The information requested is contained in the following tables.
Figures for 2006 will be published in mid-December.
Number of persons 1997 1998 1999 Police force area Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Avon and Somerset 11 30 55 9 26 48 2 21 45 Bedfordshire 23 30 55 21 63 47 23 41 52 Cambridgeshire 13 21 45 8 25 44 15 28 48 Cheshire 13 41 58 18 29 60 21 27 63 City of London — — 2 — — — — — — Cleveland 24 50 73 19 30 77 17 30 66 Cumbria 15 23 28 10 17 45 16 16 38 Derbyshire 19 34 46 23 35 56 26 44 79 Devon and Cornwall 19 37 49 7 31 66 13 17 59 Dorset 4 12 28 5 13 32 15 16 30 Durham 18 36 41 20 31 67 30 54 67 Essex 30 65 91 19 62 112 26 37 83 Gloucestershire 2 4 43 7 4 26 3 10 24 Greater Manchester 90 182 316 94 182 290 117 185 280 Hampshire 23 33 85 22 66 73 41 93 120 Hertfordshire 9 14 37 6 13 26 5 18 34 Humberside 20 52 77 33 46 87 20 57 91 Kent 27 67 74 31 78 105 24 45 77 Lancashire 30 76 120 31 65 113 27 78 104 Leicestershire 56 72 100 26 63 110 28 69 95 Lincolnshire — 10 46 6 9 29 10 4 30 Merseyside 34 64 112 24 67 115 30 74 83 Metropolitan Police 174 311 544 166 316 494 151 329 513 Norfolk 4 5 20 7 9 23 7 20 29 North Yorkshire 12 28 36 10 23 38 15 22 56 Northamptonshire 2 11 38 8 25 39 8 29 48 Northumbria 51 121 141 47 105 171 41 102 190 Nottinghamshire 42 72 125 37 76 113 43 64 120 South Yorkshire 53 67 133 41 59 124 20 56 110 Staffordshire 16 26 69 17 32 59 17 45 71 Suffolk 3 16 23 8 11 28 7 23 45 Surrey 7 17 16 6 16 19 — 10 17 Sussex 9 43 63 10 56 70 14 28 63 Thames Valley 8 43 80 14 47 73 12 38 83 Warwickshire 9 12 23 3 9 19 11 15 24 West Mercia 12 28 50 8 37 50 12 33 70 West Midlands 97 200 332 94 208 335 103 220 358 West Yorkshire 61 98 190 58 105 183 79 131 236 Wiltshire 1 14 20 9 12 18 5 19 25 Dyfed-Powys 3 9 19 5 3 16 3 3 24 Gwent 3 17 39 19 29 53 18 32 46 North Wales 6 11 31 7 13 31 14 19 36 South Wales 40 68 117 59 96 128 55 106 153 England and Wales 1,093 2,170 3,690 1,072 2,242 3,712 1,144 2,308 3,885
2000 2001 2002 Police force area Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Avon and Somerset 11 23 50 15 28 42 26 30 58 Bedfordshire 18 20 40 14 17 44 19 24 24 Cambridgeshire 13 20 40 15 30 28 7 23 34 Cheshire 19 30 56 16 36 58 15 27 51 City of London — — — — — — — — — Cleveland 22 33 62 15 22 41 12 33 47 Cumbria 16 20 35 18 33 38 15 25 23 Derbyshire 21 34 46 19 38 46 14 40 76 Devon and Cornwall 3 15 27 7 11 19 6 9 11 Dorset 10 13 20 5 7 19 14 13 29 Durham 13 32 52 13 28 42 12 23 30 Essex 30 49 59 31 63 104 37 57 95 Gloucestershire 6 16 36 6 12 12 13 