HC Deb 16 June 1999 vol 333 cc151-9W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many racial attacks for which people were prosecuted took place in London, broken down by police district,(a) in total, (b) per head of population and (c) per head of the ethnic minority population, in (i) 1998, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 1993. [85688]

Kate Hoey

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police tells me that data on the number of prosecutions for violent racial crime are unavailable. The Metropolitan Police Service do not currently record information on the number of such crimes which were prosecuted in the courts.

However, data are available on the number of charges and summons for violent racial crime, by police district and per 100,000 head of residential population for the financial years 1997–98 and 1998–99. Data are also available on the ethnicity of the victims of violent racial crime, per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population for those years. This information, provided by the Commissioner, is set out in the tables:

Charges/summons for racial violent crime per 100,000 head of residential population; financial year 1997–98
Area/division Division total Residential population estimate1 Per 100,000 head of population
Area 1 (Central)
Belgravia 2 50,361 4.0
Notting Hill 3 64,407 4.7
Charges/summons for racial violent crime per 100,000 head of residential population; financial year 1997–98
Area/division Division total Residential population estimate1 Per 100,000 head of population
Chelsea 0 99,637 0.0
West End Central 0 4,817 0.0
Charing Cross 1 5,707 17.5
Marylebone 1 56,460 1.8
Paddington Green 0 94,954 0.0
Fulham 0 66,644 0.0
Hammersmith 1 90,277 1.1
Total 8 533,265 1.5
Area 2 (North West)
Hampstead 0 85,791 0.0
Kentish Town 5 80,991 6.2
Holborn 1 22,905 4.4
Holloway 1 90,326 1.1
Islington 3 86,455 3.5
Harrow 5 210,900 2.4
Wembley 0 133,707 0.0
Kilburn 2 115,844 1.7
Hertsmere 1 193,623 0.5
Barnet 4 226,274 1.8
Ealing 1 162,175 0.6
Southall 3 136,702 2.2
Hornsey 3 109,710 2.7
Tottenham 4 110,091 3.6
Total 33 1,765,494 1.9
Area 3 (North East)
Shoreditch and Hackney 3 85,567 3.5
Stoke Newington 0 106,102 0.0
Limehouse 6 84,409 7.1
Whitechapel 4 95,425 4.2
Barkingside 1 170,783 0.6
Chingford 1 119,572 0.8
Ilford 3 133,305 2.3
Leyton 2 99,851 2.0
Havering 5 230,222 2.2
Forest Gate 1 111,700 0.9
Barking and Dagenham 3 153,755 2.0
Plaistow 2 116,826 1.7
Edmonton 2 146,905 1.4
Enfield 1 175,602 0.6
Total 34 1,830,024 1.9
Area 4 (South East)
Southwark 2 61,895 3.2
Peckham 0 105,873 0.0
Walworth 0 62,732 0.0
Catford 7 134,530 5.2
Lewisham 2 106,863 1.9
Bromley and Orpington 2 297,567 0.7
Plumstead 6 107,440 5.6
Greenwich 2 106,183 1.9
Bexley 7 217,216 3.2
Croydon 1 120,034 0.8
South Norwood 3 215,574 1.4
Epsom and Sutton 0 290,639 0.0
Total 32 1,826,546 1.8
Area 5 (South West)
Heathrow Airport 0 685 0.0
Brixton 0 89,380 0.0
Streatham 0 91,168 0.0
Vauxhall 1 84,624 1.2
Spelthorne 0 208,828 0.0
Richmond-upon-Thames 1 88,998 1.1
Hounslow 10 183,774 5.4
Charges/summons for racial violent crime per 100,000 head of residential population; financial year 1997–98
Area/division Division total Residential population estimate1 Per 100,000 head of population
Kingston-upon-Thames 5 213,940 2.3
Battersea 3 183,438 1.6
Wandsworth 3 114,398 2.6
Hillingdon 5 151,101 3.3
Merton 8 249,437 3.2
Total 36 1,659,772 2.2
MPS total 143 7,615,101 1.9
Charges/summons for racial violent crime per 100,000 head of residential population; financial year 1998–99
Area/division Division total Residential population estimate1 Per 100,000 head of population
Area 1 (Central)
Belgravia 11 50,361 0.22
Notting Hill 10 64,407 0.16
Chelsea 6 99,637 0.06
West End Central 9 4,817 1.87
Charing Cross 5 5,707 0.88
Marylebone 7 56,460 0.12
Paddington Green 21 94,954 0.22
Fulham 13 66,644 0.20
Hammersith 27 90,277 0.30
Total 109 533,265 0.20
Area 2 (North West)
Hampstead 2 85,791 0.02
Kentish Town 25 80,991 0.31
Holborn 9 22,905 0.39
Holloway 14 90,326 0.15
Islington 12 88,455 0.14
Harrow 15 210,900 0.07
Wembley 4 133,707 0.03
Kilburn 6 115,844 0.05
Hertsmere 3 193,623 0.02
Barnet 11 226,274 0.05
Ealing 18 162,175 0.11
Southall 16 136,702 0.12
Hornsey 8 109,710 0.07
Tottenham 7 110,091 0.06
Total 150 1,765,494 0.08

