829 cc489-90W
34. Mr. Peter Archer

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish whether there is a correlation between the availability of housing, rent levels, and the crime rate.

Mr. Carlisle

A number of studies in this and other countries have examined the complex question whether there is a relationship between crime and environmental factors of this kind but have not established with certainty that there is any correlation.