Data on the number of defendants found guilty for the offences requested, covering 1998 to 2007 (latest available), are provided in tables 1 to 3 below:
Number of offences Police force area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 5,215 4,970 5,451 4,896 5,778 6,517 7,120 5,612 4,779 3,455 Bedfordshire 1,354 1,121 1,242 1,661 1,835 1,960 1,933 2,006 1,752 1,358 Cambridgeshire 1,105 1,008 1,143 1,043 1,265 1,399 1,591 1,656 1,836 1,285 Cheshire 1,834 2,047 2,350 2,261 2,738 3,236 3,224 2,287 1,967 2,091 Cleveland 1,623 1,786 2,100 2,304 2,871 2,551 3,463 2,439 2,243 1,454 Cumbria 1,459 1,538 1,470 1,592 1,532 1,554 1,641 1,114 1,032 903 Derbyshire 1,761 1,896 2,204 2,466 2,774 2,800 3,679 3,589 2,496 2,441 Devon and Cornwall 1,766 1,932 2,658 2,699 3,205 3,469 3,350 2,639 2,629 2,113 Dorset 1,132 1,396 1,614 1,645 1,915 2,350 1,954 1,912 1,679 1,179 Durham 1,753 2,665 2,430 2,791 2,934 2,885 2,514 1,785 1,343 1,403 Essex 1,991 2,348 2,809 2,840 2,832 2,945 3,000 3,156 3,027 3,169 Gloucestershire 1,488 1,630 1,527 1,547 1,245 1,370 1,341 1,238 1,096 989 Greater Manchester 12,423 14,407 15,103 17,500 18,207 20,043 18,852 15,896 12,941 9,051 Hampshire 3,869 4,331 4,094 4,166 4,802 4,717 4,526 3,754 3,046 3,085 Hertfordshire 1,333 1,351 1,813 2,092 2,594 3,211 3,406 3,629 3,283 2,387 Humberside 1,818 2,137 2,235 2,075 2,107 2,660 2,763 2,645 2,664 1,956 Kent 2,022 1,771 3,195 3,770 4,245 4,575 5,197 4,281 3,769 2,825 Lancashire 6,333 6,230 6,717 5,978 6,998 8,773 6,538 7,402 5,785 4,813 Leicestershire 3,257 3,811 3,708 3,874 4,245 4,951 4,889 3,302 2,689 1,785 Lincolnshire 1,830 2,064 1,958 1,758 1,810 2,468 3,050 2,281 2,103 1,363 London, City of 698 596 407 481 707 946 830 848 907 695 Mersey side 4,291 4,086 4,892 4,630 5,533 7,094 6,961 5,787 3,619 4,350 Metropolitan Police 11,424 11,129 11,332 12,806 15,403 19,486 24,210 24,725 25,063 24,614 Norfolk 1,288 1,419 1,296 1,465 1,754 2,367 2,092 1,799 1,365 1,356 Northamptonshire 1,519 2,335 1,665 856 458 1,946 3,051 2,185 1,338 1,184 Northumbria 4,607 5,441 5,598 5,654 5,774 6,206 5,864 5,972 5,463 4,315 North Yorkshire 1,162 1,324 1,222 1,017 1,017 1,201 1,271 1,194 1,196 1,031 Nottinghamshire 3,341 3,201 3,415 3,622 3,563 4,648 4,935 4,151 3,235 3,011 South Yorkshire 3,913 4,639 4,808 5,740 6,065 5,734 4,937 5,156 4,511 3,066 Staffordshire 2,683 3,140 3,970 2,645 3,190 3,513 3,948 3,710 3,073 2,314 Suffolk 952 1,182 1,093 1,320 1,554 1,977 1,994 1,479 1,234 1,016 Surrey 742 1,020 1,196 1,354 1,509 1,295 1,490 1,541 1,359 2,004 Sussex 1,925 2,028 1,943 2,057 1,900 1,817 1,654 1,739 1,899 1,931 Thames Valley 2,953 3,928 4,069 3,952 4,778 5,619 5,488 4,827 4,638 4,050 Warwickshire 1,202 1,110 1,233 1,365 1,356 1,775 2,259 1,986 1,685 1,444 West Mercia 3,017 3,033 3,130 3,441 3,462 3,639 3,616 3,590 3,233 2,446 West Midlands 10,847 