asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state for the latest and most convenient stated date as much information as is available to him as to the numbers of itemised crimes committed in the London borough of Newham, the numbers of police employed, the numbers of arrests, charges and convictions and the cost of the police force together with equipment and similar details on a quarterly retrospective basis back to May 1979.
We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the information readily available is as set out in the following tables. Information relating to convictions could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The cost to the London borough of Newham, in terms of the amount to be raised through the precept levied by the receiver, is £6,286,815 for the current financial year; this is partly offset through block grant paid through the rate support grant system.
London Borough of Newham
| Table 1—Notifiable offences recorded by the police
| Number of Offences
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Metropolitan Police Office offence classification
| 1979
| 1980 *
| 1981 *
| 1982 *
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2nd Qtr.
| 3rd Qtr.
| 4th Qtr.
| 1st Qtr.
| 2nd Qtr.
| 3rd Qtr.
| 4th Qtr.
| 1st Qtr.
| 2nd Qtr.
| 3rd Qtr.
| 4th Qtr.
| 1st Qtr.
| 2nd Qtr.
| |
Assaults, etc | 171 | 155 | 178 | 144 | 177 | 152 | 162 | 129 | 162 | 164 | 142 | 163 | 144 |
Robbery and other violent theft | 86 | 68 | 86 | 85 | 109 | 65 | 131 | 177 | 141 | 85 | 126 | 178 | 92 |
Burglary | 1,121 | 937 | 1,009 | 1,068 | 1,252 | 829 | 1,112 | 1,325 | 1,424 | 1,189 | 1,259 | 1,265 | 1,374 |
Autocrime | 1,289 | 1,225 | 1,542 | 1,427 | 1,489 | 1,154 | 1,591 | 1,460 | 1,897 | 1,708 | 1,985 | 1,567 | 1,842 |
Other theft and handling | 825 | 740 | 894 | 926 | 857 | 701 | 810 | 807 | 972 | 874 | 885 | 877 | 849 |
Fraud and forgery | 152 | 173 | 216 | 182 | 259 | 240 | 195 | 263 | 178 | 179 | 317 | 161 | 137 |
Criminal damage and other offences | 699 | 594 | 610 | 589 | 720 | 599 | 681 | 951 | 1,010 | 743 | 686 | 790 | 690 |
Total | 4,343 | 3,892 | 4,535 | 4,421 | 4,863 | 3,740 | 4,682 | 4,812 | 5,784 | 4,942 | 5,400 | 5,001 | 5,128 |
* Figures for 1980–82 are not directly comparable with those for 1979 because of the introduction of new counting rules at the beginning of 1980 to improve the consistency of recording offences |
Table 2—Persons arrested * for notifiable offences recorded by the police
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London Borough of Newham
| Number of persons *
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Metropolitan Police Office offence classification
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
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2nd Qtr.
| 3rd Qtr.
| 4th Qtr.
| 1st Qtr.
| 2nd Qtr.
| 3rd Qtr.
| 4th Qtr.
| 1st Qtr.
| 2nd Qtr.
| 3rd Qtr.
| 4th Qtr.
| 1st Qtr.
| 2nd Qtr.
| |
Assaults, etc | 86 | 98 | 118 | 120 | 112 | 85 | 97 | 82 | 73 | 78 | 72 | 76 | 86 |
Robbery and other violent theft | 23 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 16 |
Burglary | 142 | 138 | 113 | 107 | 136 | 103 | 66 | 197 | 213 | 163 | 141 | 123 | 109 |
Autocrime | 201 | 186 | 234 | 192 | 250 | 162 | 185 | 169 | 243 | 176 | 183 | 253 | 203 |
Other theft and handling | 385 | 263 | 354 | 390 | 344 | 298 | 279 | 321 | 334 | 336 | 396 | 357 | 297 |
Fraud and forgery | 47 | 45 | 65 | 57 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 76 | 54 | 47 | 51 | 72 | 57 |
Criminal damage and other offences | 114 | 120 | 88 | 100 | 110 | 131 | 138 | 118 | 148 | 133 | 114 | 124 | 135 |
Total | 998 | 860 | 987 | 990 | 1,041 | 867 | 859 | 999 | 1,102 | 948 | 976 | 1,033 | 903 |
* Persons proceeded against by means of a charge, referral to a juvenile bureau, a caution or in some other way; arrests not followed by any action are not included. |