§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of arrests arising from reported incidents of racial harassment in the Metropolitan police authority area, by borough, for each year since 1983, including the part year figures for 1986;
(2) what was the number of reported racial incidents in the Metropolitan police area by year since 1983, including the past year figures for 1986, by borough and by type of offence.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI am informed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the available information is as set out in the tables. Detailed breakdowns by borough for the years 1983 to 1985 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Reported incidents 1983 1984 1985 19861 to 2 December Incidents with arrests 19861 to 2 December Southwark 28 29 49 34 4 Lewisham 2 17 16 9 1 Bromley 30 13 18 11 0 Greenwich 86 84 87 55 2 Bexley 30 18 41 21 1 No. 4 Area Lambeth 34 33 73 43 10 Merton 28 20 56 58 12 Croydon 51 40 71 46 4 Sutton including those parts of Epsom and Ewell, Reigate and Banstead within the MPD 8 13 36 21 3 No. 5 Area Wandsworth 74 60 67 36 1 Kingston including those parts of Elmbridge within the MPD 34 19 22 2 1 Houslow 56 62 79 48 13 Richmond including those parts of Spelt home within the MPD 30 10 11 12 1 No. 6 Area Kensington/Chelsea 2 8 5 3 1 Hammersmith/Fulham 13 13 11 4 2 Ealing 72 62 67 88 11 Hillingdon 2 11 63 50 2 London Airport (parts of Spelthorne and Hillingdon) 4 3 0 1 0 No. 7 Area Camden 38 48 62 37 3 Barnet including that part of Hertsmere within the MPD 56 45 52 34 0 Brent 53 70 120 56 8 Harrow 14 51 58 37 3 No. 8 Area Westminster 11 16 16 10 1 1,276 1,515 1,945 1,481 185 1Provisional. These figures may be subject to revision as late reports come in.
Number of Racial Incidents by Type of Offence and Number of Incidents in which Arrests were made Incident Type1 Total Incidents with Arrests 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1984 322 189 599 20 233 70 15 22 45 1,515 197 1985 350 243 606 20 520 100 20 24 62 1,945 286 1986 to 2 December2 207 230 476 25 413 47 27 15 41 1,481 185 1Incident Type
1. Serious assault
2. Minor assault
3. Criminal damage
4. Leafletting
5. Abusive etc. behaviour
6. Slogan writing
7. Racial discrimination
8. Disputes
9. Others
2 Provisional. These figures may be subject to revision as late reports come in.
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