§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) arrests were made, (b) people were charged, (c) cautions were issued and (d) convictions there were in Greater London, broken down by (i) police force, (ii) constituency and (iii) local authority area in each year since 1997. [162336]
§ Ms BlearsIt is not possible, from the statistics collected centrally on arrests, court proceedings and 785W cautions, to identify constituencies in the Greater London Area, but the tables show the available information:
Table A relates to persons arrested in the Greater London Area, by police force area and is limited to arrests for notifiable offences and covers the financial years, 1999–2000 to 2002–03. Arrest figures are not collected centrally below police for area.
Table B relates to persons proceeded against for offences in the Greater London Area (statistics of people charged are not collected centrally) and those convicted in each borough in Outer London and each magistrates court in Inner London (it is not possible from the statistics collected centrally to identify boroughs in Inner London). The figures include persons convicted at the Crown court when committed for trial or sentence from the courts/boroughs shown.
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Table B: Number1 of persons proceeded against and found guilty of all offences in Greater London2 by police force area and magistrates' court/London Borough—1997 to 20021 1997 1998 1999 Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty Persons proceeded against persons found guilty Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty Inner London magistrates' courts2 City of London Police Guildhall Justice Rooms 8,462 6,315 9,282 6,416 9,109 6,523 Metropolitan Police Bow Street3 12,671 10,122 9,514 7,665 7,345 5,796 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 24,196 18,273 25,690 19,521 23,353 17,555 Greenwich/Woolwich 12,903 10,352 15,289 12,519 14,264 11,481 Highbury Corner4 22,061 16,070 19,732 14,937 16,079 12,287 Horseferry Road 11,052 8,819 13,118 10,519 13,878 11,463 Marylebone 12,615 9,346 15,208 11,898 13,563 10,015 South Western 10,788 8,203 9,990 7,411 9,774 7,594 Thames 9,777 6,995 4,506 3,505 14,658 10,347 West London 11,009 7,960 12,735 9,320 10,940 7,736 Inner London Youth Courts5 767 704 9 229 n/a 191 Outer London Boroughs Metropolitan Police Barking and Dagenham 2,673 2,073 3,396 2,508 3,399 2,610 Barnet 7,625 6,210 8,440 7,085 7,365 6,020 Bexley 2,390 1,761 2,436 1,756 2,613 1,935 Brent 10,943 7,912 10,264 7,910 9,607 7,525 Bromley 5,890 4,497 6,145 4,868 5,189 4,171 Croydon 10,341 7,467 11,545 9,474 8,570 6,793 Ealing 7,313 5,217 6,176 4,502 5,626 4,137 Enfield 4,071 2,777 5,028 3,796 6,543 5,106 Haringey 6,768 5,000 7,462 5,575 8,141 5,898 Harrow 4,143 2,822 4,505 3,440 4,463 3,185 Havering 4,650 3,699 3,612 2,703 4,601 3,661 Hillingdon 7,597 5,817 7,901 6,142 7,220 5,538 Hounslow 8,327 6,013 9,129 6,815 8,570 6,138 Kingston-upon-Thames 4,171 3,109 4,189 3,103 3,692 2,789 Merton 5,206 4,128 4,657 3,833 4,311 3,487 Newham 7,901 5,892 9,200 7,144 8,873 6,837 Redbridge 5,533 4,256 5,648 4,484 5,134 4,099 Richmond-upon-Thames 3,311 2,452 3,585 2,686 2,779 2,152 Sutton 3,311 2,452 3,585 2,686 2,779 2,152 Waltham Forest 6,572 4,755 6,987 5,373 6,074 4,532 Total Metropolitan Police 247,176 185,787 249,388 193,337 240,130 183,845 Total Greater London 255,638 192,102 258,670 199,753 249,239 190,368 Table C shows persons cautioned for all offences (excluding summary motoring offences for which cautions are not issued) by police force area. Caution figures are not collected centrally below police force area.
