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Racial Harassment: Greater London

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints of racial harassment were reported in each London borough in each of the last five years. (153640)

The available information relates to racially or religiously aggravated harassment offences recorded by the police and is given in the table.

Racially or religiously aggravated harassment offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police Service—2002-03 to 2006-07

London borough

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Barking and Dagenham

164

187

237

207

198

Barnet

267

273

326

262

154

Bexley

102

150

146

134

152

Brent

129

149

268

187

112

Bromley

132

152

167

155

161

Camden

114

129

215

176

289

City of Westminster

300

280

287

265

312

Croydon

186

196

204

211

127

Ealing

171

157

169

183

198

Enfield

205

95

62

94

134

Greenwich

283

242

265

229

285

Hackney

159

175

177

168

167

Hammersmith and Fulham

126

81

121

140

137

Haringey

98

58

96

117

101

Harrow

117

92

76

69

83

Havering

75

90

132

117

58

Hillingdon

194

161

98

186

198

Hounslow

292

329

350

273

197

Islington

144

187

213

224

228

Kensington and Chelsea

90

102

85

111

140

Kingston upon Thames

105

145

160

85

73

Lambeth

216

207

225

182

193

Lewisham

170

178

196

209

261

Merton

171

161

161

112

85

Newham

191

196

182

194

133

Redbridge

136

175

135

87

99

Richmond upon Thames

109

88

62

39

35

Southwark

194

248

225

249

189

Sutton

122

149

177

94

84

Tower Hamlets

330

303

278

267

359

Waltham Forest

130

168

165

216

138

Wandsworth

129

145

141

157

126

Metropolitan police total

5,351

5,448

5,801

5,399

5,206