Area 3 (North East)
Victims of violent racial crime per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population financial year 1997–98
Ethnicity Per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population
Sum of COUNT crime Area/division code White Black Asian Other Unknown Grand total White Black Asian Other
Area 1 (CENT)
Belgravia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.63 0.00
Notting Hill 2 3 0 0 0 5 0.04 0.47 0.00 0.00
W.E. Central 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.00 0.00 19.46 0.00
Charing Cross 1 1 3 0 0 5 0.20 0.33 12.82 0.00
Marylebone 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.02 0.46 0.00 0.00
Paddington Green 1 4 1 2 0 8 0.01 0.38 0.20 0.22
Fulham 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.02 0.21 0.00 0.41
Hammersmith 1 6 1 0 0 8 0.01 0.55 0.33 0.00
1 total 7 16 11 3 0 37 0.02 0.43 0.70 0.10

Charges/summons for racial violent crime per 100,000 head of residential population; financial year 1998–99
Area/division Division total Residential population estimate1 Per 100,000 head of population
Shoreditch and Hackney 24 85,567 0.28
Stoke Newington 17 106,102 0.16
Limehouse 19 84,409 0.23
Whitechapel 9 95,425 0.09
Barkingside 3 170,783 0.02
Chingford 10 119,572 0.08
Ilford 3 133,305 0.02
Leyton 3 99,851 0.03
Havering 9 230,222 0.04
Forest Gate 11 111,700 0.10
Barking and Dagenham 16 153,755 0.10
Plaistow 9 118,826 0.08
Edmonton 11 146,905 0.07
Enfield 8 175,602 0.05
Total 152 1,830,024 0.08
Area 4 (South East)
Southwark 19 61,895 0.31
Peckham 9 105,873 0.09
Walworth 13 82,732 0.16
Catford 32 134,530 0.24
Lewisham 21 106,863 0.20
Bromley and Orpington 15 297,567 0.05
Plumstead 32 107,440 0.30
Greenwich 21 106,183 0.20
Bexley 14 217,216 0.06
Croydon 15 120,034 0.12
South Norwood 29 215,574 0.13
Epsom and Sutton 6 290,639 0.02
Total 226 1,826,546 0.12
Area 5 (South West)
Heathrow Airport 7 685 10.22
Brixton 7 89,380 0.08
Streatham 16 91,168 0.18
Vauxhall 11 84,624 0.13
Spelthorne 8 208,828 0.04
Richmond-upon-Thames 19 88,998 0.21
Hounslow 53 183,774 0.29
Kingston-upon-Thames 15 213,940 0.07
Battersea 16 183,438 0.09
Wandsworth 13 114,398 0.11
Hillingdon 18 151,101 0.12
Merton 33 249,437 0.13
Total 216 1,659,772 0.13
MPS Total 853 7,615,101 0.11

