Data from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice for the number of people who were (a) prosecuted and (b) imprisoned for wildlife crimes in each of the last 20 years, broken down by police authority area and in descending order can be found in the following tables.
Force 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 Lancashire 296 271 523 749 473 478 520 439 350 255 203 North Yorkshire 481 363 365 357 307 324 198 434 302 245 156 Metropolitan Police 143 269 163 179 190 147 223 206 536 464 245 West Yorkshire 197 197 163 152 165 232 180 192 239 213 161 Northumbria 112 155 202 189 158 188 175 171 174 192 156 Greater Manchester 143 130 116 136 136 148 187 138 178 137 89 South Wales 243 192 184 195 195 130 106 97 176 125 91 North Wales 198 139 130 171 176 152 101 125 112 99 125 West Midlands 151 145 123 105 115 135 202 197 174 116 70 Cumbria 292 269 309 231 196 127 130 100 104 62 57 Avon and Somerset 173 202 161 147 143 121 143 144 158 128 82 Hampshire 180 136 134 156 121 132 182 126 156 149 79 Devon and Cornwall 125 91 85 77 101 116 101 136 197 104 117 Derbyshire 209 180 194 183 161 155 107 75 81 72 35 South Yorkshire 138 207 155 125 144 158 139 105 115 106 50 Staffordshire 154 147 144 137 99 224 184 151 123 136 120 Lincolnshire 127 100 84 96 130 150 180 89 80 82 22 West Mercia 174 131 139 134 152 186 121 118 116 97 80 Essex 132 114 90 105 102 140 196 142 117 100 57 Nottinghamshire 135 120 132 120 106 158 339 202 87 85 43 Humberside 226 125 138 126 132 121 136 83 86 66 57 Sussex 106 99 99 76 80 136 105 115 103 115 48 Durham 179 196 168 108 111 126 124 167 115 97 57 Thames Valley 86 47 86 91 92 91 168 220 126 59 62 Cleveland 94 95 99 111 180 154 230 100 142 82 48 Gwent 135 117 113 91 112 77 94 136 150 68 55 Dyfed-Powys 74 76 98 94 66 99 149 89 82 76 72 Cheshire 102 105 145 156 131 161 108 78 86 63 38 Merseyside 72 94 58 65 51 70 98 122 170 83 62 Cambridgeshire 85 75 104 156 86 104 99 87 81 115 68 Leicestershire 97 64 81 124 109 118 147 101 69 71 36 Wiltshire 71 50 70 67 78 72 63 84 51 42 55 Gloucestershire 48 60 56 78 63 66 81 115 113 73 41 Suffolk 48 65 53 55 34 47 75 59 56 68 57 Kent 133 87 99 67 57 48 47 37 18 46 34 Norfolk 73 90 73 68 40 25 33 36 37 26 20 Northamptonshire 46 31 64 60 50 77 76 68 49 41 17 Hertfordshire 73 42 63 67 52 77 35 44 64 31 27 Surrey 62 36 45 37 37 42 50 62 55 48 32 Dorset 76 39 33 35 34 27 33 28 32 32 35 Bedfordshire 35 48 26 37 46 52 24 36 63 47 35 Warwickshire 49 36 39 40 43 28 36 14 20 15 22 City of London 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 5,773 5,236 5,409 5,553 5,054 5,419 5,726 5,268 5,343 4,331 3,017
Force 1996 1997 1998 1999 20004 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total Lancashire 254 248 230 242 223 166 123 114 133 6,290 North Yorkshire 109 159 197 215 118 78 57 105 94 4,664 Metropolitan Police 294 195 135 252 162 213 216 167 154 4,553 West Yorkshire 178 197 234 216 214 147 151 154 174 3,756 Northumbria 127 150 148 111 94 95 105 111 170 2,983 Greater Manchester 86 85 84 105 115 94 147 205 261 2,720 South Wales 70 74 93 75 88 73 58 62 62 2,389 North Wales 126 125 133 100 79 80 92 61 48 2,372 West Midlands 84 60 68 60 86 94 99 168 105 2,357 Cumbria 58 48 53 67 32 31 29 70 91 2,356 Avon and Somerset 96 79 74 79 111 105 82 59 61 2,348 Hampshire 82 111 105 121 91 95 58 66 68 2,348 Devon and Cornwall 105 114 155 130 90 108 114 98 88 2,252 Derbyshire 41 55 87 76 71 67 96 90 108 2,143 South Yorkshire 53 80 91 84 90 64 74 63 80 2,121 Staffordshire 71 69 58 36 4— 58 31 39 50 2,031 Lincolnshire 81 78 85 116 129 83 131 90 84 2,017 West Mercia 65 68 83 48 63 71 47 57 33 1,983 Essex 61 77 63 72 103 59 80 55 75 1,940 Nottinghamshire 45 44 37 57 52 43 35 37 46 1,923 Humberside 53 35 64 104 95 72 49 53 34 1,855 Sussex 76 120 116 96 79 83 72 70 49 1,843 Durham 80 44 29 44 62 38 36 36 21 1,838 Thames Valley 43 58 57 67 139 73 71 86 69 1,791 Cleveland 44 26 62 40 31 57 55 43 42 1,735 Gwent 61 51 87 64 62 59 77 61 55 1,725 Dyfed-Powys 56 72 67 74 69 50 65 54 50 1,532 Cheshire 61 51 35 49 39 29 28 25 20 1,510 Merseyside 43 43 53 38 100 75 32 36 79 1,444 Cambridgeshire 34 54 67 44 31 20 30 27 36 1,403 Leicestershire 17 26 32 30 27 33 31 37 30 1,280 Wiltshire 37 36 56 71 38 43 36 51 57 1,128 Gloucestershire 51 49 41 41 31 32 31 24 30 1,124 Suffolk 73 44 39 40 50 35 82 41 59 1,080 Kent 36 12 39 21 12 54 72 63 95 1,077 Norfolk 28 47 56 48 45 48 33 86 58 970 Northamptonshire 14 7 16 19 65 50 27 36 32 845 Hertfordshire 32 23 40 18 18 17 23 32 26 804 Surrey 33 29 32 20 45 25 29 17 29 765 Dorset 19 31 33 39 28 38 23 26 21 662 Bedfordshire 25 29 19 40 21 16 21 15 14 649 Warwickshire 115 14 13 7 17 31 7 31 20 597 City of London 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 Total 3,117 3,017 3,268 3,276 3,115 2,804 2,755 2,821 2,911 83,213
