§ The Earl of Kimberleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the figures of reported crime for the periods January to April 1988 and 1989, and what are the figures related to police activity since the mutual aid to British Transport police from the Metropolitan and City of London Police has been operating this year.
§ Lord Brabazon of TaraFigures for recorded crimes, crimes cleared and arrests for the periods January to April 1988 and 1989 are shown below.
Three hundred and thirty-eight British Transport Police officers are currently deployed on London Underground, compared with 321 officers at the same time last year. Since the end of January this year 80 officers from the Metropolitan and City Police forces have been serving on the Underground while BTP officers are recruited and trained to fill the increased establishment of 400 announced last December for the Underground division of the force.
CRIME ON LONDON UNDERGROUND: FIRST FOUR MONTHS 1988–89 1988 Jan.-April 1989 Jan.-April Crimes Crimes Cleared Persons Arrested Crimes Crimes Cleared Persons Arrested Robbery 479 67 226 268 28 73 Theft Person 2,586 70 82 2,211 51 62 Assault Passenger 267 66 93 243 58 67 Assault Staff 38 10 10 51 21 28 Assault Police 69 59 68 53 51 63 Indecency 157 36 26 219 79 89 Other Crimes 2,214 467 602 2,036 385 540 Total 5,810 775 1,117 5,081 673 922