The information requested is given in the following tables.
Number of offences Police force area 1997 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Avon and Somerset 1,562 1,831 2,381 2,765 4,889 Bedfordshire 531 530 615 663 957 British Transport Police n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Cambridgeshire 350 437 548 539 679 Cheshire 319 397 466 486 472 Cleveland 507 908 839 932 1,264 Cumbria 101 119 90 94 143 Derbyshire 396 504 584 773 1,029 Devon and Cornwall 389 462 487 452 474 Dorset 206 205 241 309 334 Durham 142 172 236 231 284 Dyfed-Powys 34 42 28 23 26 Essex 438 523 626 700 920 Gloucestershire 369 273 291 363 498 Greater Manchester 6,296 7,632 8,634 9,918 11,027 Gwent 156 173 216 244 215 Hampshire 554 588 732 794 872 Hertfordshire 289 250 420 508 678 Humberside 757 839 950 999 1,190 Kent 709 712 827 1,000 1,003 Lancashire 845 981 1,058 1,224 1,608 Leicestershire 880 967 1,023 1,067 1,167 Lincolnshire 107 149 178 191 251 London, City of 34 29 49 53 46 Merseyside 2,141 2,484 2,663 2,405 3,155 Metropolitan Police 27,386 26,330 36,317 40,992 53,547 Norfolk 189 220 297 330 401 Northamptonshire 415 443 481 604 877 Northumbria 1,260 1,347 1,389 1,381 1,390 North Wales 112 127 146 163 194 North Yorkshire 198 170 212 186 291 Nottinghamshire 1,145 1,312 1,768 2,050 2,725 South Wales 509 511 519 460 595 South Yorkshire 946 979 1,122 1,438 1,952 Staffordshire 498 509 697 796 963 Suffolk 141 140 223 177 289 Surrey 192 171 224 456 519 Sussex 681 939 1,020 1,241 1,250 Thames Valley 1,256 1,327 1,659 2,147 2,894 Warwickshire 146 170 224 252 370 West Mercia 287 351 359 423 646 West Midlands 6,737 7,315 10,092 11,351 13,322 West Yorkshire 2,698 3,072 3,088 3,781 5,674 Wiltshire 164 195 258 193 279 England and Wales 63,072 66,835 84,277 95,154 121,359 n/a = not available Note: Figures in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002 They are directly therefore not comparable with those for later years.
Number of offences Police force area 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 3,504 2,908 2,237 2,036 1,987 Bedfordshire 997 993 1,028 1,317 1,248 British Transport Police 2,242 2,542 2,037 2,166 1,953 Cambridgeshire 906 786 634 562 733 Cheshire 631 647 533 654 688 Cleveland 1,434 1,355 898 715 576 Cumbria 130 124 109 87 68 Derbyshire 1,048 1,019 802 772 870 Devon and Cornwall 710 562 541 566 649 Dorset 437 445 342 255 190 Durham 287 267 178 281 233 Dyfed-Powys 40 54 41 40 47 Essex 1,328 1,476 1,426 1,424 1,531 Gloucestershire 521 541 384 476 394 Greater Manchester 10,745 9,246 7,544 7,719 8,213 Gwent 329 274 351 316 282 Hampshire 966 1,040 948 1,078 1,212 Hertfordshire 862 972 875 933 985 Humberside 1,807 1,896 1,262 1,185 1,200 Kent 1,242 1,172 1,195 1,351 1,403 Lancashire 1,409 1,285 1,092 1,021 1,014 Leicestershire 1,453 1,476 1,329 1,244 1,214 Lincolnshire 307 304 243 229 230 London, City of 45 50 42 39 41 Merseyside 2,994 2,347 2,173 2,502 2,290 Metropolitan Police 42,493 40,639 39,033 45,311 45,771 Norfolk 579 459 324 301 359 Northamptonshire 1,015 1,220 875 1,069 1,037 Northumbria 1,442 1,223 1,176 1,070 1,055 North Wales 224 201 149 150 134 North Yorkshire 356 395 328 240 278 Nottinghamshire 2,799 2,556 2,011 2,112 2,434 South Wales 784 751 543 631 891 South Yorkshire 2,112 1,400 1,131 1,258 1,594 Staffordshire 900 909 111 766 758 Suffolk 249 290 260 271 271 Surrey 605 619 462 446 446 Sussex 1,319 1,425 1,228 1,098 1,007 Thames Valley 2,406 2,286 1,968 1,926 2,320 Warwickshire 354 456 353 429 486 West Mercia 728 689 531 453 581 West Midlands 10,249 10,371 9,165 8,867 9,186 West Yorkshire 4,947 3,738 2,196 2,531 3,148 Wiltshire 336 328 256 301 363 England and Wales 110,271 103,736 91,010 98,198 101,370 Notes: 1. Figures in this table are after the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. They are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years. 2. Includes British Transport Police from 2002-03.