[holding answer 25 January 2008]: Information at police force area level is published annually for the following offence groups: violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery, criminal damage and drug offences.
Figures for 1997 to 2006-07 are provided in the individual volumes of the annual publication “Crime Statistics, England and Wales”.
Statistics for theft from the person, thefts from shops and thefts of and from vehicles are published annually for individual police force areas from 1997 to 2000-01 in table 3.1 of “Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Volume 3”.
Statistics for these four offences from 2001-02 onwards are given in the following tables.
Copies of all the publications referred to above should be available in the Library.
The Home Office does not receive recorded crime data at the detailed geographic level as defined by the Rural and Urban Area Classification.
2001-02 2002-031 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 2,120 2,554 2,149 1,657 1,540 2,282 Bedfordshire 111 1,094 1,311 1,214 1,601 1,298 British Transport Police n/a 13,096 12,112 10,543 9,953 9,943 Cambridgeshire 689 1,087 976 892 846 930 Cheshire 500 861 947 869 1,499 1,498 Cleveland 606 932 1,023 1,057 1,129 1,148 Cumbria 126 188 210 179 215 161 Derbyshire 1,835 2,301 2,180 1,885 1,785 1,668 Devon and Cornwall 735 1,712 1,677 1,676 1,583 1,688 Dorset 629 1,063 945 825 814 767 Durham 436 404 387 277 399 492 Dyfed-Powys 29 24 75 148 122 128 Essex 1,449 1,810 1,783 1,420 1,272 716 Gloucestershire 772 925 942 837 882 823 Greater Manchester 7,475 8,809 7,610 5,304 5,305 5,262 Gwent 195 375 409 465 449 535 Hampshire 1,039 1,699 2,396 2,135 2,085 2,059 Hertfordshire 1,146 2,185 2,298 2,767 2,882 2,417 Humberside 1,478 1,817 1,890 1,440 1,768 1,632 Kent 841 1,217 1,163 1,212 1,626 1,303 Lancashire 2,067 1,566 1,802 1,688 1,670 1,525 Leicestershire 1,455 1,799 1,784 1,676 1,765 1,820 Lincolnshire 296 506 536 487 470 392 London, City of 256 295 266 293 323 438 Merseyside 2,191 3,885 3,659 3,800 3,751 3,274 Metropolitan Police 48,510 51,876 46,217 42,047 42,677 37,969 Norfolk 477 750 725 626 607 753 Northamptonshire 692 937 987 1,029 1,190 1,105 Northumbria 1,615 2,965 2,648 2,299 1,863 1,275 North Wales 535 561 463 377 280 262 North Yorkshire 864 1,341 1,448 1,030 1,058 807 Nottinghamshire 3,744 3,924 3,420 2,663 2,526 2,595 South Wales 814 2,536 2,802 2,614 2,405 2,296 South Yorkshire 1,904 2,681 2,326 2,284 2,560 2,699 Staffordshire 1,382 1,478 1,348 1,260 1,322 1,229 Suffolk 477 575 632 773 779 698 Surrey 609 805 829 576 582 466 Sussex 2,481 2,830 2,923 2,902 3,650 3,339 Thames valley 3,683 5,018 4,425 4,266 4,148 4,178 Warwickshire 342 394 359 416 439 408 West Mercia 972 1,125 990 721 723 757 West Midlands 8,202 6,287 5,319 3,674 3,348 2,949 West Yorkshire 7,954 9,470 8,082 7,036 7,248 6,165 Wiltshire 449 731 681 742 728 716 England and Wales 114,848 148,488 137,154 122,081 123,867 114,865
