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Mr. Lamont
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table in the Official Report to show the absolute and percentage increases in crimes involving violence in each year since 1970 in the Royal borough of Kingston upon Thames.
Mr. John,
pursuant to his reply—[Official Report, 10th November, Vol. 957, col. 281]—gave the following information:I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the information available is as given below:
| OFFENCES OF ASSAULT,* ETC. RECORDED BY THE POLICE | |||
| Royal borough of Kingston upon Thames | |||
| Increase over the previous year | |||
| Year | Number of offences | Number of offences | Percentage |
| 1974 | 85 | † | † |
| 1975 | 109 | 24 | 28 |
| 1976 | 135 | 26 | 24 |
| 1977 | 137 | 2 | 1 |
| * Covering nearly all indictable offences of violence against the person and certain sexual offences involving violence. | |||
| † Not available. | |||