HC Deb 06 July 1978 vol 953 c239W
26. Mr. MacKay

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest figures available on the incidence of violent crime in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The number of indictable offences of violence against the person recorded by the West Midlands Police in the first quarter of 1978 was 1,217, an increase of 11 per cent. over the number recorded in the first quarter of 1977.