9,541 11,371 11,446 14,760 17,729 20,070 16,268 14,693 10,023 West Yorkshire 7,308 7,991 8,299 9,363 8,457 11,191 14,631 11,613 9,166 6,565 Wiltshire 1,087 1,083 1,265 1,889 1,760 1,770 1,672 1,632 1,510 993 England 120,375 128,669 138,025 144,061 158,992 184,389 195,026 174,825 152,448 125,738 Dyfed Powys 892 967 1,005 933 1,176 1,180 872 980 807 788 Gwent 1,743 1,900 2,113 2,150 2,156 1,857 1,644 1,450 1,396 1,008 North Wales 1,698 1,622 1,552 1,382 1,733 2,690 2,866 2,009 2,229 1,758 South Wales 5,934 6,277 6,281 5,665 6,853 6,732 6,632 5,171 4,420 3,231 Wales 10,267 10,766 10,951 10,130 11,918 12,459 12,014 9,610 8,852 6,785 England and Wales 130,642 139,435 148,976 154,191 170,910 196,848 207,040 184,435 161,300 132,523 1 It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings In particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 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. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations a are taken into account when those data are used. Source: The Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit
Number of offences Police force area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 9,945 9,419 9,578 8,455 9,766 10,633 10,925 8,741 7,483 5,874 Bedfordshire 3,007 2,337 2,323 2,916 3,184 3,524 3,220 3,371 3,168 2,682 Cambridgeshire 2,526 2,250 2,226 1,989 2,298 2,728 2,678 2,854 3,456 2,631 Cheshire 3,701 3,892 4,110 3,927 4,600 5,414 5,412 3,925 3,844 4,336 Cleveland 2,939 3,058 3,597 3,643 4,325 4,017 5,124 3,851 3,410 2,352 Cumbria 2,888 2,780 2,699 2,906 2,888 2,868 2,764 2,208 2,103 2,154 Derbyshire 3,559 3,651 3,945 4,261 4,736 4,956 5,557 5,238 3,874 4,492 Devon and Cornwall 4,301 4,710 5,890 5,742 6,380 6,635 6,217 5,259 5,371 4,786 Dorset 2,792 3,021 3,548 2,986 3,388 4,276 3,634 3,594 3,222 2,638 Durham 3,103 4,488 4,338 4,361 4,632 4,535 4,065 3,212 2,460 2,610 Essex 4,672 5,061 5,356 5,417 5,401 5,487 5,368 5,459 5,373 5,759 Gloucestershire 2,903 2,876 2,548 2,692 2,297 2,599 2,451 2,064 1,889 1,825 Greater Manchester 21,620 23,842 24,020 26,600 27,805 29,827 26,939 23,087 20,472 15,658 Hampshire 8,071 8,157 7,578 7,677 8,135 8,148 7,509 6,291 5,390 5,369 Hertfordshire 3,072 2,805 3,332 3,691 4,214 5,099 5,401 5,735 5,876 4,558 Humberside 3,535 3,943 4,065 3,657 3,576 4,460 4,348 4,181 4,443 2,855 Kent 4,849 4,261 6,431 7,063 7,722 7,485 8,377 7,073 7,079 6,277 Lancashire 11,274 10,857 11,054 9,812 11,107 13,770 10,011 11,016 9,487 8,637 Leicestershire 6,289 7,312 6,752 6,849 7,435 8,114 7,822 5,379 4,370 3,173 Lincolnshire 3,478 3,758 3,321 2,970 3,070 4,298 4,781 3,921 3,883 2,893 London, City of 1,431 1,141 777 1,021 1,333 1,606 1,125 1,070 1,130 907 Merseyside 7,791 6,995 7,813 7,794 8,688 10,756 10,555 8,906 6,673 7,567 Metropolitan Police 23,048 21,033 20,247 22,677 27,307 31,703 36,707 