HC Deb 03 February 1983 vol 36 cc164-5W
49. Mr. Pitt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures for street crime in Z district of the Metropolitan police force for the period from October 1981 to January 1983.

Mr. Mayhew

We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that it is not possible to identify separately all those recorded offences that occurred in the street. The information available relates to those types of offences of stealing most likely to occur in the street and the latest figures available are given in the following table; corresponding information for the fourth quarter of 1982 is not yet available.

Certain notifiable offences* recorded by the police ZDistrict of M.P.D., 1st October 1981–30th September 1982
Number of offences
Theft from vehicle 5,993
Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle 1,687
Theft of pedal cycle 1,286
Robery 367
Theft from person of another 287
* 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.
† Croydon and Sutton, Epsom and Ewell, Banstead.