Crime Statistics

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Notifiable offences recorded by the police¹, in England and Wales
Police force area	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Avon and Somerset	95,277	97,357	124,177	151,071	173,068	173,988	165,765	150,659	153,878	141,650
Bedfordshire	38,707	40,257	52,862	56,597	59,008	58,445	52,062	50,295	51,283	46,845
Cambridgeshire	33,238	36,449	44,035	57,396	65,406	65,327	61,294	67,103	68,204	58,768
Cheshire	45,962	44,858	51,627	61,901	76,183	77,414	72,516	71,427	64,295	58,734
Cleveland	55,244	57,667	70,622	74,424	80,111	73,012	75,248	73,447	72,987	56,618
Cumbria	26,091	27,177	31,922	42,627	43,007	41,537	40,039	39,071	37,603	33,990
Derbyshire	40,133	45,371	56,557	71,853	83,439	87,798	83,485	80,610	77,364	72,159
Devon and Cornwall	71,534	75,456	90,403	106,926	113,413	120,262	108,780	101,332	102,390	94,174
Dorset	34,896	38,907	47,282	51,081	51,767	51,726	53,780	53,344	48,586	42,896
Durham	39,937	41,692	49,957	60,717	62,107	62,759	59,768	52,966	47,428	44,413
Essex	69,471	74,820	93,544	106,109	112,883	112,253	103,683	95,983	98,608	88,293
Gloucestershire	33,196	34,533	41,772	55,317	60,102	60,813	60,260	55,364	53,520	47,399
Greater Manchester	271,599	272,722	312,332	353,177	366,538	342,221	311,718	299,412	299,262	283,075
Hampshire	89,039	95,616	116,773	140,182	149,806	143,920	138,004	130,743	132,647	121,806
Hertfordshire	39,229	40,504	45,166	54,629	58,289	56,099	54,173	55,211	53,742	49,413
Humberside	81,543	87,672	101,279	116,115	126,110	138,882	134,847	127,439	125,993	120,333
Kent	74,565	79,530	99,179	134,197	155,176	158,143	151,996	152,603	142,335	119,116
Lancashire	83,443	77,209	92,985	106,045	115,741	116,672	109,669	109,405	108,365	109,344
Leicestershire	49,286	53,859	71,981	88,890	96,419	98,364	97,483	92,174	92,812	80,257

police force area, of the number of crimes (a) recorded and (b) detected, in each of the last 10 years. [67585]

The available information is given in tables

Notifiable offences recorded by the police¹, in England and Wales
Police force area	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Lincolnshire	31,193	34,299	38,034	43,678	47,956	51,378	46,467	46,431	44,450	40,195
City of London	6,485	7,040	7,072	7,551	6,755	5,604	5,261	5,704	4,815	5,129
Merseyside	136,549	129,056	129,876	143,247	144,087	138,344	135,501	151,901	144,410	125,979
Metropolitan Police District	698,323	733,050	810,443	883,934	890,845	848,407	780,821	745,179	827,327	782,387
Norfolk	41,145	43,844	53,982	63,575	66,638	64,081	55,880	51,295	54,831	52,929
Northamptonshire	36,922	38,214	47,392	57,756	58,871	59,307	57,298	56,098	56,390	53,121
Northumbria	153,108	171,733	190,248	208,888	203,836	192,595	180,039	171,408	145,542	126,965
North Yorkshire	32,863	34,190	44,465	49,869	52,869	55,175	58,703	59,643	53,962	48,096
Nottinghamshire	91,006	101,058	128,548	145,903	159,807	153,415	145,584	144,580	136,623	123,370
South Yorkshire	85,037	90,184	102,161	118,972	132,699	153,001	152,451	149,764	146,862	126,754
Staffordshire	54,754	57,596	70,718	84,296	96,988	97,801	93,178	90,936	91,472	88,644
Suffolk	28,914	30,917	36,451	39,175	43,846	42,289	38,440	37,357	36,219	34,788
Surrey	31,264	33,019	41,681	49,252	52,866	52,197	46,556	43,759	41,397	37,840
Sussex	66,093	74,060	93,418	110,931	117,778	106,371	103,548	105,985	112,381	106,475
Thames Valley	106,332	118,377	145,977	185,262	196,074	198,773	184,852	177,345	170,523	156,368
Warwickshire	22,656	24,945	32,419	40,091	44,630	45,126	42,272	38,641	38,674	35,527
West Mercia	46,412	49,211	59,332	71,420	77,489	80,701	81,669	78,298	80,994	75,386
West Midlands	230,417	222,366	257,814	294,704	321,407	323,175	308,207	312,643	307,115	266,474
West Yorkshire	166,195	179,185	227,631	288,745	300,738	299,580	288,449	283,044	267,990	243,373
Wiltshire	25,420	26,636	32,449	38,276	41,104	40,564	37,167	35,617	35,019	32,350
Dyfed-Powys	18,288	16,457	19,568	24,411	26,554	22,877	19,758	17,906	17,404	16,434
Gwent	23,309	23,807	30,169	37,222	39,994	38,922	37,312	32,169	43.143	45,525
North Wales	33,830	33,107	36,153	42,672	47,811	46,981	42,537	41,037	40,384	36,250
South Wales	111,269	112,210	133,176	156,259	163,270	160,811	155,927	150,616	139,147	127,987
Total	3,550,174	3,706,217	4,363,632	5,075,343	5,383,485	5,317,110	5,032,447	4,885,944	4,868,376	4,460,629
¹Excluding criminal damage £20 and under