36,242 37,280 38,214 Norfolk 3,066 3,020 2,851 3,040 3,610 4,486 3,750 3,456 3,187 2,790 Northamptonshire 3,288 4,178 2,998 1,643 913 3,261 4,671 3,621 3,126 2,067 Northumbria 8,138 9,356 9,430 9,251 9,364 9,904 9,159 9,417 8,697 7,306 North Yorkshire 2,577 2,679 2,572 2,216 2,124 2,369 2,537 2,592 2,323 2,430 Nottinghamshire 6,710 6,205 6,082 6,261 6,005 7,730 7,833 6,372 5,170 4,886 South Yorkshire 7,918 8,512 8,956 10,163 10,101 9,966 8,571 8,546 7,924 5,996 Staffordshire 5,444 5,767 6,760 4,723 5,764 6,128 6,370 6,018 5,439 4,373 Suffolk 2,288 2,557 2,330 2,387 2,862 3,594 3,548 2,744 2,509 2,026 Surrey 2,056 2,285 2,577 2,826 3,158 2,900 2,604 2,886 2,724 3,898 Sussex 4,165 4,220 3,808 4,016 3,730 3,694 3,102 3,401 3,802 3,994 Thames Valley 6,351 7,315 7,456 7,128 8,334 9,760 9,208 7,931 7,640 7,116 Warwickshire 2,410 2,205 2,316 2,672 2,395 2,905 3,438 2,970 2,993 2,461 West Mercia 5,666 5,238 5,542 5,766 S,858 6,051 5,540 5,642 5,715 4,458 West Midlands 19,144 16,495 18,010 18,221 22,202 25,557 27,734 25,108 21,612 15,517 West Yorkshire 14,875 16,105 15,649 15,934 14,043 17,101 20,308 16,344 13,832 10,048 Wiltshire 2,719 2,564 2,625 3,281 3,170 3,022 2,794 2,828 2,797 1,922 England 237,609 240,348 245,510 248,634 267,920 301,366 302,157 272,553 251,226 219,535 Dyfed Powys 1,964 2,050 2,076 1,914 2,293 2,243 1,650 1,897 1,753 1,728 Gwent 3,363 3,470 3,808 3,836 3,676 3,465 2,980 2,774 2,682 2,001 North Wales 3,323 3,104 2,848 2,565 3,003 4,542 4,797 3,348 3,979 2,940 South Wales 10,715 10,550 10,335 9,809 11,607 11,756 11,232 8,776 8,033 6,607 Wales 19,365 19,174 19,067 18,124 20,579 22,006 20,659 16,795 16,447 13,276 England and Wales 256,974 259,522 264,577 266,758 288,499 323,372 322,816 289,348 267,673 232,811 1 It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 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. 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: The Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit
Number of offences Police force area 1998 1999 20004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 2,566 2,728 2,462 2,197 2,401 2,666 2,692 2,595 2,457 2,490 Bedfordshire 1,060 869 797 914 955 1,072 1,028 1,050 1,152 1,064 Cambridgeshire 1,060 941 793 813 852 933 1,083 1,214 1,268 1,240 Cheshire 1,903 1,827 1,652 1,529 1,993 1,905 2,128 1,709 1,866 1,804 Cleveland 870 811 777 887 921 981 1,071 959 1,032 948 Cumbria 856 871 806 761 768 843 907 853 859 868 Derbyshire 1,547 1,463 1,417 1,411 1,465 1,617 1,874 1,645 1,520 1,466 Devon and Cornwall 2,265 2,277 2,199 2,369 2,441 2,667 2,560 2,446 2,336 2,247 Dorset 1,186 1,120 1,115 1,150 1,199 1,264 1,239 1,207 1,156 1,191 Durham 1,035 1,137 1,124 1,097 1,136 1,170 1,277 1,168 1,002 1,051 Essex 2,438 2,528 2,462 2,456 2,522 2,622 2,853 2,549 2,697 2,553 Gloucestershire 985 889 804 865 926 890 913 834 812 725 Greater Manchester 4,715 4,850 4,801 4,715 4,720 4,743 4,811 4,653 4,570 4,462 Hampshire 3,597 3,725 3,472 3,464 3,846 3,663 3,743 3,372 2,993 2,974 Hertfordshire 1,672 1,679 1,552 1,666 1,894 1,904 1,881 1,836 1,860 1,830 Humberside 1,358 1,323 1,371 1,259 1,395 1,445 1,623 1,592 1,518 1,071 Kent 2,627 2,633 2,592 2,575 2,745 2,811 3,010 2,907 2,824 2,836 Lancashire 2,945 3,010 2,584 2,304 2,599 2,652 2,706 2,723 2,775 2,756 Leicestershire 1,485 1,624 1,531 1,546 1,659 1,725 1,754 1,631 1,512 1,520 Lincolnshire 979 941 816 877 847 1,111 1,209 1,176 1,274 1,233 London, City of 301 236 152 162 221 230 169 184 168 189 Merseyside 2,451 2,137 2,123 2,195 2,293 2,687 2,849 2,964 2,737 2,541 Metropolitan Police 13,889 12,414 11,801 11,260 12,905 12,621 13,227 12,887 13,075 12,237 Norfolk 1,118 1,010 935 1,143 1,220 1,274 1,240 1,265 1,335 1,246 Northamptonshire 1,062 1,058 782 399 236 799 922 853 1,016 879 Northumbria 2,457 2,463 2,621 2,529 2,588 2,747 2,675 2,561 2,559 2,482 North Yorkshire 1,205 1,124 1,073 1,066 1,119 1,194 1,131 1,244 1,261 1,194 Nottinghamshire 1,804 1,802 1,722 1,598 1,420 1,644 1,669 1,626 1,699 1,517 South Yorkshire 2,002 1,927 2,122 2,020 1,945 2,089 2,224 2,220 2,019 2,023 Staffordshire 1,955 1,711 0 1,513 1,704 1,733 1,733 1,718 1,657 1,704 Suffolk 1,042 1,089 902 920 1,105 1,213 1,332 1,103 1,158 1,058 Surrey 1,328 1,417 1,539 1,592 1,614 1,464 1,425 1,503 1,413 1,517 Sussex 2,113 2,224 2,112 2,358 2,306 2,430 2,368 2,379 2,475 2,479 Thames Valley 3,896 3,725 3,496 3,275 4,317 3,884 3,539 3,474 3,419 3,356 Warwickshire 784 856 786 880 841 918 845 871 895 994 West Mercia 1,794 1,747 1,631 1,740 1,719 1,797 1,689 1,917 2,008 1,904 West Midlands 5,582 4,775 4,559 4,914 5,050 5,233 5,584 5,693 5,554 5,483 West Yorkshire 3,669 3,597 3,375 3,220 3,564 3,720 3,897 3,863 3,587 3,429 Wiltshire 1,108 1,009 930 1,045 1,005 1,031 1,024 1,038 1,028 816 England 86,709 83,567 77,788 78,684 84,456 87,392 89,904 87,482 86,546 83,377 Dyfed Powys 995 944 858 867 927 995 986 932 927 906 Gwent 1,203 1,079 1,211 1,152 1,074 1,149 1,188 1,129 1,188 1,097 North Wales 1,306 1,248 1,332 1,227 1,270 1,326 1,349 1,364 1,335 1,297 South Wales 2,903 2,526 2,757 2,812 2,761 2,840 2,811 2,811 2,675 2,546 Wales 6,407 5,797 6,158 6,058 6,032 6,310 6,334 6,236 6,125 5,846 England and Wales 93,116 89,364 83,946 84,742 90,488 93,702 96,238 93,718 92,671 89,223 1 Data provided cover summary offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs (which cannot be reliably distinguished separately). 2 It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 3 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. 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. 4 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source: The Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit