These are the latest figures reported by the police for the month of January 2011. If you check the website it is quite frightening!

Crimes in Metropolitan Police District
Crime type Crime count Crime rate

Total notifiable offences 66684 9.31
Residential burglary 6479 0.90
Burglary other 2570 0.36
Theft of motor vehicle 2310 0.32
Theft from motor vehicle 5969 0.83
Robbery business 271 0.04
Robbery personal 3068 0.43
Violence against the person 12733 1.78
Most serious violence 726 0.10
Anti-social behaviour 33566 4.68

Last three months trend
Area November December January
MPS 587 614 726

Annual crime count
Area 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
MPS 0 11658 11098