HC Deb 05 May 1993 vol 224 c81W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports have been recorded by the police of racial abuse or racial attacks in south-east London in each year since 1987.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The number of racial incidents recorded for 3 Area of the Metropolitan police, which consists of the London boroughs of Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley, is as follows:

Year Number
1987 244
1988 292
1989 396
1990 394
1991 596
1992 811