Force 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Lancashire 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 North Yorkshire 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 Metropolitan Police 1 5 3 3 12 8 2 3 8 4 West Yorkshire 2 2 1 0 2 6 0 2 0 3 Northumbria 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Greater Manchester 5 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 South Wales 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 North Wales 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 West Midlands 0 1 3 2 4 0 4 0 3 2 Cumbria 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 Avon and Somerset 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Hampshire 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Devon and Cornwall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 South Yorkshire 1 0 0 2 18 1 1 2 2 0 Staffordshire 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Lincolnshire 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 West Mercia 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 Essex 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 Humberside 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 4 Sussex 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 Durham 0 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 Thames Valley 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gwent 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Dyfed-Powys 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Cheshire 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Merseyside 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 Cambridgeshire 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Leicestershire 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 4 Wiltshire 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Gloucestershire 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Suffolk 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Kent 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrey 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dorset 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 18 37 31 29 58 35 36 24 35 41
Force 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000(4), 2001 2002 2003 2004 Lancashire 0 2 4 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 North Yorkshire 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 Metropolitan Police 9 2 7 3 3 6 1 5 2 5 West Yorkshire 0 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 Northumbria 0 2 1 2 3 2 4 2 0 2 Greater Manchester 3 1 2 7 4 2 5 2 4 2 South Wales 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 North Wales 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 West Midlands 1 0 0 4 2 5 5 9 5 5 Cumbria 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Avon and Somerset 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 Hampshire 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 Derbyshire 1 1 1 6 0 1 3 0 3 1 South Yorkshire 4 1 3 3 5 3 5 6 2 2 Staffordshire 2 1 1 1 2 4— 0 2 2 0 Lincolnshire 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 4 2 1 West Mercia 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 4 3 Essex 0 1 0 2 4 0 3 4 6 0 Nottinghamshire 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 6 0 3 Humberside 2 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 Sussex 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Durham 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Thames Valley 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 Cleveland 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 Gwent 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 Dyfed-Powys 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 Cheshire 1 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 Merseyside 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 3 2 Cambridgeshire 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Leicestershire 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 Wiltshire 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Suffolk 0 0 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 2 Kent 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Norfolk 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrey 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Dorset 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Warwickshire 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 39 33 50 59 64 62 61 62 58 49 1 These data are provided on the principal offence basis. 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 3 Wildlife crimes includes the following: Cruelty to animals. Offences in relation to dogs. Night poaching. Day poaching. Unlawful possession of game, etc. Other offences against Game Law. Wild Birds Protection Acts. 4 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates’ courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform