§ Mr. Bidwellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures relating to the London borough of Ealing area concerning recorded offences of assaults, robbery and other violent theft in each year from 1977 to 1980; and if he will give figures for assaults upon black people by white people and vice-versa.
§ Mr. MayhewWe understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the available information
Table 2 Recorded offences of assault etc. by ethnic appearance of victim and attacker*: 1977–1980 X District of the MPD Number of offences Ethnic appearance of victim Year and ethnic appearance of Attacker* White skinned European Black skinned (includes West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Others† Not known Conspiracies and victim details not recorded Total 1977 White 199 2 10 7 0 4 222 Coloured 47 14 40 1 0 0 102 Mixed gang 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 Not known 203 14 78 13 0 0 308 Total 452 31 129 21 0 4 637 1978 White 198 4 30 4 2 3 241 Coloured 51 9 31 0 0 1 92 Mixed gang 6 1 5 0 0 0 12 Not known 247 24 65 9 1 0 346 Total 502 38 131 13 3 4 691 1979 White 278 15 46 10 0 5 354 Coloured 53 11 26 1 0 1 92 Mixed gang 9 0 3 0 0 0 12 Not known 270 21 87 8 3 0 389 Total 610 47 162 19 3 6 847 1980 White 259 8 32 6 0 0 305 Coloured 41 14 22 3 0 0 80 Mixed gang 17 0 8 0 2 0 27 Not known 237 21 85 8 0 0 351 Total 554 43 147 17 2 0 763 *Where no arrest is made the classification is based on the assessment of the victim or witnesses and sometimes may be unreliable. † Includes dark skinned European, Chinese/Japanese and Arab/Egyptian.
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Table3 Recorded offences of robbery and other violent theft by ethnic appearance of victim and attacker*: 1977–1980 X District of the MPD Number of offences Ethnic appearance of victim Year and ethnic appearance of Attacker* White skinned European Black skinned (includes West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Others† Not known Conspiracies and victim details not recorded Total 1977 White 94 2 25 1 0 2 124 Coloured 144 4 26 2 0 0 176 Mixed gang 12 0 1 1 0 0 14 Not known 93 1 12 3 0 0 109 for X police district, which includes the London borough of Ealing, is as given in the following tables. Tables 2 and 3 contain a high proportion of offences for which ethnic appearance of the attacker was not recorded. The—unrecorded—composition by ethnic appearance for these offences could differ substantially from year to year and the numbers involved are large enough to invalidate an analysis based solely on the offences for which the ethnic appearance of the attacker was recorded.
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Table 1 Recorded offences of assault, robbery and 'other violent theft' in X district of the Metropolitan Police district X District of the MPD Number of offences Year Assaults Homicides Robbery Other 'violent' theft 1977 637 238 185 1978 691 177 147 1979 847 221 140 1980 763 204 168
Ethnic appearance of victim Year and ethnic appearance of Attacker* White skinned European Black skinned (includes West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Others† Not known Conspiracies and victim details not recorded Total Total 343 7 64 7 0 2 423 1978 White 68 2 17 4 0 3 94 Coloured 110 2 49 1 0 2 164 Mixed gang 8 1 1 1 0 0 11 Not known 46 1 6 1 0 1 55 Total 232 6 73 7 0 6 324 1979 White 84 0 30 1 0 1 116 Coloured 95 1 36 1 0 0 133 Mixed gang 14 1 4 0 0 0 19 Not known 72 4 16 1 0 0 93 Total 265 6 86 3 0 1 361 1980 White 104 4 25 3 0 5 141 Coloured 130 4 30 4 0 0 168 Mixed gang 7 0 0 2 0 0 9 Not known 42 2 8 2 0 0 54 Total 283 10 63 11 0 5 372 *Where no arrest is made the classification is based on the assessment of the victim or witnesses and sometimes may be unreliable. † Includes dark skinned European, Chinese/Japanese and Arab/Egyptian.