HC Deb 18 November 1982 vol 32 cc290-1W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state for the latest and most convenient stated date as much information as is available to him as to the numbers of itemised crimes committed in the London borough of Newham, the numbers of police employed, the numbers of arrests, charges and convictions and the cost of the police force together with equipment and similar details on a quarterly retrospective basis back to May 1979.

Mr. Mayhew

We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the information readily available is as set out in the following tables. Information relating to convictions could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The cost to the London borough of Newham, in terms of the amount to be raised through the precept levied by the receiver, is £6,286,815 for the current financial year; this is partly offset through block grant paid through the rate support grant system.

London Borough of Newham Table 1—Notifiable offences recorded by the police Number of Offences
Metropolitan Police Office offence classification 1979 1980* 1981* 1982*
2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr.
Assaults, etc 171 155 178 144 177 152 162 129 162 164 142 163 144
Robbery and other violent theft 86 68 86 85 109 65 131 177 141 85 126 178 92
Burglary 1,121 937 1,009 1,068 1,252 829 1,112 1,325 1,424 1,189 1,259 1,265 1,374
Autocrime 1,289 1,225 1,542 1,427 1,489 1,154 1,591 1,460 1,897 1,708 1,985 1,567 1,842
Other theft and handling 825 740 894 926 857 701 810 807 972 874 885 877 849
Fraud and forgery 152 173 216 182 259 240 195 263 178 179 317 161 137
Criminal damage and other offences 699 594 610 589 720 599 681 951 1,010 743 686 790 690
Total 4,343 3,892 4,535 4,421 4,863 3,740 4,682 4,812 5,784 4,942 5,400 5,001 5,128
* Figures for 1980–82 are not directly comparable with those for 1979 because of the introduction of new counting rules at the beginning of 1980 to improve the consistency of recording offences

Table 2—Persons arrested* for notifiable offences recorded by the police
London Borough of Newham Number of persons*
Metropolitan Police Office offence classification 1979 1980 1981 1982
2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr.
Assaults, etc 86 98 118 120 112 85 97 82 73 78 72 76 86
Robbery and other violent theft 23 10 15 24 9 7 19 36 37 15 19 28 16
Burglary 142 138 113 107 136 103 66 197 213 163 141 123 109
Autocrime 201 186 234 192 250 162 185 169 243 176 183 253 203
Other theft and handling 385 263 354 390 344 298 279 321 334 336 396 357 297
Fraud and forgery 47 45 65 57 80 81 75 76 54 47 51 72 57
Criminal damage and other offences 114 120 88 100 110 131 138 118 148 133 114 124 135
Total 998 860 987 990 1,041 867 859 999 1,102 948 976 1,033 903
* Persons proceeded against by means of a charge, referral to a juvenile bureau, a caution or in some other way; arrests not followed by any action are not included.