Victims of violent racial crime per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population financial year 1997–98
Ethnicity Per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population
Sum of COUNT crime Area/division code White Black Asian Other Unknown Grand total White Black Asian Other
Area 2 (NW)
Hampstead 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.00 0.22 0.30 0.00
Kentish Town 16 5 22 3 0 46 0.24 1.03 4.63 0.72
Holborn 6 1 3 0 0 10 0.35 0.70 1.20 0.00
Holloway 2 2 3 1 0 8 0.03 0.16 0.86 0.21
Islington 14 10 13 12 0 49 0.19 1.49 4.75 3.12
Harrow 10 4 11 6 0 31 0.08 0.51 0.30 0.57
Wembley 3 2 0 0 0 5 0.04 0.13 0.00 0.00
Kilburn 6 5 6 1 0 18 0.09 0.20 0.42 0.12
Hertsmere and Barnet 8 2 14 6 0 30 0.02 0.16 0.47 0.27
Ealing 1 2 4 0 0 7 0.01 0.17 0.40 0.00
Southall 4 7 8 0 0 19 0.05 0.72 0.17 0.00
Hornsey 5 3 0 3 1 12 0.06 0.29 0.00 0.53
Tottenham 1 8 4 4 1 18 0.01 0.30 0.52 0.52
2 total 76 52 89 36 2 255 0.06 0.35 0.43 0.34
Area 3 (NE)
Shoreditch and Hackney 13 14 11 6 0 44 0.23 0.70 2.43 1.50
Stoke Newington 6 4 3 1 0 14 0.09 0.17 0.40 0.16
Limehouse 31 14 46 1 0 92 0.50 1.82 4.33 0.26
Whitechapel 21 3 13 1 0 38 0.39 0.58 0.39 0.35
Barkingside 1 0 10 0 0 11 0.01 0.00 1.30 0.00
Chingford 4 2 3 1 0 10 0.04 0.26 0.43 0.29
Ilford 1 0 7 2 0 10 0.01 0.00 0.27 0.43
Leyton 8 1 6 0 0 15 0.13 0.06 0.38 0.00
Havering 2 3 13 1 0 19 0.01 1.39 4.39 0.46
Forest Gate 9 6 29 2 2 48 0.17 0.31 0.84 0.38
Barking and Dagenham 5 7 22 2 0 36 0.03 1.96 4.42 1.08
Plaistow 4 9 22 2 0 37 0.05 0.66 1.28 0.32
Edmonton 8 0 2 4 0 14 0.07 0.00 0.22 0.67
Enfield 3 3 9 2 0 17 0.02 0.66 2.54 0.72
3 total 116 66 196 25 2 405 0.08 0.45 1.06 0.43
Area 4 (SE)
Southwark 5 10 1 7 0 23 0.10 1.51 0.56 3.35
Peckham 4 3 1 2 0 10 0.05 0.13 0.39 0.12
Walworth 2 5 6 1 0 14 0.04 0.43 3.95 0.37
Catford 11 9 0 1 1 22 0.10 0.58 0.00 0.26
Lewisham 6 5 2 0 0 13 0.08 0.21 1.01 0.00
Bromley and Orpington 7 4 2 2 0 15 0.02 0.80 0.48 0.37
Plumstead 11 16 8 4 0 39 0.12 2.19 1.25 0.93
Greenwich 7 5 2 2 0 18 0.07 1.12 0.79 0.69
Bexley 6 11 8 1 0 26 0.03 5.25 1.42 0.33
Croydon 4 2 0 0 0 6 0.04 0.49 0.00 0.00
South Norwood 1 2 8 1 0 12 0.01 0.09 0.51 0.11
Epsom and Sutton 0 1 6 0 1 8 0.00 0.32 1.13 0.00
4 total 64 73 44 21 2 204 0.04 0.57 0.61 0.39
Area 5 (SW)
Brixton 10 6 2 0 0 18 0.18 0.22 0.99 0.00
Streatham 4 2 1 0 0 7 0.06 0.15 0.20 0.00
Vauxhall 3 2 1 0 0 6 0.05 0.12 0.38 0.00
Spelthorne 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.01 3.08 0.00 0.00
Richmond-upon-Thames 3 3 6 1 1 14 0.02 2.14 1.62 0.21
Hounslow 11 16 27 6 0 60 0.07 2.73 0.75 0.64
Kingston-upon-Thames 6 4 8 4 1 23 0.03 2.39 1.47 0.50
Battersea 2 8 0 2 0 12 0.02 0.49 0.00 0.45
Wandsworth 2 9 9 2 0 22 0.02 0.71 1.04 0.29
Hillingdon 6 7 19 1 1 34 0.03 1.72 0.94 0.15
Merton 7 13 27 3 0 50 0.05 1.21 2.74 0.31
5 total 55 71 100 19 3 248 0.04 0.64 1.00 0.30
Grand total 318 278 440 104 9 1,149 0.05 0.49 0.79 0.33

