The following table gives a breakdown of the number of offenders on Prolific and other Priority Offenders (PPO) schemes in each police force area across England and Wales. The data were extracted from J-Track (the PPO tracking database) in June 2006.
Police force area Number of PPOs in June 2006 Avon and Somerset 240 Bedfordshire 137 Cambridgeshire 102 Cheshire 174 Cleveland 132 Cumbria 74 Derbyshire 368 Devon and Cornwall 405 Dorset 208 Durham 53 Dyfed-Powys 78 Essex 245 Gloucestershire 97 Greater Manchester 740 Gwent 81 Hampshire 230 Hertfordshire 180 Humberside 184 Kent County 311 Lancashire 391 Leicestershire 364 Lincolnshire 196 London 1147 Merseyside 384 Norfolk 138 North Wales 120 North Yorkshire 77 Northamptonshire 212 Northumbria 212 Nottinghamshire 554 South Wales 206 South Yorkshire 243 Staffordshire 223 Suffolk 170 Surrey 186 Sussex 348 Thames Valley 347 Warwickshire 74 West Mercia 124 West Midlands 749 West Yorkshire 295 Wiltshire 72 Total 10,871
The following table gives a breakdown of the numbers of offenders on Prolific and other Priority Offender (PPO) schemes in each police force area across England and Wales. The data were extracted from J-Track (the PPO tracking database) in June 2005.
Police force area Number of PPOs in June 2005 Avon and Somerset 227 Bedfordshire 115 Cambridgeshire 94 Cheshire 183 Cleveland 93 Cumbria 70 Derbyshire 354 Devon and Cornwall 352 Dorset 216 Durham 47 Dyfed-Powys 88 Essex 195 Gloucestershire 91 Greater Manchester 564 Gwent 72 Hampshire 225 Hertfordshire 231 Humberside 117 Kent County 390 Lancashire 417 Leicestershire 329 Lincolnshire 104 London 1,112 Merseyside 363 Norfolk 121 North Wales 148 North Yorkshire 73 Northamptonshire 133 Northumbria 184 Nottinghamshire 482 South Wales 199 South Yorkshire 190 Staffordshire 136 Suffolk 167 Surrey 276 Sussex 268 Thames Valley 327 Warwickshire 72 West Mercia 119 West Midlands 685 West Yorkshire 305 Wiltshire 82 Total 10,016
Data is not available for 2004.