13 8 Greater Manchester 127 170 275 128 220 287 113 190 238 Hampshire 59 72 111 34 53 90 47 55 86 Hertfordshire 3 23 48 13 18 34 13 23 44 Humberside 21 31 50 39 40 60 15 35 59 Kent 32 42 64 42 55 88 29 33 77 Lancashire 31 59 100 37 56 87 41 75 97 Leicestershire 30 50 86 47 46 77 25 45 94 Lincolnshire 3 9 29 3 19 33 12 15 17 Merseyside 44 81 113 49 83 124 32 74 ,94 Metropolitan Police 173 328 502 177 344 464 184 371 532 Norfolk 7 19 20 13 13 22 5 17 15 North Yorkshire 13 26 53 17 19 44 6 16 25 Northamptonshire 12 8 33 3 24 16 10 18 34 Northumbria 35 63 128 33 81 117 40 68 86 Nottinghamshire 42 55 115 49 50 87 47 72 98 South Yorkshire 43 67 100 36 58 85 33 55 99 Staffordshire 4 44 51 42 34 66 23 38 69 Suffolk 6 13 32 4 12 19 7 9 20 Surrey 1 13 16 10 13 25 4 9 20 Sussex 11 27 61 22 35 66 22 35 48 Thames Valley 34 61 98 25 61 87 26 53 117 Warwickshire 11 8 39 9 13 23 9 16 29 West Mercia 23 32 56 23 42 63 18 37 53 West Midlands 112 217 332 151 231 345 145 255 318 West Yorkshire 69 113 169 53 139 181 82 129 160 Wiltshire 5 15 30 5 5 15 11 15 17 Dyfed-Powys 1 11 17 8 11 7 5 12 7 Gwent 8 18 32 5 13 21 6 12 17 North Wales 7 28 30 23 18 29 13 27 27 South Wales 55 92 147 71 89 96 45 91 127 England and Wales 1,204 2,100 3,460 1,345 2,220 3,251 1,258 2,217 3,210
2003 2004 2005 Police force area Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Avon and Somerset 12 39 47 11 32 58 12 24 39 Bedfordshire 8 25 30 15 24 43 15 32 41 Cambridgeshire 15 30 48 7 23 39 14 13 23 Cheshire 14 50 42 15 19 48 22 42 78 City of London — — 1 — — — — — — Cleveland 10 26 41 15 17 33 8 28 29 Cumbria 12 14 23 10 18 38 6 18 19 Derbyshire 21 23 51 21 24 39 19 34 46 Devon and Cornwall 4 8 9 1 6 13 6 12 13 Dorset 10 11 16 10 12 12 6 11 21 Durham 13 23 31 6 15 25 10 19 31 Essex 40 46 78 25 66 84 28 48 63 Gloucestershire 3 17 17 11 11 29 12 16 20 Greater Manchester 90 148 218 106 155 236 74 158 230 Hampshire 22 41 67 33 59 79 30 47 81 Hertfordshire 12 24 34 7 17 43 14 39 32 Humberside 19 36 68 47 55 46 34 46 69 Kent 23 39 62 16 29 48 15 42 65 Lancashire 35 46 70 35 46 69 25 47 91 Leicestershire 22 34 72 17 38 60 15 28 42 Lincolnshire 3 18 31 6 6 17 9 4 15 Merseyside 43 59 123 34 63 103 44 66 100 Metropolitan Police 163 237 374 163 275 432 146 270 387 Norfolk 9 6 23 2 10 21 8 6 20 North Yorkshire 8 10 30 7 10 24 6 21 21 Northamptonshire 4 11 21 7 16 33 8 6 12 Northumbria 27 51 75 28 35 62 21 51 58 Nottinghamshire 42 59 100 28 68 75 42 60 97 South Yorkshire 28 47 100 26 52 85 20 52 105 Staffordshire 19 33 52 17 30 59 20 29 45 Suffolk 5 14 