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Crimes of Violence: Greater London

Answer

A number of changes have been made to recorded crime in response to suggestions in the two reviews of crime statistics. One such change is that the term 'violent crime' is no longer used in connection with the recorded crime statistics and we now provide figures for violence against the person.For London boroughs, offences of violence against the person recorded by the police are available from 1999-2000 and the number of sanction detections are available from 2000-01. The statistics are given in the following tables.

Table 1: Offences of violence against the person recorded and detected by means of a sanction detection by London borough: 1999-2000 to 2001-02
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Borough	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections
Barking and Dagenham	3,210	¹—	3,604	550	3,941	596
Barnet	4,244	¹—	4,574	724	4,842	695
Bexley	3,151	¹—	3,209	481	3,339	613
Brent	5,407	¹—	5,775	988	5,688	914
Bromley	3,224	¹—	3,800	652	3,843	786
Camden	5,342	¹—	5,327	933	5,473	914
City of Westminster	7,396	¹—	8,483	1,848	8,734	1,788
Croydon	5,880	¹—	6,326	1,051	6,206	1,077
Ealing	6,652	¹—	6,429	750	6,842	848
Enfield	4,040	¹—	4,798	824	5,077	810
Greenwich	6,234	¹—	6,308	1,035	6,257	881
Hackney	6,655	¹—	6,320	1,129	6,702	1,150
Hammersmith and Fulham	4,683	¹—	4,365	879	4,283	919
Haringey	4,874	¹—	5,202	1,314	5,088	1,226
Harrow	2,342	¹—	2,465	665	2,658	552
Havering	2,661	¹—	2,787	552	3,225	623
Hillingdon	3,713	¹—	4,094	595	4,766	762
Hounslow	5,200	¹—	5,436	682	5,798	781
Islington	5,255	¹—	5,443	932	5,667	1,053
Kensington and Chelsea	3,294	¹—	3,314	571	3,063	643
Kingston upon Thames	2,422	¹—	2,495	415	2,667	474
Lambeth	8,244	¹—	7,904	1,064	8,232	1,179
Lewisham	5,051	¹—	5,331	1,302	5,501	1,174
Merton	2,907	¹—	2,932	507	3,153	464
Newham	7,261	¹—	7,344	969	7,550	1,166
Redbridge	3,621	¹—	3,753	585	3,721	600
Richmond upon Thames	2,081	¹—	1,991	308	2,115	423
Southwark	7,480	¹—	7,442	1,259	7,760	1,377
Sutton	1,109	¹—	2,056	393	2,451	408
Tower Hamlets	3,850	¹—	5,965	881	6,390	900
Waltham Forest	4,862	¹—	4,804	697	4,973	750
Wandsworth	5,012	¹—	4,862	693	5,002	744
Total	147,357	¹—	154,938	26,228	161,007	27,290
Note:
Figures in this table were prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording standard in April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
¹ Not available.

Table 2: Offences of violence against the person recorded and detected by means of a sanction detection by London borough: 2002-03 to 2006-07
	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections	Number of offences	Number of sanction detections
Barking and Dagenham	4,392	818	4,902	950	5,224	919	5,288	1,133	5,150	1,419
Barnet	5,246	848	5,817	937	7,183	1,752	6,393	1,506	5,512	1,664
Bexley	3,555	712	4,051	756	4,129	977	4,373	1,096	3,742	1,215
Brent	6,297	902	7,371	951	9,135	1,626	8,253	2,025	6,216	1,773
Bromley	4,728	918	5,003	1,094	5,762	1,276	5,499	1,221	5,697	1,917
Camden	5,817	1,137	6,419	1,383	7,656	1,756	7,370	2,110	6,586	1,757
City of Westminster	9,898	1,979	9,558	2,359	10,454	3,306	9,445	3,254	8,413	2,855
Croydon	7,642	1,241	7,944	1,542	8,604	1,744	7,763	1,641	6,741	1,906
Ealing	7,143	1,067	7,150	1,008	8,009	1,687	7,878	1,776	7,641	1,893
Enfield	5,593	984	5,142	1,030	5,190	1,218	5,256	1,174	5,342	1,685
Greenwich	6,892	1,005	6,855	1,117	7,870	1,549	7,713	1,717	7,486	2,096
Hackney	6,810	1,296	7,141	1,293	7,288	1,624	7,471	1,898	7,148	2,055
Hammersmith and Fulham	4,323	966	4,287	1,110	4,622	1,218	5,041	1,496	5,054	1,650
Haringey	5,446	1,388	5,485	1,250	6,325	1,620	6,921	1,751	5,651	1,727
Harrow	2,827	659	2,858	616	3,041	757	3,028	771	2,870	827
Havering	3,901	697	3,922	629	4,191	979	4,172	1,123	3,639	1,477
Hillingdon	4,983	882	5,222	793	5,921	1,417	6,261	1,824	5,911	1,905
Hounslow	7,110	965	6,946	1,008	6,772	1,058	6,434	1,612	5,502	1,537
Islington	6,347	1,006	6,607	1,422	7,617	2,159	7,002	2,111	6,289	2,147
Kensington and Chelsea	3,471	698	3,378	660	3,272	669	3,325	914	3,597	1,190
Kingston upon Thames	2,857	382	3,447	470	3,520	738	3,240	830	3,003	1,089
Lambeth	9,151	1,608	9,475	1,839	9,813	2,334	8,991	2,456	8,344	2,540
Lewisham	5,709	1,134	6,664	1,392	7,858	1,547	8,463	1,901	8,062	2,114
Merton	3,460	400	3,615	624	3,800	745	3,664	1,048	3,361	1,002
Newham	8,096	1,280	8,210	1,365	7,976	1,441	8,421	1,603	7,578	2,148
Redbridge	4,565	769	4,682	862	4,690	962	3,976	1,176	4,323	1,557
Richmond upon Thames	2,547	471	2,497	455	2,570	642	2,345	749	2,122	850
Southwark	8,221	1,350	8,912	1,347	9,338	2,206	9,065	2,254	8,435	2,318
Sutton	3,065	610	3,214	595	3,555	781	3,161	949	2,989	1,060
Tower Hamlets	7,538	1,152	7,724	1,141	7,895	1,531	7,455	2,238	7,727	2,286
Waltham Forest	5,427	794	6,002	853	6,241	1,222	6,831	1,563	6,052	1,697
Wandsworth	5,354	1,040	5,336	929	5,898	1,100	6,139	1,320	5,647	1,513
Total	178,411	31,158	185,836	33,780	210,419	44,560	196,637	50,240	181,830	54,869
Note:
Figures in this table are after the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

474 c981-4W; 195850

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Crimes of violence Greater London

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