HC Deb 31 October 1980 vol 991 cc380-1W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attacks were reported to the Metropolitan Police that have taken place on black or Asian people living in London during each of the last five years.

Mr. Brittan

The available information is given in the table below. The figure for 1976 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Assault, robbery and other violent theft: Victims of African/Afro-Carribbean or Indian/Pakistani appearance:

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
2,690 N/A 3,429 3,686 3,827