§ 28. Mr. John Huntasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a separate breakdown of the total figures for indictable crimes and violent robberies within the Metropolitan Police area in respect of each of the Greater London boroughs.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe answer is in the following statistical table:
CRIMES KNOWN TO POLICE IN LONDON BOROUGHS 1975 All Indictable Crime* Robbery† Barking 6,374 51 Barnet 12,726 81 Bexley 6,588 30 Brent 14,410 197 Bromley 11,438 76 Camden 20,907 206 Croydon 14,581 93 Ealing 15,269 159 Enfield 9,303 68 Greenwich 10,693 75 Hackney 14,604 342 Hammersmith 13,071 145 Haringey 13,740 181 Harrow 6,501 31 Havering 9,873 45 Hillingdon‡ 8,864 23 Hounslow§ 10,085 58 Islington 14,876 200 Kensington and Chelsea 23,248 196 Kingston 5,409 14 Lambeth 23,847 524 Lewisham 16,426 165 Merton 6,175 47 Newham 12,128 158 Redbridge 8,189 53 Richmond 6,984 38 Southwark 19,804 240 Sutton 5,077 12 Tower Hamlets 15,069 230 Waltham Forest 8,341 74 Wandsworth 15,881 153 Westminster 55,416 424 * Excluding criminal damage where property to the value of less than £20 was damaged. The figures exclude 46 crimes known—none being robberies—which were reported by Thames Division and cannot be attributed to any particular London borough. † This category includes offences of robbery contrary to Section 8 of the Theft Act 1968, and offences of assault with intent to rob. It is not possible to distinguish offences in which violence was actually used, but in all offences classified as robbery there is an act or threat of violence. ‡Excluding that part of Heathrow airport which is in the borough of Hillingdon. § Excluding that part of Heathrow airport which is in the borough of Hounslow.