MET Police figures show Lewisham has failed to hit its target officer strength.
The target had been to reach 594 officers by the end of the financial year, but at the end of March the borough only had 568 officers a shortfall of 26.
Only six boroughs hit their local targets for officers for the year.
The target for Greenwich had been to reach 576 officers, but the borough reached 598 officers by the end of the year an excess of 22 officers.
Richard Barnes, London Assembly Conservatives' crime spokesman, said: "Despite paying more tax to supposedly fund the Met it is not right people living in Lewisham don't receive their due allocation of police officers."
He added: "The targets seem to be futile when some boroughs exceed their target and others languish behind."
April 29, 2003 13:00
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