HC Deb 17 February 1982 vol 18 cc132-3W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Mr. Marlow), Official Report, column 407, if he will list the number of reported incidents of robbery and other violent theft, burglary and armed robbery for each month of 1980 and 1981 for each of the Metropolitan Police districts G, L and P and Brixton police division.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 8 February 1982, c. 253]: The following table gives the numbers of serious offences recorded by the police in Brixton, Lambeth and the Metropolitan Police district as a whole in three three—monthly periods in 1981. The full information requested by the hon. Member could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

serious offences recorded in the Metropolitan Police District in 1981MPD, Lambeth* and Brixton†
January to March 1981 May to July 1981 August to October 1981
Area and offences Number of offences Percentage change‡ Number of offences Percentage change‡ Number of offences Percentage change‡
MPD (as a whole)
Total serious offences 148,823 +7 166,227 +13 158,519 +9
Theft and handling stolen goods 78,361 +2 89,654 +11 88,532 +11
Burglary 37,232 +19 37,108 +16 34,863 +14
Criminal damage 20,056 +11 22,902 +15 19,060 +3
Violence against the person 3,563 0 4,335 +3 4,067 +2
Robbery 2,578 +43 2,729 +59 2,772 +43
Other 7,033 –18 9,499 +2 9,225 –5
Lambeth*
Total serious offences 7,720 +7 9,235 +17 8,878 +16
Theft and handling stolen goods 4,106 +7 4,886 +20 4,926 +16
Burglary 1,714 –1 2,057 +21 1,981 +24
Criminal damage 1,086 +17 1,425 +22 1,141 +6
Violence against the person 230 +51 287 +19 245 +8
Robbery 310 +10 352 +108 368 +108
Other 274 –5 228 –56 217 –35
Brixtont †
Total serious offences 2,456 —4 3,275 +22 2,882 +12
Theft and handling stolen goods 1,218 —5 1,699 +32 1,396 +2
Burglary 546 –14 661 +6 762 +31
Criminal damage 340 +3 533 +51 341 +5
Violence against the person 89 +75 121 +57 103 +34
Robbery 163 +1 171 +97 193 +122
Other 100 –3 96 –64 87 –36

* L District which includes Brixton.

† LD Police division.

‡ Percentage change compared with corresponding period in 1980.