§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the total number of neighbourhood watch schemes operating in the Metropolitan police district broken down by (a) boroughs and (b) police divisions.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that at the end of 1985 there were 3,770 neighbourhood watch schemes operating in the Metropolitan police district. The breakdown of these schemes by police division is as follows:
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Number of established Neighbourhood Watch schemes as at 31 December 1985 Metropolitan Police Division Number Barkingside 35 Chingford 17 Ilford 14 Leyton 6 Kings Cross 7 Holloway 14 Edmonton 8 Enfield 26 Hornsey 20 Tottenham 69 Hackney 15 Stoke Newington 10 Leman Street 3 Bethnal Green 6 Limehouse 6 Romford 69 Dagenham 28 East Ham 27 West Ham 14 Peckham 40 Southwark 9 Carter Street 44 Catford 146 Lewisham 111 Orpington 153 Bromley 150 Greenwich 34 Woolwich 33 Bexleyheath 43 Brixton 38 Kennington 9 Streatham 36 Clapham 18 Wimbledon 77 Croydon 190 Norbury 738 Epsom 365
Metropolitan Police Division Number Chiswick 18 Hounslow 19 Twickenham 48 Richmond 37 Battersea 45 Tooting 131 Wandsworth 199 Kingston 80 Chelsea 25 Kensington 31 Notting Hill 24 Hammersmith 12 Fulham 10 Shepherds Bush 16 Ealing 47 Southall 18 Ruislip 54 Hayes 10 Kentish Town 7 Hampstead 29 Holborn 3 Harrow 100 Wembley 33 Kilburn 6 Barnet 50 Golders Green 21 West Hendon 24 Gerald Road 5 Rochester Row 3 West End Central 1 Vine Street 2 Marylebone 2 Paddington 22 Harrow Road 10 The information required as regards London boroughs, which are not conterminous with police divisions, is not held centrally and could be obtained only with considerable difficulty and at significant cost. Moreover, a number of neighbourhood watch schemes will almost certainly cross borough boundaries.