§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a table of (a) the total recorded offences of robbery and other violent thefts for each of the Metropolitan police districts in 1982, (b) the number of assailants who, to the victim, appeared coloured, white, mixed groups and not known and (c) the percentage proportion of coloured to total in each district;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of recorded offences of robbery and other violent thefts by police district in the Metropolitan police district for 1981 and 1982, showing the percentage change, and also the same table by police district and victim's perception of appearance of assailant for 1982.
§ Mr. MayhewWe understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the information readily available is as given in the following tables:
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Recorded offences of robbery and other violent theft by district 1981–82 and percentage change Metropolitan police district District 1981 1982 Percentage change 1981–82 A (part) Westminster 192 178 -7 B Kensington and Chelsea 581 642 +11 C (part) Westminster 586 541 -8 D (part) Westminster 760 669 -12 E Camden 698 736 +5 F Hammersmith 578 529 -8 G Hackney 1,599 1,446 -10 H Tower Hamlets 628 501 -20 I Heathrow, etc. 42 39 -7 J Waltham Forest, Redbridge etc. 463 625 +35 K Havering, Barking and Newham 742 747 +1 L Lambeth 2,493 3,190 +28 M Southwark 1,281 1,370 +7
Recorded offences of robbery and other violent theft by district and victim perception of appearance of assailant 1982 Metropolitan police district Number of offences Victims' perception of appearance of assailant District Total White Coloured Mixed gang Unknown A (Part) Westminster 61 38 3 76 178 B Kensington and Chelsea 202 354 12 74 642 C (Part) Westminster 213 155 8 165 541 D (Part) Westminster 222 369 14 64 669 E Camden 302 253 27 154 736 F Hammersmith 127 311 17 74 529 G Hackney 242 1,020 55 129 1,446 H Tower Hamlets 249 153 18 81 501 I Heathrow, etc. 19 2 1 17 39 J Waltham Forest, Redbridge, etc. 233 257 19 116 625 K Havering, Barking and Newham 293 271 22 161 747 L Lambeth 333 2,621 62 174 3,190 M Southwark 365 745 46 214 1,370 N Islington 317 329 22 71 739 P Lewisham and Bromley 306 951 31 116 1,404 Q Brent and Harrow 236 837 32 123 1,228 R Greenwich and Bexley 181 125 14 95 415 S Bamet and Hertsmere 135 58 23 59 275 T Richmond-upon-Thames and Hounslow 169 84 7 82 342 V Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, etc. 86 68 3 52 209 W Wandsworth 217 770 54 136 1,177 X Ealing and Hillingdon 343 252 8 66 669 Y Haringey and Enfield, etc. 233 748 19 116 1,116 Z Croydon and Sutton, etc. 178 189 17 87 471 Total MPD 5,262 10,960 534 2,502 19,258
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state for each district of the Metropolitan police in 1982, the number of serious crimes that were recorded where criminals carried, displayed or discharged a firearm; and if he will state the number in each category.
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Notifiable offences recorded by the Metropolitan police in which firearms District and how the were reported to have been used or were found to have been carried by weapon was used Metropolitan Police District 1981 Number of offences District Total Fired Used as blunt instrument Used as threat Found to have been carried A (Part) Westminster 22 2 1 17 2 B Kensington and Chelsea 51 22 1 26 2 C (Part) Westminster 43 2 1 33 7
District 1981 1982 Percentage change 1981–82 N Islington 732 739 + 1 P Lewisham and Bromley 1,376 1,404 +2 Q Brent and Harrow 1,228 1,228 — R Greenwich and Bexley 503 415 -18 S Barnet and Hertsmere 274 275 — T Richmond-upon-Thames and Hounslow 285 342 +20 V Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, etc. 189 209 +11 W Wandsworth 1,197 1,177 -2 X Ealing and Hillingdon 642 669 +4 Y Haringey and Enfield, etc. 1,199 1,116 -7 Z Croydon and Sutton, etc. 495 471 -5 Total MPD 18,763 19,258 +3
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 10 March 1983, c. 465]: Information for 1981 is given in the following table. Information for 1982 will become available later this year.
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District Total Fired Used as blunt instrument Used as threat Found to have been carried D (Part) Westminster 72 16 — 53 3 E Camden 114 32 — 68 14 F Hammersmith 62 24 — 36 2 G Hackney 110 31 — 70 9 H Tower Hamlets 123 46 — 66 11 I Heathrow, etc. 9 3 — 5 1 J Waltham Forest, Redbridge, etc. 159 104 — 45 10 K Havering, Barking and Newham 177 62 2 90 23 L Lambeth 182 68 — 97 17 M Southwark 199 79 — 103 17 N Islington 58 17 — 38 3 P Lewisham and Bromley 163 61 3 92 7 Q Brent and Harrow 129 34 — 82 13 R Greenwich and Bexley 89 22 — 52 15 S Barnet and Hertsmere 81 27 — 34 20 T Richmond-upon-Thames, and Hounslow 87 40 — 33 13 V Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, etc. 40 10 — 28 2 W Wandsworth 83 29 — 48 5 X Ealing and Hillingdon 96 19 — 67 9 Y Haringey and Enfield, etc. 87 27 — 55 4 Z Croydon and Sutton, etc. 73 13 — 49 10 District not recorded 18 8 — 9 1 Total 2,327 798 13 1,296 220
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the total numbers of reported assaults in each district of the Metropolitan police during 1982 and, of this total, how many cases were reported where a female was the victim of a male assault.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 10 March 1983, c. 465]: We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the available information on all such offences is as given in the following table. Information separately identifying male assailants is not collected centrally in the Metropolitan police district and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Certain notifiable offences recorded by the police Metropolitan Police District 1982 Number of offences Police District Violence against the person Sexual offences A (Part) Westminster 293 37 B Kensington and Chelsea 579 110 C (Part) Westminster 447 73 D (Part) Westminster 599 70 E Camden 759 89 F Hammersmith 607 73 G Hackney 638 165 H Tower Hamlets 623 64 I Heathrow etc. 181 38 J Waltham Forest, Redbridge etc. 765 118 K Havering, Barking and Newham 1,311 267 L Lambeth 1,196 156 M Southwark 913 153 N Islington 667 98 P Lewisham and Bromley 1,046 197 Q Brent and Harrow 965 124 R Greenwich and Bexley 735 147 S Barnet and Hertsmere 517 78 T Richmond-upon-Thames and Hounslow 644 145 V Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton etc. 435 84 W Wandsworth 657 150 X Ealing and Hillingdon 778 94 Y Haringey and Enfield etc. 804 123 Z Croydon and Sutton etc. 780 142 TA Thames — — Total 16,939 2,795