HC Deb 06 December 1984 vol 69 cc278-9W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the reported incidents of racial attack and police clear-up rate for each Metropolitan police district for each year since 1979 and for each police area within N division.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The figures for racial incidents in the Metropolitan police area by district from 1 May 1982 to 31 October 1984 are given in the table:

Racial incidents in the Metropolitan Police area by district for the period 1 May 1982 to 31 October 1984
District 1982 (from 1 May 1982) 1983 1984 (to 31 October 1984)
A 4 5 5
B 7 2 6
C 3 2 2
D 1 4 8
E 51 40 34
F 29 13 9
G 30 30 18
H 199 238 319
J 58 53 33
K 77 132 146
L 43 29 31
M 31 29 23
N 30 32 50
P 34 34 26
Q 97 70 89
R 123 112 90
S 45 56 42
T 53 86 57
V 38 61 28
W 96 78 54
X 87 73 64
Y 52 37 32
Z 81 60 41
Airport (Heathrow) 3 4 3
TOTALS 1,273 1,280 1,289

The Metropolitan police have not kept separate figures for racial attacks since May 1982 when they introduced new procedures for dealing with racially motivated incidents and broadened the definition of incidents to be recorded to include those which do not necessarily involve the commission of a criminal offence. Figures for racial attacks before May 1982 are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Clear-up rates for recorded offences of violence against the person do not distinguish racial from non-racial attacks.

I shall write to the hon. Member with the breakdown of the figures for police divisions within N district.