§ 48. Mr. John Huntasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish figures for each of the years 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970
ALL INDICTABLE CRIMES KNOWN TO THE POLICE(1) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Barking … 4,971 4,938 5,109 5,161 5,967 6,374 Barnet … 8,913 9,310 9,613 9,625 11,269 12,726 Bexley … 4,079 4,396 4,856 4,899 5,685 6,588 Brent … 8,940 10,123 10,543 10,811 12,917 14,410 Bromley … 6,964 7,872 8,287 9,300 10,301 11,438 Camden … 17,539 18,690 19,056 18,713 20,354 20,907 Croydon … 10,477 11,439 11,183 11,230 13,220 14,581 Ealing … 9,111 10,563 11,764 11,569 13,816 15,269 Enfield … 5,690 6,520 6,402 6,094 7,715 9,303 Greenwich … 7,554 8,410 8,489 8,644 10,143 10,693 Hackney … 11,081 11,625 11,858 12,097 13,922 14,604 Hammersmith … 10,058 10,408 11,219 11,304 12,406 13,071 Haringey … 8,326 9,477 9,823 9,911 11,711 13,740 Harrow … 4,208 4,388 4,714 4,587 5,737 6,501 Havering … 5,704 6,428 6,721 6,751 8,838 9,873 Hillingdon(2) … 5,986 5,867 6,707 7,049 8,396 8,864 Hounslow(3) … 6,399 7,211 7,662 7,624 10,117 10,085 Islington … 12,002 13,402 13,152 12,563 13,718 14,876 Kensington and Chelsea 20,318 21,625 21,743 21,757 23,131 23,248 Kingston … 4,282 4,832 4,363 3,975 4,920 5,409 Lambeth … 15,898 16,410 18,421 18,310 21,509 23,847 Lewisham … 10,126 10,765 11,270 12,364 14,721 16,426 Merton … 4,514 4,873 4,839 4,736 5,271 6,175 Newham … 9,705 10,124 10,141 9,726 11,653 12,128 Redbridge … 5,794 6,557 6,581 6,282 7,590 8,189 Richmond … 4,975 5,388 5,372 5,587 6,146 6,984 Southward … 12,670 13,306 14,437 15,179 17,632 19,804 Sutton … 3,377 3,851 3,656 3,511 4,575 5,077 Tower Hamlets … 10,776 12,253 11,861 12,073 13,507 15,069 Waltham Forest … 5,996 7,077 7,027 6,201 8,247 8,341 Wandsworth … 11,207 12,773 13,245 13,459 14,423 15,881 Westminster … 43,856 44,953 49,063 48,687 51,630 55,416 Notes:
(1) Excluding criminal damage where property to the value of less than £20 was damaged. The figures exclude crimes reported by Thames Division which cannot be attributed to any particular London borough.
The figures for 1970 and 1971 are not comparable with those for later years because of changes in the law on criminal damage as a result of the Criminal Damage Act 1971.
(2) Excluding that part of Heathrow airport which is in the borough of Hillingdon.
(3) Excluding that part of Heathrow airport which is in the borough of Hounslow.