Victims of violent racial crime per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population financial year 1998–99
Ethnicity Per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population1
Sum of COUNT crime Area/division code White Black Asian Other Unknown Grand total White Black Asian Other
Area 1 (CENT)
Belgravia 7 29 7 1 1 45 0.16 15.83 4.40 0.35
Notting Hill 10 15 18 9 1 53 0.19 2.37 13.66 1.92
Chelsea 6 20 14 10 1 51 0.07 6.88 6.28 1.38
W.E. Central 9 23 4 6 2 44 2.25 203.54 15.56 13.70
Charing Cross 14 11 11 3 2 41 2.83 91.67 47.01 7.50
Marylebone 20 13 17 23 0 73 0.44 5.98 6.00 3.70
Paddington Green 29 36 17 31 1 114 0.41 3.40 3.34 3.41
Fulham 27 33 34 15 0 109 0.47 6.77 25.11 6.22
Hammersmith 59 65 31 20 3 178 0.83 5.91 10.15 4.10
1 total 181 245 153 118 11 708 0.41 6.13 8.52 3.08
Area 2 (NW)
Hampstead 9 11 11 1 0 32 0.13 2.44 3.28 0.15
Kentish Town 49 67 84 20 1 221 0.73 13.84 17.70 4.83
Holborn 29 17 20 6 1 73 1.67 11.95 8.03 3.63
Holloway 27 30 38 12 1 108 0.39 2.47 10.84 2.53
Islington 29 48 46 28 1 152 0.40 7.16 16.82 7.27
Harrow 31 41 85 20 2 179 0.20 5.18 2.33 1.91
Wembley 13 30 30 5 0 78 0.19 1.91 0.79 0.44
Kilburn 19 31 33 13 3 99 0.28 1.25 2.31 1.60
Ealing 35 47 59 14 1 156 0.27 4.08 5.88 1.30
Southall 14 27 67 9 1 118 0.19 2.78 1.46 1.17
Hornsey 21 26 19 9 2 77 0.24 2.54 3.26 1.58
Tottenham 35 42 32 18 8 135 0.52 1.56 4.19 2.35
Hertsmere and Barnet 74 61 106 32 4 277 0.21 5.01 3.57 1.45
2 total 385 478 630 187 25 1,705 0.29 3.22 3.08 1.78
Area 3 (NE)
Shoreditch and Hackney 52 64 30 32 2 180 0.91 3.18 6.63 7.99
Stoke Newington 34 43 32 18 0 127 0.49 1.87 4.23 2.94
Limehouse 82 29 101 8 0 220 1.32 3.77 9.52 2.10
Whitechapel 73 38 43 4 0 158 1.35 7.30 1.29 1.39
Barkingside 18 18 28 5 0 69 0.11 6.14 3.63 1.43
Chingford 20 21 31 6 0 78 0.20 2.75 4.46 1.74
Ilford 26 18 27 1 0 72 0.27 2.50 1.06 0.21
Leyton 29 41 34 7 1 112 0.47 2.42 2.13 1.41
Havering 20 20 52 7 1 100 0.09 9.29 17.57 3.24
Forest Gate 42 39 58 6 2 147 0.80 2.03 1.69 1.08
Barking and Dagenham 23 46 55 22 2 148 0.16 12.90 11.06 11.87
