Appendix 27: Night Attacks on London: British Statistics showing Numbers of Bombs on London Boroughs and Districts from the Night of 7th October to the Night of 6th November 1940
Borough | Area in Acres | No. of H.E. | No. of Oil Bombs | No. of Groups of Incendiaries | No. of Land Mines* | No. of H.E. per 100 acres |
Chelsea | 660 | 72 | 8 | 8 | – | 10.91 |
Fulham | 1,706 | 94 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5.51 |
Hammersmith | 2,283 | 83 | 9 | 13 | – | 3.64 |
Kensington | 2,291 | 126 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 5.50 |
Westminster | 2,502 | 269 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10.75 |
Hampstead | 2,265 | 127 | 18 | 19 | – | 5.61 |
Islington | 2,720 | 255 | 14 | 22 | – | 9.38 |
Paddington | 1,357 | 102 | 4 | 18 | – | 7.52 |
St. Marylebone | 1,493 | 87 | 6 | 24 | – | 5.83 |
St. Pancras | 2,694 | 143 | 7 | 14 | – | 5.31 |
Stoke Newington | 863 | 44 | 7 | 7 | – | 5.10 |
Bethnal Green | 759 | 68 | 5 | 12 | – | 8.96 |
City | 673 | 72 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 10.70 |
Finsbury | 587 | 47 | 8 | 18 | – | 8.01 |
Hackney | 3,292 | 223 | 3 | 4 | – | 6.77 |
Holborn | 405 | 80 | 4 | 6 | – | 19.75 |
Poplar | 2,240 | 102 | 4 | 5 | – | 4.55 |
Shoreditch | 640 | 107 | 2 | 18 | – | 16.72 |
Stepney | 1,760 | 146 | 5 | 23 | – | 8.30 |
Bermondsey | 1,142 | 92 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 528 |
Deptford | 1,600 | 84 | 9 | 16 | – | 5.25 |
Greenwich | 3,858 | 127 | 6 | 19 | – | 3.29 |
Lewisham | 7,014 | 202 | 3 | 39 | – | 2.88 |
Woolwich | 8,986 | 211 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2.35 |
Battersea | 2,307 | 98 | – | 25 | – | 4.25 |
Camberwell | 4,480 | 205 | 19 | 26 | – | 458 |
Lambeth | 4,196 | 220 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 5.24 |
Southwark | 1,120 | 70 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6.25 |
Wandsworth | 9,199 | 292 | 13 | 47 | 1 | 3.17 |
Cheshunt | 8,479 | 111 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1.31 |
East Barnet | 2,644 | 11 | 4 | 2 | – | 0.42 |
Edmonton | 3,896 | 57 | 9 | 3 | – | 1.46 |
Enfield | 12,400 | 160 | 11 | 1 | – | 1.29 |
Hornsey | 2,872 | 127 | 16 | 14 | – | 4.42 |
Southgate | 3,764 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1.97 |
Tottenham | 3,014 | 104 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 3.45 |
Wood Green | 1,608 | 74 | 9 | 1 | – | 4.60 |
Barnet Rural | 8,339 | 85 | 5 | 6 | – | 1.02 |
Barnet Urban | 4,290 | 53 | 1 | 6 | – | 1.24 |
Finchley | 3,477 | 71 | 5 | 11 | – | 2 04 |
Friern Barnet | 1,341 | 16 | 1 | – | – | 1.19 |
Hendon | 10,370 | 184 | 14 | 47 | – | 1.77 |
Potters Bar | 6,150 | 66 | 6 | 8 | – | 1.07 |
Acton | 2,317 | 54 | 6 | 9 | – | 2.33 |
Bushey | 3,865 | 26 | 3 | – | – | 0.67 |
Ealing | 8,950 | 134 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1.50 |
Harrow | 12,558 | 107 | 15 | 15 | – | 0.85 |
Ruislip | 6,584 | 83 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1.26 |
Southall | 2,605 | 38 | 1 | 2 | – | 1.46 |
Uxbridge | 10,237 | 69 | 3 | 7 | – | 0.67 |
Wembley | 6,300 | 143 | 14 | 13 | – | 2.27 |
Willesden | 4,633 | 195 | 9 | 27 | – | 4.21 |
Brentford | 2,450 | 80 | 9 | 16 | – | 3.27 |
Feltham | 4,935 | 62 | 8 | 11 | – | 1.26 |
Hayes | 5,161 | 73 | 4 | 5 | – | 1.41 |
Heston | 7,261 | 66 | 3 | 10 | – | 0.91 |
Staines | 8,250 | 32 | 5 | 3 | – | 0.39 |
Sunbury | 5,689 | 57 | – | 9 | – | 1.00 |
Twickenham | 7,024 | 123 | 14 | 14 | – | 1.75 |
Yiewsley | 5,277 | 15 | 3 | 2 | – | 0.28 |
Barking | 4,174 | 90 | 5 | 7 | – | 2.16 |
Chigwell | 8,972 | 150 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1.67 |
Chingford | 2,868 | 83 | 8 | – | – | 2.89 |
Dagenham | 6,728 | 115 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2.16 |
East Ham | 3,326 | 113 | 10 | 7 | – | 3.40 |
Ilford | 8,435 | 215 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2.55 |
Leyton | 2,594 | 129 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4.97 |
Waltham H.C. | 10,959 | 119 | 4 | 5 | – | 1.09 |
Walthamstow | 4,343 | 122 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2.81 |
Wanstead | 3,824 | 91 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2.38 |
West Ham | 4,706 | 193 | 3 | 29 | – | 4.10 |
Beckenham | 5,935 | 172 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2.90 |
Bexley | 4,869 | 134 | 12 | 38 | – | 2.75 |
Bromley | 6,519 | 120 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1.84 |
Chislehurst | 8,957 | 188 | 22 | 12 | – | 2.io |
Crayford | 2,700 | 79 | 7 | 3 | – | 2.93 |
Erith | 4,607 | 62 | 3 | 5 | – | 135 |
Orpington | 20,842 | 239 | 28 | 11 | – | 1.15 |
Penge | 770 | 36 | 2 | 3 | – | 4.68 |
Banstead | 12,821 | 132 | 9 | 9 | – | 1.03 |
Barnes | 2,651 | 77 | 13 | 6 | – | 2.90 |
Beddington | 3,048 | 77 | 10 | – | – | 2.53 |
Carshalton | 3,346 | 45 | 8 | 5 | – | 1.34 |
Coulsdon | 11,142 | 165 | 7 | 21 | – | 1.48 |
Croydon | 12,672 | 265 | 29 | 31 | – | 2.09 |
Epsom | 8,427 | 103 | 7 | 3 | – | 1.22 |
Esher | 14,847 | 163 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1.10 |
Kingston | 1,390 | 26 | 1 | 5 | – | 1.87 |
Malden | 3,162 | 137 | 5 | 7 | – | 4.33 |
Merton | 3,237 | 142 | 8 | 2 | – | 4.39 |
Mitcham | 2,939 | 98 | 4 | 14 | – | 3.33 |
Richmond | 4,243 | 138 | 8 | 6 | – | 3.25 |
Surbiton | 4,709 | 63 | 15 | 9 | _ | 1.34 |
Sutton | 4,338 | 66 | 9 | 1 | – | 1.52 |
Wimbledon | 3,211 | 115 | 5 | 15 | – | 3.58 |
NOTE: * Figures incomplete.