HC Deb 22 February 1979 vol 963 c247W
26. Mr. Townsend

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of burglaries in the Metropolitan Police area in each of the last five years.

Dr. Summerskill

In 1977, there were 124,529 offences of burglary recorded by the Metropolitan Police. Information for the earlier years is published in the report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for 1976.