The available information for the number of people in the Humberside Police Authority area arrested for drug offences in each of the last five years is given in table 1.
Data provided by the Ministry of Justice, showing the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of drug offences in the Humberside Police Force Area, 2003 to 2007 are in table 2. Charging data are not collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice; proceeded against information is provided in lieu.
The court proceedings statistics provided relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with.
When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
Number of arrests for drug offences Police force area 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Humberside 1,337 1,484 1,242 1,082 1,209 1 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.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Proceeded against 740 790 739 680 716 Found guilty 672 719 685 665 674 1 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 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: Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform