The number of persons found guilty at all courts for the offence of theft (from shop or stall), under the Theft Act 1968 S.l(l) in Cleveland Police Force area for the years 2005 and 2006 can be viewed in the following table.
Found guilty Force 2005 2006 Cleveland 1,123 1,042 1 These data are 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 forces. 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. Source: Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice.
The number of people given a Penalty Notices for Disorder for the offence of theft (retail under £200) in 2005 is 479. It is 689 in 2006 in Cleveland Police Force area.
Court proceedings and PND data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.