HC Deb 19 January 1987 vol 108 cc359-60W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes in total, and how many crimes of violence were committed in each district of the Metropolitan Police in 1978 and in each year since;

(2) how many burglaries were committed in each district of the Metropolitan Police in 1978 and in each year since.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to his reply, 12 January 1987, c. 75]: Total notificable offences recorded by the police in each London borough in the years 1978 and 1980–83 are published in each "Annual Abstract of Greater London Statistics: 1983–84, Volume 16" (Table 147), a copy of which is the Library. Recently more detailed figures, including those for violence against the person, burglary and other main offence groups have been placed in the Library and I will arrange for further tables to be added to extend the series back to 1982. More detailed information for earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (1) how many murders were committed in each district of the Metropolitan Police in 1978 and in each year since;

(2) how many murders were cleared up by the Metropolitan Police in 1978 and each year since; and what percentage this represents of total murders in their area.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to his reply, 12 January, c. 75]: In the absence of a court decision, it is not always possible to distinguish offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide; they are collectively known as homicide. Numbers of offences of homicide recorded and cleared up by the Metropolitan police are published each year in the annual "Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis" (appendix 4(ii) of the report for 1985, Cmnd. 9790). A breakdown of the recorded homicides by district would be available only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were cautioned formally for sexual offences (a) in each Metropolitan police district and (b) in the Metropolitan police area in 1978 and in each year since.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

[pursuant to his reply, 12 January 1987, c. 75]: Information about cautions by police force area and offence group is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" [table 35(a) for 1978; table 34(a) for 1979; and table 3.7A of vol 3 of the supplementary tables from 1980.] Details of cautioning by district could only be provided at disproportionate cost.