Street Crimes (Hansard, 2 March 1982)

§ Mr. Nicholas Winterton
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Macclesfield of 18 February, Official Report, column 189, he will publish in the Official Report a comprehensive table of the number of persons arrested during 1980 and 1981 for offences of stealing most likely to have occurred in the street for each police district within the Metropolitan Police area; if in addition he will list the numbers of persons of West Indian or African appearance arrested for such offences; and if he will express these numbers as a percentage of the total figures.

§ Mr. Mayhew
The detailed information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Proctor
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures for the number of street crimes, including the ethnic breakdown of those convicted for 1980 and 1981 in Greater London divided by police authority area, indicating which London boroughs are contained within which police areas.
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§ Mr. Mayhew
[pursuant to his reply, 11 February 1982, c. 427]: We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that it is not possible to identify separately all those recorded offences which occurred in the street. The only information available relates to those types of offences of stealing most likely to occur in the street and is given in the following table; corresponding information for 1981 is not yet available.

Certain serious offences^* recorded by the police

Metropolitan Police District, 1980 Number of offences

Police District

A—(Part) Westminster 2,581

B—Kensington and Chelsea 7,325

C—(Part) Westminster 6,079

D—(Part) Westminster 6,197

E—Camden 8,632

F—Hammersmith 4,945

G—Hackney 6,922

H—Tower Hamlets 7,070

I—Heathrow, etc. 3,021

J—Waltham Forest, Redbridge, etc. 8,744

K—Havering, Barking and Newham 13,877

L—Lambeth 12,800

M—Southwark 11,050

N—Islington 6,687

P—Lewisham and Bromley 13,606

Q—Brent and Harrow 8,555

R—Greenwich and Bexley 11,647

S—Barnet and Hertsmere 5,834

T—Richmond-upon-Thames and Hounslow 7,417

V—Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, etc. 6,643

W—Wandsworth 8,516

X—Ealing and Hillingdon 9,434

Y—Haringey and Enfield 12,585

Z—Croydon and Sutton, etc. 10,547

TA—Thames 42

Total 200,756

^* Those types of offences of stealing most likely to occur in the street: theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, theft from a vehicle, theft of pedal cycle, theft from a person of another and robbery.

Certain serious offences^* recorded by the police
Metropolitan Police District, 1980	Number of offences
Police District
A—(Part) Westminster	2,581
B—Kensington and Chelsea	7,325
C—(Part) Westminster	6,079
D—(Part) Westminster	6,197
E—Camden	8,632
F—Hammersmith	4,945
G—Hackney	6,922
H—Tower Hamlets	7,070
I—Heathrow, etc.	3,021
J—Waltham Forest, Redbridge, etc.	8,744
K—Havering, Barking and Newham	13,877
L—Lambeth	12,800
M—Southwark	11,050
N—Islington	6,687
P—Lewisham and Bromley	13,606
Q—Brent and Harrow	8,555
R—Greenwich and Bexley	11,647
S—Barnet and Hertsmere	5,834
T—Richmond-upon-Thames and Hounslow	7,417
V—Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, etc.	6,643
W—Wandsworth	8,516
X—Ealing and Hillingdon	9,434
Y—Haringey and Enfield	12,585
Z—Croydon and Sutton, etc.	10,547
TA—Thames	42
Total	200,756
^* Those types of offences of stealing most likely to occur in the street: theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, theft from a vehicle, theft of pedal cycle, theft from a person of another and robbery.