Table A: Persons arrested for notifiable offences recorded by the Police, by police force area, Greater London, 1999–2000 to 2002–03 Police force area 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Metropolitan police 202,218 180,634 179,358 186,808 City of London n/a 4,286 4,398 4,577 Greater London 1207,600 184,920 183,756 191,385 n/a = Not available. 1 Estimated. Note:
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2000 2001 2002 Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty Inner London magistrates' courts2 City of London Police Guildhall Justice Rooms 10,815 8,719 11,262 9,552 10,338 8,078 Metropolitan Police Bow Street3 6,908 5,512 6,152 4,550 7,757 5,874 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 18,745 13,597 15,564 10,493 17,288 12,085 Greenwich/Woolwich 11,834 8,780 11,788 8,627 13,595 10,481 Highbury Corner4 13,696 10,141 10,857 7,287 12,174 8,761 Horseferry Road 14,950 12,247 18,483 14,912 15,460 12,487 Marylebone 14,728 11,782 14,405 11,835 21,268 18,038 South Western 14,106 11,915 13,053 10,711 15,047 12,485 Thames 11,510 7,641 10,554 6,968 11,638 7,657 West London 11,117 7,348 11,086 6,941 11,937 7,914 Inner London Youth Courts5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Outer London Boroughs Metropolitan Police Barking and Dagenham 3,800 3,100 3,652 2,905 4,207 3,240 Barnet 8,535 6,988 6,903 5,383 7,400 5,681 Bexley 2,685 1,891 2,676 1,862 2,955 2,159 Brent 9,516 7,366 9,222 7,086 9,412 7,530 Bromley 5,251 4,032 5,472 4,148 6,796 5,224 Croydon 8,066 6,503 8,071 6,333 6,528 4,206 Ealing 5,279 3,571 4,443 3,148 5,852 4,146 Enfield 7,134 5,509 6,149 4,427 8,148 6,213 Haringey 9,728 7,174 8,268 5,569 10,298 7,608 Harrow 4,600 3,379 4,104 2,825 5,404 3,978 Havering 4,542 3,685 4,114 3,086 6,205 4,927 Hillingdon 6,947 5,182 7,246 5,363 8,508 6,681 Hounslow 8,018 5,734 7,349 4,908 5,972 4,300 Kingston-upon-Thames 3,819 2,914 4,179 3,159 4,030 3,149 Merton 4,654 3,850 4,441 3,594 5,032 4,149 Newham 10,587 8,220 9,275 6,733 11,492 8,858 Redbridge 5,470 4,291 4,317 3,278 5,575 4,432 Richmond-upon-Thames 3,199 2,423 3,242 2,381 3,629 2,759 Sutton 2,878 2,251 2,915 2,200 3,233 2,506 Waltham Forest 6,085 4,682 5,770 4,225 6,548 5,234 Total Metropolitan Police 238,387 181,708 223,012 164,937 253,388 192,753 Total Greater London 249,202 190,427 235,012 174,489 263,726 200,831 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Information held centrally does not allow a breakdown of cases by borough in the Inner London area. 3 Includes Marlborough Street, 1997–99. 4 Includes Clerkenwell and Hampstead, 1997–98. 5 Cases included with adults courts from 1998 (from 1999 for cases heard at the Crown court).
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Table C: By police force Year/Police Cautioned1 1997 City of London 1,146 Metropolitan 53,632 Total 54,778 1998 City of London 751 Metropolitan 57,969 Total 58,720 1999 City of London 709 Metropolitan 46,239 Total 46,948 2000 City of London 559 Metropolitan 36,758 Total 37,317
Table C: By police force Year/Police Cautioned1 2001 City of London 902 Metropolitan 31,337 Total 32,239 2002 City of London 1,083 Metropolitan 32,088 Total 33,171 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. Statistics on court proceedings and cautions for 2003 will be published in the autumn.