asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were reported in each year from 1979 to 1982 in the London borough of Newham on a weekly, monthly or quarterly basis; how many arrests and prosecutions commenced and concluded there were; what were the results; and if he will publish a summary of the sentences and penalties imposed upon those found guilty.
I refer the hon. member to the reply given to his question on 18 November 1982. We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the metropolis that the corresponding information for the third quarter of 1982 is as given in table 1. Tables 2 and 3 give information on defendants charged with indictable offences where court proceedings were completed during 1981 at magistrates courts and the Crown court respectively and the initial proceedings occurred at a magistrates' court in the Newham petty sessional division. Data on court proceedings are not yet available for 1982. The other information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Table 1. Notifiable offences recorded by the police and persons arrested*for such offences London Borough of Newham, third quarter 1982 | ||
| Metropolitan Police Office offence classification | Number of offences recorded | Number of persons arrested |
| Assaults, etc. | 189 | 97 |
| Robbery and other violent theft | 106 | 26 |
| Burglary | 1,487 | 165 |
| Autocrime | 1,853 | 230 |
| Other theft and handling | 898 | 354 |
| Fraud and forgery | 247 | 81 |
| Criminal damage and miscellaneous | 776 | 191 |
| Total | 5,556 | 1,144 |
| * 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. | ||
| Table 2 | ||||
| Defendants proceeded against for indictable offences at magistrates courts in Newham by result of proceedings*Newham PSD 1981 | ||||
| Number of defendants | ||||
| 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | |
| Total number proceeded against† | 989 | 812 | 861 | 794 |
| Proceedings discontinued | 1 | 3 | — | — |
Number of defendants
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1st quarter
| 2nd quarter
| 3rd quarter
| 4th quarter
| |
| Discharged under section 6 MCA 1980‡ | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Committed for trial In custody | 30 | 20 | 22 | 13 |
| On bail | 255 | 167 | 184 | 159 |
| Charge withdrawn or dismissed | 79 | 65 | 77 | 63 |
| Total found guilty | 621 | 551 | 573 | 556 |
| Absolute or conditional discharge | 92 | 99 | 84 | 101 |
| Probation | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| Supervision | 21 | 20 | 30 | 31 |
| Fine | 325 | 238 | 267 | 262 |
| Community service order | 11 | 9 | 21 | 14 |
| Attendance Centre order | 29 | 34 | 25 | 46 |
| Detention Centre order | 22 | 28 | 31 | 17 |
| Care order | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Suspended sentence | 22 | 30 | 28 | 22 |
| Immediate imprisonment | 29 | 28 | 25 | 17 |
| Committed for sentence | ||||
| s. 38 MCA 1980‡ | 30 | 16 | 17 | 11 |
| s. 37 MCA 1980‡ | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| Otherwise dealt with | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
* The numbers are subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and are therefore not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown. | ||||
| † Includes a small number of defendants proceeded agains following a summons, not arrest. | ||||
| ‡ Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. | ||||
Table 3
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Defendants for trial or sentence for indictable offences * by the Crown court following committal from a magistrates court in Newham by result of proceedings † Committals from Newham PSD 1981
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Number of defendants
| ||||
1st quarter
| 2nd quarter
| 3rd quarter
| 4th quarter
| |
| Total for trial‡ | 315 | 266 | 253 | 194 |
| Acquitted** | 87 | 59 | 69 | 35 |
| Total found guilty | 251 | 241 | 205 | 192 |
| Total sentenced following conviction at magistrates' courts | 23 | 34 | 21 | 33 |
| Total for sentence | 228 | 207 | 184 | 159 |
| Absolute or conditional discharge | 20 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
| Probation | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Fine | 56 | 36 | 29 | 23 |
| Community Service order | 6 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
| Detention Centre order | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Care order | — | — | — | — |
| Borstal | 22 | 38 | 11 | 25 |
| Suspended sentence | 53 | 32 | 31 | 19 |
| Immediate imprisonment | 53 | 58 | 64 | 54 |
| Otherwise dealt with | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
* Includes a few defendants sentenced for summary offences following conviction and committal for sentence at magistrates' courts. | ||||
| † The numbers are subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and are therefore not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown. | ||||
| ‡ Probably includes a small number of defendants proceeded against following a summons, not arrest. | ||||
** Includes those not tried; for example, when no evidence is offered by the prosecution. | ||||