HC Deb 19 May 1986 vol 98 cc12-3W
Mr. Leighton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of crimes recorded and crimes cleared up in Tower Hamlets, Metropolitan police district H, between January and March; and what were the figures for January to March 1985.

Mr. Mellor

I am informed by the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis that police in Tower Hamlets in the first quarter of 1985 recorded 5,840 notifiable offences and cleared up 1,176 such offences. Recorded crime figures for the first quarter of 1986 are due to be published next month.