Police Numbers (Hansard, 23 July 1996)

§ Mr. Congdon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for each of the last five years, as at 31 March, for(a) each borough and (b) the Metropolitan police as a whole, (i) the population and (ii) the number of officers per 10,000 population; [38282]
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(2) if he will list for each of the last five years, as at 31 March, for (a) each division, (b)each borough and (c) the Metropolitan police as a whole, the number of police officers. [38281]

§ Mr. Maclean
A borough/divisional breakdown is Hammersmith available only using current strength figures; historical and borough/divisional strength is not recorded. The other information requested is as follows:

Borough and division Current police strength (as at 18 July 1996) Population (as at 30 June 1994) Number of officers per 10,000 population

Barking and Dagenham 304.45 155,018 19.6

Dagenham 304.45

Barnet and Hertsmere 751.81 308,300 24.4

Barnet and Hertsmere 293.26

Golders Green 223.3

West Hendon 235.25

Bexley 293.05 220,432 13.3

Bexleyheath 293.05

Brent 626.3 244,467 26.6

Wembley 268.6

Willesden Green 357.7

Bromley 474.14 293,019 16.2

Bromley and Orpington 474.14

Camden 696.26 182,448 38.1

Hampstead 208.6

Holborn 201.8

Kentish Town 285.86

City of Westminster 1,702.76 190,743 89.3

Belgravia 294.06

Charing Cross 401.4

Marylebone 332.3

Paddington 352

West End

Central 323

Croydon 614.74 326,736 18.8

Croydon 288.36

South

Norwood 326.38

Ealing 635.52 289,793 21.9

Ealing 347.03

Southall 288.49

Enfield 543.88 259,773 20.9

Edmonton 261.78

Enfield 282.1

Greenwich 623.45 212,332 29.4

Greenwich 296.5

Plumstead 326.95

Hackney 667.14 192,492 34.7

Stoke

Newington 346.34

Shoreditch and Hackney 320.8

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Borough and division Current police strength (as at 18 July 1996) Population (as at 30 June 1994) Number of officers per 10,000 population

Hammersmith and Fulham 535.18 156,597 34.2

Fulham 206.73

Hammersmith 328.45

Haringey 528.1 212,332 24.9

Hornsey 267.4

Tottenham 260.7

Harrow 292.6 210,308 13.9

Harrow 292.6

Havering 366.65 231,706 15.8

Havering 366.65

Hillingdon 428.6 243,387 17.6

Hillingdon 428.6

Hounslow 861.89 202,790 42.5

Chiswick 202.2

Hounslow 272.7

Heathrow

Airport 386.99

Islington 546 175,203 31.2

Holloway 259.9

Islington 286.1

Kensington and Chelsea 635.1 150,237 42.3

Brompton 384.7

Notting Hill 250.4

Kingston upon Thames 384.44 138,522 27.8

Kingston 384.44

Lambeth 974.75 260,763 37.4

Brixton 323.7

Streatham 277.71

Vauxhall 373.34

Lewisham 625 242,472 25.8

Catford 289.4

Lewisham 335.6

Merton 320.05 177,259 18.1

Wimbledon 320.05

Newham 633.88 226,850 27.9

Forest Gate 323.48

Plaistow 310.4

Redbridge 545.5 225,102 24.2

Ilford 249.6

Barkingside 295.9

Richmond upon Thames 306.65 172,035 17.8

Twickenham 306.65

Southwark 1,020.36 228,767 44.6

Peckham 374.38

Southwark 373.88

Walworth 272.1

Sutton 418.43 173,376 24.1

Epsom and Sutton 418.43

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Borough and division Current police strength (as at 18 July 1996) Population (as at 30 June 1994) Number of officers per 10,000 population

Tower Hamlets 607.4 170,549 35.6

Limehouse 268

Bethnal Green 339.4

Waltham Forest 472 221,790 21.2

Chingford 239.1

Leyton 232.9

Wandsworth 659.28 266,721 24.7

Battersea 302.9

Wandsworth 356.38

Year Number of police officers (Metropolitan Police as a whole) as at 31 March Population as at 30 June Number of officers per 10,000 population

1992 28,154 7,387,272 38.1

1993 27,867 7,419,854 37.6

1994 27,699 7,456,173 37.1

1995 27,480 7,456,173 36.9

1996 27,342 7,456,173 36.7

The Surrey element of the population for divisions that straddle London boroughs and Surrey cannot be differentiated and is not included in the population figures.

