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Persistent and Prolific Offenders

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persistent and prolific offenders have been identified in each police force area in each of the last three years for which figures are available. (90367)

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.