HC Deb 15 June 1982 vol 25 cc230-1W
Mr. Ronald W. Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report statistics, related to the Metropolitan Police district, for 1981 together with the comparable figures for 1980 in respect of (a) the total number of robberies, (b) the total number of robberies in which firearms were used, (c) the total number of robberies of sub-post offices in which firearms were used, (d) the number and types of firearms used in robberies at sub-post offices, (e) the number of robberies at which firearms were used, by geographical area, within the Metropolitan Police district.

Mr. Mayhew

The information available is shown in the following table:

Offences of robbery recorded by the Metropolitan Police 1980–81
Number of offences
Metropolitan Police District 1980 *1981
All offences of robbery recorded 7,585 11,239
Offences of robbery in which firearms were reported to have been used by location
Post Office 47 156
Elsewhere 693 1,161
Total 740 1,317
Offences of robbery in post offices in which firearms were reported to have been used by principal weapon
Air weapon 1 2
Long barrelled shotgun 4 25
Sawn-off shotgun 8 29
Pistol 23 92
Rifle 1 —
Imitation firearm 6 8
Supposed firearm 4 —
Total 47 156
Offences of robbery in which firearms were reported to have been used by District
A - (Part) Westminster 7 16
B - Kensington and Chelsea 26 25
C - (Part) Westminster 34 32
D - (Part) Westminster 28 54
E - Camden 57 68
F - Hammersmith 15 41
G - Hackney 33 69
H - Tower Hamlets 33 63
I - Heathrow, etc. 3 7
J - Waltham Forest, Redbridge, etc. 34 43
K - Havering, Barking and Newham 54 91
L - Lambeth 37 99
M - Southwark 33 103
N - Islington 44 40
P - Lewisham and Bromley 62 98
Q - Brent and Harrow 50 86
R - Greenwich and Bexley 30 53
S - Barnet and Hertsmere 24 34
T - Richmond-upon-Thames and Hounslow 17 36
V - Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton etc. 8 29
W - Wandsworth 25 52
X - Ealing and Hillingdon 24 69
Y - Haringey and Enfield, etc. 39 54
Z - Croydon and Sutton, etc. 23 55
Total 740 1,317
* Provisional.