2001-02 2002-031 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 9,106 8,410 8,658 8,087 8,655 9,423 Bedfordshire 3,663 3,724 3,708 3,384 3,741 3,617 British Transport Police n/a 1,543 1,439 1,382 1,594 1,545 Cambridgeshire 4,024 4,420 4,165 3,630 3,760 3,845 Cheshire 4,599 5,542 5,638 5,132 6,267 6,554 Cleveland 6,916 6,207 5,039 4,344 4,924 4,652 Cumbria 2,795 2,571 2,505 2,507 2,686 2,271 Derbyshire 5,022 5,455 4,852 3,810 3,550 3,246 Devon and Cornwall 5,853 7,126 6,730 7,214 7,431 7,416 Dorset 3,180 3,480 3,238 3,308 3,543 3,530 Durham 3,575 2,996 2,709 2,392 2,565 2,339 Dyfed-Powys 1,427 1,390 1,533 1,513 1,455 1,444 Essex 7,149 8,336 8,306 8,489 9,607 9,329 Gloucestershire 3,670 3,816 3,854 3,108 3,354 3,347 Greater Manchester 16,648 16,399 15,489 13,343 14,396 14,827 Gwent 3,085 2,878 2,970 2,806 2,960 2,894 Hampshire 9,311 9,784 11,276 11,195 11,670 11,693 Hertfordshire 4,421 5,474 5,536 5,960 6,101 6,587 Humberside 8,111 8,114 7,676 6,643 6,112 6,762 Kent 7,943 8,394 8,411 8,495 9,991 10,164 Lancashire 8,050 7,781 8,579 8,254 8,655 8,564 Leicestershire 4,846 4,778 4,497 4,428 4,871 5,067 Lincolnshire 3,504 3,517 3,091 3,098 3,390 3,263 London, City of 755 939 982 836 737 770 Merseyside 9,777 9,710 8,662 8,340 9,327 9,623 Metropolitan Police 42,522 41,999 40,116 39,764 41,040 36,944 Norfolk 3,440 3,730 3,877 3,668 3,814 4,122 Northamptonshire 3,451 3,948 3,983 3,747 3,676 3,527 Northumbria 10,565 10,911 9,577 8,775 8,364 9,378 North Wales 3,669 4,020 3,739 3,051 3,111 3,401 North Yorkshire 4,303 4,604 4,966 3,607 3,725 3,629 Nottinghamshire 10,129 9,578 9,421 7,648 7,129 6,907 South Wales 6,726 6,988 7,114 6,586 6,971 6,757 South Yorkshire 7,638 8,214 7,607 6,591 8,028 7,588 Staffordshire 6,411 5,889 5,531 5,064 5,664 5,951 Suffolk 3,072 3,289 3,150 2,856 3,101 2,681 Surrey 3,665 3,680 3,827 3,622 3,416 3,702 Sussex 8,157 6,988 7,077 7,738 8,403 8,229 Thames valley 11,191 11,350 11,175 10,897 10,923 11,542 Warwickshire 2,464 2,235 2,307 1,918 2,009 2,030 West Mercia 6,433 5,895 6,211 5,745 5,457 5,706 West Midlands 20,053 18,352 17,524 14,344 15,464 14,918 West Yorkshire 12,735 13,858 13,974 11,368 11,782 11,935 Wiltshire 2,542 2,569 2,516 2,440 2,580 2,585 England and Wales 306,596 310,881 303,235 281,127 295,999 294,304
2001-02 2002-031 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 12,181 11,983 8,705 7,070 6,280 6,108 Bedfordshire 3,873 3,111 2,834 1,965 2,185 1,882 British Transport Police n/a 1,357 1,201 811 541 457 Cambridgeshire 2,941 3,638 3,307 2,720 2,265 2,347 Cheshire 4,625 4,503 3,994 3,599 3,503 2,935 Cleveland 4,797 4,468 4,463 3,616 2,901 2,256 Cumbria 1,115 1,244 1,060 1,101 1,087 948 Derbyshire 3,832 4,062 3,571 2,785 2,693 2,525 Devon and Cornwall 3,392 3,907 3,396 3,256 3,058 3,025 Dorset 2,499 2,276 2,199 1,767 1,499 1,395 Durham 2,712 2,423 2,369 2,088 2,134 1,889 Dyfed-Powys 841 833 795 727 619 588 Essex 7,505 7,664 7,283 6,419 6,253 5,629 Gloucestershire 1,828 1,977 2,264 1,949 1,706 1,451 Greater Manchester 31,969 26,252 21,870 18,794 17,001 14,877 Gwent 2,610 3,046 3,507 3,189 2,694 2,633 Hampshire 6,506 6,278 5,822 4,871 4,394 4,726 Hertfordshire 3,810 4,287 4,323 3,445 3,361 2,821 Humberside 6,501 7,607 7,619 6,096 4,857 4,067 Kent 7,237 7,138 6,749 6,181 6,438 5,650 Lancashire 6,154 5,585 5,231 4,514 3,849 3,738 Leicestershire 4,604 4,576 3,986 3,506 2,566 2,772 Lincolnshire 1,885 2,101 1,932 1,833 1,690 1,608 London, City of 380 334 226 97 74 75 Merseyside 15,081 13,081 11,403 9,354 7,161 6,198 Metropolitan Police 62,112 58,405 55,158 48,026 43,463 37,599 Norfolk 1,888 2,288 2,173 1,851 1,577 1,468 Northamptonshire 3,758 3,817 3,642 3,415 2,896 2,731 Northumbria 7,837 6,981 