Hackney is second biggest customer of Operation Trident

Below is a list of London Boroughs and a breakdown of the number of crimes committed that are being dealt with by Trident. The figures were provided following a Freedom of Information Act request by Blood and Property.

Hackney has had 110 cases investigated by Trident over the last four years. This is far from all the gun crime committed in Hackney over this period.

Gun crime stats for Hackney from Met Police show that, in 2009 there were 160 "gun enabled" crimes of which 32 were investigated by Trident. In 2008 there were 123 gun enabled crimes reported in Hackney, 20 of them were investigated by Trident.

The Metropolitan Police response to the FOI request said: "Trident investigates all non-fatal shootings within London irrespective of the ethnicity of the victim or suspect.

"Trident also investigates fatal shootings occurring solely within the black community.

Waltham Forest and Croydon have both launched campaigns to increase their police forces and both mention Hackney as a borough with more than its fair share police officers. In 2008-9 Trident had a £28m budget and it now employs 359 police officers. Over the last four years Hackney has seen 110 cases, 10% of Trident's case load, being investigated.

Also, last month (Feb) Diane Abbott answered Blood and Property questions including: "5. Although crime in Hackney has fallen, other boroughs complain that Hackney has more policemen. On top of that, Hackney seems to be able to rely on outside agencies like Operation Trident. Do you know how much support Hackney's police get in fighting crime and whether this might no longer be available either if the Conservatives win or if the government has to cut police budgets?"

She said: "Crime has fallen in Hackney and I am pleased to say it is at the lowest level for 10 years. This is down to the hard work of our police force and agencies like Operation Trident and if Hackney has needed more police or funding to do this, I can only say that it has truly been worth it and the results speak for themselves. However, we musn't forget that gun crime has increased in the borough. A spate of killings in the Turkish/Kurdish community has gone someway to pushing these figures up and this is something I will be tackling alongside the police and the council. We can already see that a Conservative government would cut expenditure on fighting crime and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is already proposing to cut 450 police officers by the end of his term."

(Apologies for the lack of a chart - if anyone has an easy way to put charts in blogger please let me know - even spaces were removed on publication! Very annoying.)

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Lambeth 32 39 31 49 151
Hackney 37 27 20 32 116
Southwark 37 22 24 27 110

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Brent 18 26 12 15 71
Waltham Forest 21 34 13 24 92
Haringey 15 13 10 18 56
Lewisham 10 14 8 29 61

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Newham 7 16 20 11 54
Wandsworth 13 6 8 23 50
Croydon 5 4 12 19 40
Ealing 5 13 13 16 47
Islington 11 9 6 15 41

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Enfield 6 13 7 11 37
Westminster 4 6 5 5 20
Hammersmith & Fulham 5 5 5 5 20
Greenwich 5 7 3 11 26
Tower Hamlets 4 3 3 1 11

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Camden 4 2 4 8 18
Kensington & Chelsea 6 2 2 3 13
Merton 1 4 4 6 15
Redbridge 0 3 3 6 12

Borough 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Barking & Dagenham 2 4 5 7 18
Barnet 5 2 3 5 15
Hillingdon 2 1 2 1 6
Bexley 3 4 3 1 11
Bromley 2 2 1 4 9
Harrow 2 1 1 3 7
Hounslow 1 0 0 0 1
Havering 2 4 2 0 8
Sutton 2 2 2 1 7
Kingston 1 0 1 0 2
Richmond 0 0 0 0 0