26 15 24 26 18 16 31 Surrey 4 25 11 3 11 22 8 15 13 Sussex 21 43 29 15 30 36 17 22 56 Thames Valley 22 33 66 13 29 64 9 27 61 Warwickshire 1 1 15 2 7 13 8 10 18 West Mercia 11 29 44 22 26 58 14 35 47 West Midlands 112 167 265 131 191 275 93 164 234 West Yorkshire 60 113 169 79 115 168 70 143 135 Wiltshire 5 16 12 7 9 23 3 14 9 Dyfed-Powys — 6 8 2 3 9 1 3 12 Gwent 10 23 25 17 23 53 20 25 27 North Wales 17 25 32 8 22 42 16 20 38 South Wales 47 64 106 33 78 111 29 62 94 England and Wales 1,046 1,770 2,762 1,073 1,799 2,853 995 1,825 2,668 Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice
Average custodial sentence length 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Police force area Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Avon and Somerset 16.2 9.3 8.0 9.3 8.9 8.9 4.0 10.9 8.7 5.9 9.9 7.2 8.5 13.0 8.0 Bedfordshire 6.7 6.9 5.0 11.5 6.1 7.9 7.2 8.7 7.2 4.6 16.8 9.8 10.1 7.2 13.1 Cambridgeshire 8.5 135 11.7 10.1 7.9 9.8 5.1 5.5 7.9 11.5 11.6 11.5 9.9 11.8 8.7 Cheshire 11.1 6.6 9.2 7.7 11.8 11.1 5.3 9.0 8.0 6.9 10.7 9.7 7.6 7.8 7.6 City of London — — 18.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — Cleveland 7.1 11.2 10.3 8.4 6.7 10.3 3.9 9.0 8.4 10.8 10.5 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.6 Cumbria 3.5 4.7 8.4 10.9 6.4 5.0 13.4 5.5 6.2 4.9 7.7 7.7 6.1 7.3 7.2 Derbyshire 8.7 8.3 11.1 12.3 10.1 7.7 11.5 10.8 10.1 8.2 8.6 8.0 8.7 7.2 10.2 Devon and Cornwall 10.1 7.4 11.4 14.3 5.9 7.8 7.4 9.5 6.9 6.3 7.3 6.8 17.4 14.5 22.8 Dorset 3.2 5.1 9.6 6.8 7.2 12.8 3.2 4.7 5.5 6.8 4.5 6.9 12.0 5.1 6.8 Durham 5.9 9.3 8.6 6.2 7.4 8.7 3.1 3.7 5.9 6.2 9.3 9.1 6.5 7.1 9.7 Essex 9.5 5.3 7.4 6.9 4.3 6.7 5.6 4.8 6.5 5.5 6.7 8.2 7.6 8.3 8.6 Gloucestershire 2.0 3.5 8.7 8.6 7.8 5.4 2.3 5.5 6.4 17.0 5.0 9.1 7.0 8.3 7.7 Greater Manchester 9.6 7.9 10.7 8.9 10.2 9.1 7.4 9.3 9.1 8.3 9.1 11.2 9.0 10.1 11.1 Hampshire 12.6 12.9 10.1 7.7 4.1 7.5 8.7 6.3 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.5 8.2 7.7 7.4 Hertfordshire 12.0 10.4 6.8 21.2 7.6 4.5 3.2 7.6 10.4 4.0 8.2 13.8 9.7 11.6 9.5 Humberside 6.4 9.6 7.5 6.9 8.8 9.3 6.0 8.0 9.8 11.1 10.7 11.4 9.1 9.0 8.0 Kent 9.1 8.0 8.6 9.1 6.4 6.1 4.6 6.1 7.4 12.0 7.5 9.3 6.1 9.7 7.3 Lancashire 14.6 7.9 7.7 8.0 8.1 6.9 11.6 8.3 11.2 7.5 7.3 8.7 8.9 8.1 9.3 Leicestershire 6.9 8.7 9.0 8.1 7.6 7.3 5.0 8.8 13.4 9.1 8.4 10.7 5.7 7.1 10.9 Lincolnshire — 6.4 8.3 4.3 3.7 7.5 17.6 6.8 6.6 17.3 6.7 8.1 19.3 7.0 7.8 Merseyside 7.1 8.4 8.6 4.2 7.1 8.4 4.2 6.8 6.2" 6.6 9.2 8.2 8.1 7.4 8.4 Metropolitan Police 16.5 15.5 13.1 9.1 11.3 12.0 9.9 