HC Deb 28 March 1979 vol 965 c245W
79. Sir Anthony Royle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will detail the numbers of convictions for rape and mugging offences for the years 1976, 1977 and 1978.

Mr. John

The criminal statistics do not separately distinguish cases of "mugging", a term which has no legal definition; most offences of the type frequently referred to as "mugging" are recorded as offences of robbery. Information on the number of convictions for rape and robbery offences is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—Table 10(a) of the volumes for 1976 and 1977, Cmnd. 6909 and Cmnd. 7289. Information for 1978 is not yet available.