HC Deb 27 November 1981 vol 13 c478W
Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish information collected by the police on those offences which are generally described as mugging, sub-divided by ethnic origin of victim and suspect.

Mr. Whitelaw

Mugging is a term with no legal definition, and information identifying such offences is not collected centrally. Nor is information relating to the ethnic origin of victims and suspects of serious offences.