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London Borough Of Newham

Volume 32: debated on Thursday 18 November 1982

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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

Metropolitan Police Office offence classification

1979

1980

*

1981

*

1982

*

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, etc171155178144177152162129162164142163144
Robbery and other violent theft86688685109651311771418512617892
Burglary1,1219371,0091,0681,2528291,1121,3251,4241,1891,2591,2651,374
Autocrime1,2891,2251,5421,4271,4891,1541,5911,4601,8971,7081,9851,5671,842
Other theft and handling825740894926857701810807972874885877849
Fraud and forgery152173216182259240195263178179317161137
Criminal damage and other offences6995946105897205996819511,010743686790690
Total4,3433,8924,5354,4214,8633,7404,6824,8125,7844,9425,4005,0015,128

* 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

London Borough of Newham

Number of persons

*

Metropolitan Police Office offence classification

1979

1980

1981

1982

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, etc86981181201128597827378727686
Robbery and other violent theft231015249719363715192816
Burglary14213811310713610366197213163141123109
Autocrime201186234192250162185169243176183253203
Other theft and handling385263354390344298279321334336396357297
Fraud and forgery47456557808175765447517257
Criminal damage and other offences11412088100110131138118148133114124135
Total9988609879901,0418678599991,1029489761,033903

* 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.