Plaistow 33 63 96 6 4 202 0.41 4.61 5.59 0.96
Edmonton 35 23 32 22 0 112 0.29 1.93 3.58 3.66
Enfield 20 26 32 23 0 101 0.12 5.75 9.03 8.30
3 total 507 489 651 167 12 1,826 0.35 3.36 3.54 2.88
Area 4 (SE)
Southwark 38 88 20 26 1 173 0.74 13.25 11.19 12.44
Peckham 30 53 12 1 2 98 0.40 2.28 4.68 0.21
Walworth 26 49 22 5 1 103 0.55 4.20 14.48 1.86
Catford 37 78 30 13 0 158 0.33 4.99 12.73 3.32
Lewisham 48 68 40 24 2 182 0.63 2.87 20.29 4.39
Bromley and Orpington 39 43 31 19 2 134 0.14 8.55 7.52 3.55
Plumstead 42 113 64 21 0 240 0.47 15.45 10.11 4.86
Greenwich 64 80 44 11 1 200 0.66 17.90 17.48 3.79
Bexley 24 23 49 7 0 103 0.12 10.98 8.69 2.34
Croydon 41 36 47 10 2 136 0.38 8.78 10.09 2.29
South Norwood 45 47 62 8 1 163 0.27 2.21 3.96 0.89
Epsom and Sutton 11 20 50 18 0 99 0.04 6.48 9.38 2.67
4 total 445 698 471 163 12 1,789 0.28 5.44 8.65 2.99
Area 5 (SW)
Heathrow 7 4 10 3 1 25 14.46 173.91 83.33 52.63
Brixton 29 32 14 3 0 78 0.52 1.19 6.93 0.64
Streatham 26 45 17 7 0 95 0.38 3.28 3.45 1.78
Vauxhall 45 60 31 8 2 146 0.73 3.61 11.74 1.95
Spelthorne 7 6 21 3 0 37 0.08 18.46 12.62 2.90
Richmond-upon-Thames 19 34 42 12 0 107 0.11 24.27 11.31 2.46

Victims of violent racial crime per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population financial year 1998–99
Ethnicity Per 1,000 head of resident ethnic population1
Sum of COUNT crime Area/division code White Black Asian Other Unknown Grand total White Black Asian Other
Hounslow 77 88 202 38 0 405 0.49 15.00 5.64 4.03
Kingston-upon-Thames 35 35 80 24 1 175 0.18 20.88 14.73 3.00
Battersea 36 59 36 5 5 141 0.41 3.59 7.62 1.13
Wandsworth 36 56 54 10 3 159 0.29 4.43 6.26 1.43
Hillingdon 23 49 122 11 2 207 0.11 12.07 6.06 1.66
Merton 38 58 75 15 1 187 0.25 5.38 7.62 1.55
5 total 378 526 704 139 15 1,762 0.27 4.76 7.06 2.18
Grand total 1,896 2,436 2,609 774 75 7,790 0.31 4.25 4.65 2.42
1 1997 mid-year estimate based on 1991 census.

Note:

Victims are not necessarily resident in the division where the offence took place.