9.9 11.9 9.4 11.5 12.3 8.6 11.6 11.0 Norfolk 3.8 10.0 9.2 5.8 3.0 8.6 2.9 4.9 5.7 4.6 7.5 9.5 5.1 5.5 6.5 North Yorkshire 7.0 4.5 6.2 4.2 5.0 8.8 8.3 6.0 6.2 7.4 6.3 8.0 12.6 10.8 11.7 Northamptonshire 5.0 5.5 8.4 7.9 10.6 8.3 7.2 8.1 8.9 5.8 13.0 11.5 4.7 20.3 16.6 Northumbria 6.1 10.0 9.7 4.5 7.1 7.3 4.4 7.1 7.6 9.3 8.3 9.8 9.9 10.2 10.5 Nottinghamshire 11.5 12.1 12.2 11.1 15.8 12.0 9.2 11.7 10.8 8.2 11.5 11.5 10.0 7.8 12.2 South Yorkshire 10.9 10.4 10.8 8.4 9.9 11.2 10.7 7.9 7.6 10.9 10.2 10.1 11.7 12.7 12.0 Staffordshire 7.5 7.5 7.8 4.5 9.8 7.5 7.9 6.7 7.3 19.0 9.8 10.9 7.0 7.0 9.8 Suffolk 20.0 6.5 8.8 8.5 4.2 12.0 5.5 6.5 7.7 8.0 10.6 9.9 5.5 12.0 9.9 Surrey 18.4 19.0 20.0 4.5 8.2 5.8 — 3.4 13.0 4.0 6.1 7.9 5.2 10.5 5.8 Sussex 4.7 6.2 7.8 2.8 6.1 7.2 11.6 11.0 8.7 5.9 11.3 11.2 7.6 7.7 8.6 Thames Valley 4.8 9.1 9.0 3.4 6.8 9.3 9.6 8.9 10.4 5.5 8.6 9.5 8.8 9.9 9.5 Warwickshire 4.4 6.5 8.2 2.3 10.9 12.3 7.6 7.9 10.5 7.6 5.5 13.3 14.2 10.8 17.1 West Mercia 8.6 11.6 14.3 6.4 10.0 11.1 7.2 8.4 9.2 7.5 10.8 12.9 7.0 7.9 10.3 West Midlands 10.1 8.6 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.2 8.0 8.8 8.3 8.1 8.2 10.7 8.5 9.3 9.8 West Yorkshire 9.4 10.0 9.2 8.7 8.7 10.7 8.9 8.2 10.3 8.5 12.1 11.0 8.4 10.4 11.9 Wiltshire 2.0 15.8 8.8 8.8 9.3 9.4 2.6 8.6 6.7 12.4 8.3 10.8 12.4 6.8 8.4 Dyfed-Powys 6.7 18.0 7.1 23.0 3.3 5.4 13.0 2.7 4.6 4.0 6.1 10.5 5.0 12.7 5.4 Gwent 5.0 13.3 5.3 8.1 5.1 8.2 5.2 3.5 5.5 9.8 17.4 6.2 15.2 12.2 13.9 North Wales 16.5 5.5 7.5 7.7 9.8 8.4 7.4 13.7 5.7 6.6 8.4 11.3 6.9 9.4 8.4 South Wales 6.4 8.7 9.9 6.8 8.3 7.7 6.8 7.1 7.8 7.2 9.0 10.3 7.7 8.2 8.2 England and Wales 10.2 9.8 9.9 8.3 8.7 9.2 7.7 8.2 8.9 8.3 9.5 10.4 8.5 9.7 10.1
2002 2003 2004 2005 Police force area 15 16 17 15 16 17 15 16 17 15 16 17 Avon and Somerset 7.5 12.2 13.6 9.5 7.4 9.3 9.5 11.4 12.2 8.7 7.8 10.2 Bedfordshire 12.9 10.8 18.1 9.8 14.4 12.6 9.2 9.9 11.6 10.1 8.9 12.7 Cambridgeshire 9.4 11.5 13.8 8.7 13.9 9.7 7.4 12.7 15.3 7.9 14.5 10.7 Cheshire 13.9 9.9 12.2 7.9 11.4 8.8 7.5 18.2 11.5 10.3 13.2 10.3 City of London — — — — — 18.0 — — — — — — Cleveland 14.3 13.7 13.5 7.2 14.5 15.4 14.0 9.2 10.4 14.5 13.5 9.7 Cumbria 5.7 9.9 9.7 9.1 6.4 9.3 5.8 7.7 10.1 9.0 10.0 13.2 Derbyshire 9.7 11.4 11.8 10.6 11.7 12.2 7.3 8.3 16.3 9.6 8.9 8.6 Devon and Cornwall 14.3 19.0 12.2 5.0 14.4 22.2 24.0 20.7 24.5 14.7 19.5 19.8 Dorset 5.4 6.8 15.9 5.0 4.9 8.4 15.0 5.5 5.8 9.0 20.7 10.1 Durham 9.3 12.3 10.1 10.0 9.4 10.1 10.3 13.5 8.9 6.2 9.4 9.6 Essex 10.7 9.4 6.9 6.4 7.0 8.6 8.1 8.2 8.4 5.4 9.0 10.3 Gloucestershire 