§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evidence exists of trends since 1975 in (a) offences of violence generally, (b) offences of violence perpetrated by black people against white people and (c) offences of violence perpetrated by white people against black people in the Metropolitan police district; and whether separate figures are available for the Newham area.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 15 July 1981, c. 392] gave the following information:
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Recorded offences of assault, robbery and other viloent theft Metropolitan Police District and London Borough of Newham 1975舑1980 MPD Newam 1975 19,278 672 1976 22,742 889 1977 25,793 911 1978 26,907 978 1979 28,061 981 1980 30,123 1,025
Ethnic appearance of victim Ethnic appearance of attacker White Skinned European Dark Skinned European Black Skinned* Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian/Egyptian Not Known Conspiracies舤 Total Mixed gang 337 18 76 35 1 8 8 8 491 Not known 4,940 230 496 589 30 54 36 10 6,385 Total 12,615 512 1,365 1,145 92 131 168 111 16,139 * including West Indian/African.† Victim details not recorded.Table 3
Offences of robbery and other violent theft by ethnic appearance of victim and attacker: 1997舑80 Metropolitan Police District Number of offences Ethnic appearance of victim** Ethnic appearance of attacker White Skinned European Dark Skinned European Black Skinned* Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian/Egyptian Not Known Conspiracies舤 Total 1977 White 2,437 106 85 286 20 28 0 64 3,026 Coloured 5,289 289 193 463 26 44 1 16 6,321 Mixed gang 401 24 16 66 8 6 0 6 527 Not known 2,180 102 67 150 16 21 0 5 2,541 Total 10,307 521 361 965 70 99 1 91 12,415 1978 White 2,317 109 91 280 19 50 16 87 2,969 Coloured 4,936 259 185 485 40 70 21 31 6,027 Mixed gang 707 55 35 83 7 14 1 8 910 Not known 1,906 95 53 153 24 35 5 3 2,274 Total 9,866 518 354 1,001 90 169 43 129 12,180 1979 White 2,376 75 79 284 18 34 3 119 2,988 Coloured 4,819 267 214 462 48 36 10 17 5,873 Mixed gang 567 32 20 53 4 13 4 9 702 Not known 1,724 70 57 156 21 30 10 5 2,073 Total 9,486 444 370 955 91 113 27 150 11,636 1980 White 2,971 140 118 401 27 16 12 145 3,830 Coloured 5,672 363 231 598 74 48 19 62 7,067 Mixed gang 627 35 31 100 6 4 4 11 818 Not known 1,869 79 65 182 30 28 5 11 2,269 Total 11,169 617 445 1,281 137 96 40 229 13,984 * including West Indian/African.† Victim details not recorded.** For offences involving two or more victims only the first victim is included.Table 434W35W
Assaults etc. by ethnic appearance of victim and attacker: 1977舑80 London Borough of Newham Number of offences Ethnic appearance of attacker Ethnic appearance of victim White Skinned European Black Skinned(inct. W/Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Others* Not Known Total舤 1977 White 156 18 26 7 舒 207 Coloured 51 15 13 1 舒 80 Mixed gang 14 4 3 1 舒 22 Not known 146 26 36 4 舒 212 Total 367 63 78 13 舒 521 1978 White 177 19 15 1 3 215 Coloured 53 14 16 5 舒 88 Mixed gang 8 4 3 舒 1 16 Not known 176 34 60 15 舒 285 Total 414 71 94 21 4 604 1979 White 206 15 24 3 舒 248 Coloured 63 25 17 3 舒 108 Mixed gang 6 2 1 舒 1 10 Not known 165 22 63 7 1 258 Total 440 64 105 13 2 624 1980 White 207 15 18 4 舒 244 Coloured 72 28 29 3 舒 132
Ethnic appearance of attacker Ethnic appearance of victim White Skinned European Black Skinned (incl. W/Indian/Aftrican) Indian/Pakistani Others* Not Known Total舤 Mixed gang 5 2 3 4 舒 14 Not known 160 17 57 2 1 237 Total 444 62 107 13 1 627 * Includes dark skinned European, Chinese/Japanese and Arab/Egyptian.† Excludes conspiracies and victim details not recorded.