Notifiable offences cleared up¹, in England and Wales
Police force area	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Avon and Somerset	34,627	32,135	35,395	35,575	28,806	29,769	34,226	35,008	37,590	36,678
Bedfordshire	15,041	13,592	11,712	10,948	11,677	12,110	11,377	11,142	16,955	16,368
Cambridgeshire	11,348	13,707	16,546	20,588	17,498	16,375	15,019	12,626	16,217	15,904
Cheshire	23,076	23,121	25,667	25,172	21,899	19,875	22,049	22,329	22,178	20,902
Cleveland	20,665	21,029	17,351	24,817	25,245	19,758	14,429	18,180	17,872	14,630
Cumbria	13,198	13,343	13,855	17,195	15,749	15,677	14,657	15,639	13,386	13,465
Derbyshire	15,077	16,621	18,228	20,065	18,612	18,278	17,891	16,434	16,175	18,231
Devon and Cornwall	27,468	26,848	28,644	31,019	20,085	30,534	29,257	27,771	30,273	29,826
Dorset	13,653	16,520	16,637	21,091	16,512	17,073	16,373	14,765	13,286	12,491
Durham	17,527	17,622	16,818	18,328	18,761	18,663	19,041	16,113	14,174	13,597
Essex	22,547	23,814	26,868	33,518	32,409	35,991	37,691	31,404	28,346	23,943
Gloucestershire	13,087	12,496	13,819	19,575	14,275	12,134	14,493	14,928	12,240	11,246
Greater Manchester	79,697	82,227	100,074	126,464	129,338	116,938	105,157	71,314	51,885	55,940
Hampshire	30,220	31,023	37,253	39,741	39,154	37,223	36,905	36,552	36,892	36,717
Hertfordshire	16,980	17,678	13,324	18,239	14,904	12,039	13,044	15,270	16,093	15,947
Humberside	29,581	31,073	37,699	36,648	28,960	22,399	23,291	24,347	25,628	23,779
Kent	26,921	25,350	24,370	30,608	41,962	40,163	43,338	40,348	45,139	36,657
Lancashire	42,119	31,011	40,969	42,563	42,459	41,211	36,356	37,607	36,079	32,256
Leicestershire	21,108	21,345	25,820	25,574	28,631	27,391	28,817	26,924	29,093	27,410
Lincolnshire	13,094	14,276	16,449	20,152	18,514	18,755	15,062	17,878	18,648	19,285
City of London	1,616	1,424	1,480	1,526	1,343	1,225	1,406	1,325	1,313	1,340
Merseyside	61,718	57,670	57,452	63,804	60,825	54,101	45,328	40,998	42,174	38,629
Metropolitan Police	120,515	127,984	137,075	149,016	142,746	146,342	175,105	187,671	193,678	202,352
Norfolk	16,369	17,671	20,145	23,281	22,519	17,664	18,936	15,758	17,620	19,503
Northamptonshire	16,829	16,264	16,711	17,782	17,797	16,294	17,595	15,948	19,015	18,836
Northumbria	67,728	67,880	76,654	73,796	34,797	38,227	40,340	39,034	35,038	33,332
North Yorkshire	12,693	12,092	17,726	18,015	17,247	16,816	14,542	13,816	13,703	12,741
Nottinghamshire	34,334	35,607	44,711	38,695	41,312	44,789	40,708	33,897	37,890	35,109
South Yorkshire	39,562	39,222	45,450	42,582	34,981	30,247	36,669	35,589	33,418	36,801
Staffordshire	24,664	24,874	27,892	31,534	29,445	28,602	28,496	29,179	31,178	31,185
Suffolk	12,783	13,222	14,842	14,626	17,086	15,571	13,603	12,831	11,891	12,974
Surrey	10,618	10,944	11,050	11,249	11,596	10,604	14,119	13,649	12,061	12,413
Sussex	19,885	22,727	24,534	25,077	26,935	25,391	24,991	29,297	32,320	27,213
Thames Valley	36,481	39,142	38,175	40,285	38,199	40,948	41,174	41,210	42,383	38,270
Warwickshire	8,906	8,697	9,504	9,641	10,451	9,665	10,202	9,725	9,332	9,587
West Mercia	20,828	19,290	27,128	25,232	26,345	23,035	23,957	21,971	20,831	21,126
West Midlands	97,784	87,225	92,723	90,344	85,305	86,809	77,531	75,279	72,038	63,132
West Yorkshire	71,096	68,512	77,073	79,663	75,243	54,073	58,167	59,012	64,496	66,038
Wiltshire	9,302	12,158	14,196	15,460	15,231	14,395	13,433	11,455	10,164	10,451

Notifiable offences cleared up¹, England and Wales
Police force area	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Dyfed-Powys	9,636	8,637	9,835	12,261	13,986	11,518	10,501	10,147	10,039	10,024
Gwent	12,689	12,839	15,481	17,487	17,677	17,411	17,699	16,093	21,655	23,157
North Wales	14,332	14,644	14,629	15,523	15,949	16,899	16,416	13,336	13,458	12,163
South Wales	41,490	43,403	47,459	44,731	48,399	45,173	36,975	43,076	43,846	46,585
Total	1,248,892	1,246,959	1,379,423	1,479,490	1,390,864	1,328,155	1,326,366	1,276,875	1,287,690	1,258,233
¹ Clear-ups exclude Criminal damage £20 and under

Volume 324: debated on Thursday 28 January 1999