6,445 5,189 4,748 3,883 North Wales 1,949 2,087 2,038 1,740 1,486 1,607 North Yorkshire 2,349 2,623 2,672 2,097 2,154 1,585 Nottinghamshire 7,714 8,782 8,014 6,284 4,798 4,609 South Wales 11,557 11,844 9,793 7,336 6,896 6,484 South Yorkshire 8,294 10,241 9,621 8,005 7,648 7,481 Staffordshire 5,637 4,463 4,209 3,470 3,411 3,235 Suffolk 1,693 1,606 1,459 1,645 1,264 1,408 Surrey 2,881 3,110 2,947 2,413 2,229 2,205 Sussex 5,442 5,992 5,313 4,379 3,626 3,353 Thames valley 10,255 9,111 8,753 7,651 6,829 6,384 Warwickshire 2,118 2,282 2,125 1,919 1,751 1,696 West Mercia 3,336 3,371 3,432 3,179 2,629 2,340 West Midlands 25,385 23,598 23,217 17,091 14,482 12,249 West Yorkshire 23,765 22,867 19,473 13,961 10,455 9,469 Wiltshire 1,267 1,308 1,265 1,328 1,031 1,024 England and Wales 328,115 318,507 291,858 242,732 214,182 193,410
2001-02 2002-031 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 28,610 24,266 20,303 16,936 15,629 15,942 Bedfordshire 8,852 8,323 7,337 6,448 6,735 6,949 British Transport Police n/a 4,982 4,742 4,070 4,100 3,884 Cambridgeshire 9,804 9,707 7,365 6,449 6,080 6,429 Cheshire 8,820 9,400 8,850 8,011 8,181 7,370 Cleveland 9,454 9,826 8,030 6,510 6,035 5,598 Cumbria 3,368 3,509 3,054 2,840 2,091 1,897 Derbyshire 12,471 12,730 10,787 7,418 7,174 7,490 Devon and Cornwall 14,157 15,470 13,205 11,734 10,786 10,380 Dorset 7,310 7,141 6,404 4,813 5,144 3,863 Durham 5,086 5,023 4,704 3,415 3,952 4,240 Dyfed-Powys 1,209 1,195 1,530 1,604 1,250 1,417 Essex 13,356 13,906 13,757 12,334 13,781 12,736 Gloucestershire 6,312 5,763 6,143 4,810 3,992 3,812 Greater Manchester 42,806 41,022 37,414 31,178 35,802 39,189 Gwent 4,406 5,286 5,416 5,394 5,656 4,972 Hampshire 15,353 15,985 14,947 11,668 13,446 15,140 Hertfordshire 10,453 12,315 11,916 9,664 9,145 8,376 Humberside 14,843 14,881 13,810 11,187 10,748 9,694 Kent 13,361 13,676 12,492 11,713 12,387 11,772 Lancashire 14,861 13,289 11,468 10,822 10,521 10,458 Leicestershire 11,749 11,410 10,030 7,868 7,413 7,748 Lincolnshire 4,897 5,756 4,571 4,074 4,115 3,810 London, City of 511 360 357 156 178 156 Merseyside 14,901 14,973 14,961 13,893 14,997 12,806 Metropolitan Police 112,146 114,987 103,899 88,164 94,309 92,137 Norfolk 7,909 8,451 6,223 4,440 3,812 4,030 Northamptonshire 7,577 8,051 9,069 7,161 6,267 6,356 Northumbria 12,573 13,283 11,644 10,836 10,846 9,545 North Wales 5,712 6,006 5,575 3,609 2,671 2,697 North Yorkshire 5,822 6,947 6,844 4,379 4,589 4,635 Nottinghamshire 20,818 22,227 20,303 16,476 17,741 15,965 South Wales 14,324 18,579 17,289 15,456 16,538 16,221 South Yorkshire 20,427 20,948 19,573 16,199 17,962 17,704 Staffordshire 12,314 10,094 9,576 7,800 7,646 7,682 Suffolk 5,222 4,676 4,323 3,818 4,017 3,990 Surrey 6,513 6,879 6,973 6,830 6,793 7,385 Sussex 15,798 15,116 13,463 10,787 9,856 9,220 Thames valley 31,525 28,518 26,710 23,385 22,426 22,119 Warwickshire 5,899 6,195 5,131 4,725 4,520 5,200 West Mercia 9,725 9,705 8,702 7,764 7,123 6,525 West Midlands 38,239 37,240 33,894 25,380 24,910 27,082 West Yorkshire 41,671 41,340 36,287 24,525 22,557 24,566 Wiltshire 3,997 4,243 4,185 3,617 3,318 3,676 England and Wales 655,161 663,679 603,256 500,360 507,239 502,663 n/a = Not available. 1 The National Crime Recording standard was introduced in April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.