§ Mr. Congdon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of police officers per 10,000 population in(a) inner London, (b) outer London and (c) surrounding counties. [38284]

§ Mr. Maclean
The information requested is as follows:

Number of officers per 10,000 population

Inner London ¹40

Outer London ¹22.6

Thames Valley ²18.5

Essex ²19.5

Herts ²20.5

Kent ²20.5

Surrey ²21.5

¹ Metropolitan Police figures as at 18 July using the population count supplied by Office for National Statistics as at June 1994.

² HMIC figures for surrounding counties are correct as at March 1996.

The figures for London exclude officers based at

Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences of domestic burglary in the Metropolitan police area by quarter from April 1993 to December 1994

1993 1994

April-June July-September October-December January-March April-June July-September October-December

Prosecutions = 100 per cent. 1,024 1,048 1,039 1,024 1,019 1,017 991

Convictions

Number 619 674 656 616 615 681 607

Per cent. 60 64 63 60 60 67 61

The majority of cases held in the earlier part of the period will involve offences committed prior to the instigation of Operation Bumblebee across the Metropolitan police area in June 1993.

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headquarters departments on area and in portfolio units; and in holding branch. The figures for outer London include divisions which cover parts of the Metropolitan police district outside the London boroughs; and exclude Spelthorne division, which falls wholly within Surrey.

Borough and division	Current police strength (as at 18 July 1996)	Population (as at 30 June 1994)	Number of officers per 10,000 population
Barking and Dagenham	304.45	155,018	19.6
Dagenham	304.45
Barnet and Hertsmere	751.81	308,300	24.4
Barnet and Hertsmere	293.26
Golders Green	223.3
West Hendon	235.25
Bexley	293.05	220,432	13.3
Bexleyheath	293.05
Brent	626.3	244,467	26.6
Wembley	268.6
Willesden Green	357.7
Bromley	474.14	293,019	16.2
Bromley and Orpington	474.14
Camden	696.26	182,448	38.1
Hampstead	208.6
Holborn	201.8
Kentish Town	285.86
City of Westminster	1,702.76	190,743	89.3
Belgravia	294.06
Charing Cross	401.4
Marylebone	332.3
Paddington	352
West End
Central	323
Croydon	614.74	326,736	18.8
Croydon	288.36
South
Norwood	326.38
Ealing	635.52	289,793	21.9
Ealing	347.03
Southall	288.49
Enfield	543.88	259,773	20.9
Edmonton	261.78
Enfield	282.1
Greenwich	623.45	212,332	29.4
Greenwich	296.5
Plumstead	326.95
Hackney	667.14	192,492	34.7
Stoke
Newington	346.34
Shoreditch and Hackney	320.8

Year	Number of police officers (Metropolitan Police as a whole) as at 31 March	Population as at 30 June	Number of officers per 10,000 population
1992	28,154	7,387,272	38.1
1993	27,867	7,419,854	37.6
1994	27,699	7,456,173	37.1
1995	27,480	7,456,173	36.9
1996	27,342	7,456,173	36.7
The Surrey element of the population for divisions that straddle London boroughs and Surrey cannot be differentiated and is not included in the population figures.

	Number of officers per 10,000 population
Inner London	¹40
Outer London	¹22.6
Thames Valley	²18.5
Essex	²19.5
Herts	²20.5
Kent	²20.5
Surrey	²21.5
¹ Metropolitan Police figures as at 18 July using the population count supplied by Office for National Statistics as at June 1994.
² HMIC figures for surrounding counties are correct as at March 1996.

Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences of domestic burglary in the Metropolitan police area by quarter from April 1993 to December 1994
	1993	1994
	April-June	July-September	October-December	January-March	April-June	July-September	October-December
Prosecutions = 100 per cent.	1,024	1,048	1,039	1,024	1,019	1,017	991
Convictions
Number	619	674	656	616	615	681	607
Per cent.	60	64	63	60	60	67	61
The majority of cases held in the earlier part of the period will involve offences committed prior to the instigation of Operation Bumblebee across the Metropolitan police area in June 1993.