12.0 7.4 12.0 12.7 12.1 7.6 8.2 10.2 8.8 7.2 6.8 14.9 Greater Manchester 11.9 13.2 11.8 9.8 10.6 12.5 8.3 10.0 11.2 8.5 10.4 9.8 Hampshire 9.1 10.1 11.2 7.7 11.1 11.9 6.8 7.7 10.3 6.3 9.1 10.4 Hertfordshire 16.2 19.1 12.0 7.0 8.8 20.0 10.9 8.6 14.1 5.0 9.4 10.6 Humberside 6.5 11.3 13.4 7.6 9.4 10.0 9.8 9.7 11.5 7.2 7.7 10.5 Kent 9.1 10.2 9.2 8.3 9.1 10.3 9.6 9.8 9.4 9.7 10.7 10.0 Lancashire 11.2 10.4 10.5 7.3 9.4 10.1 10.9 10.3 10.4 8.2 8.6 13.9 Leicestershire 8.5 8.4 14.2 7.4 7.7 9.5 10.1 10.2 13.1 13.1 10.4 10.9 Lincolnshire 20.0 14.7 16.2 4.0 11.3 11.1 6.0 9.0 12.2 12.2 4.5 13.9 Merseyside 6.6 10.0 13.2 8.0 8.9 9.3 9.5 8.0 11.7 7.8 10.0 11.1 Metropolitan Police 12.3 10.6 14.4 12.0 12.9 14.1 11.3 13.3 15.9 10.8 11.9 14.2 Norfolk 6.4 10.0 8.7 7.8 9.7 12.2 5.0 6.6 10.1 7.2 27.0 8.5 North Yorkshire 9.7 15.2 11.0 12.2 10.8 8.3 9.7 7.4 8.8 13.6 11.9 10.6 Northamptonshire 10.6 13.3 9.4 6.0 7.1 8.8 19.4 10.6 10.5 10.8 8.7 17.2 Northumbria 11.4 8.6 11.2 7.6 8.4 10.8 14.8 7.8 9.4 9.4 11.9 11.3 Nottinghamshire 9.1 13.1 13.4 14.7 11.9 14.9 11.1 12.9 13.9 7.6 8.8 11.9 South Yorkshire 9.2 10.9 17.3 11.2 13.4 11.4 15.1 12.5 15.0 13.2 12.3 12.3 Staffordshire 7.7 9.6 9.0 8.4 9.3 8.5 7.2 11.7 8.8 9.3 9.2 9.6 Suffolk 9.1 20.3 13.4 6.8 7.3 12.5 8.0 8.1 10.5 5.6 5.8 7.7 Surrey 4.5 16.7 8.9 10.5 10.2 9.1 10.0 9.6 14.1 8.8 6.4 17.5 Sussex 7.6 7.7 14.9 10.8 8.9 11.2 7.9 11.9 11.7 6.5 12.1 11.2 Thames Valley 11.3 9.5 12.2 9.8 7.0 11.6 14.9 12.4 12.3 7.2 9.0 9.1 Warwickshire 15.6 9.5 13.8 4.0 12.0 12.3 24.0 14.0 9.8 6.2 25.8 11.1 West Mercia 8.9 10.3 8.7 9.8 7.6 8.6 7.9 9.8 9.6 9.0 7.9 7.2 West Midlands 9.6 9.7 10.8 8.6 9.9 10.7 8.9 8.6 10.9 8.4 10.1 10.2 West Yorkshire 9.7 11.1 13.4 9.9 9.7 11.5 9.2 11.9 12.5 7.5 11.9 12.2 Wiltshire 6.9 13.7 8.9 11.2 10.1 8.5 5.4 11.1 10.7 13.3 10.3 13.5 Dyfed-Powys 6.8 10.3 12.0 6.0 7.2 8.0 6.0 5.3 4.0 6.0 7.7 Gwent 6.3 13.5 11.8 15.8 11.8 10.4 8.4 9.7 11.7 7.3 8.7 9.6 North Wales 7.4 6.0 6.1 12.6 7.4 8.6 7.8 13.7 9.6 6.9 6.1 9.5 South Wales 10.1 10.5 11.2 8.0 10.3 7.6 7.2 10.1 10.1 7.0 8.5 8.7 England and Wales 10.3 10.9 12.3 9.6 10.3 11.3 9.7 10.6 12.0 8.7 10.5 11.2 1 Excludes life and indeterminate sentences. Notes: 1. Small numbers of persons may result in high average custodial sentence lengths. Where numbers are low, average custodial sentence lengths are susceptible to bias from individual cases and may not be representative of local sentencing practice. 2. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice
The evaluation report will be published as soon as possible.