The number of persons found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for using a motor vehicle uninsured against third-party risks, by police force area, from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table.
Court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
Police force area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 5,690 5,918 4,983 5,739 4,746 5,447 5,886 6,364 5,455 4,662 3,744 Bedfordshire 2,125 2,159 1,521 1,456 1,930 2,129 2,344 2,276 2,412 2,190 1,967 Cambridgeshire 1,462 1,562 1,329 1,386 1,130 1,276 1,498 1,618 1,802 2,485 1,769 Cheshire 2,374 2,497 2,508 2,696 2,547 2,973 3,611 3,804 2,769 2,688 3,391 City of London 1,241 1,305 1,040 683 902 1,133 1,395 922 852 974 797 Cleveland 1,656 1,744 1,760 2,272 2,197 2,653 2,298 3,359 2,505 2,323 1,556 Cumbria 1,783 1,656 1,452 1,523 1,454 1,484 1,584 1,449 1,368 1,406 1,563 Derbyshire 2,291 2,168 2,117 2,393 2,727 2,826 3,041 3,785 3,862 2,784 3,476 Devon and Cornwall 3,299 2,639 2,980 4,025 3,760 4,031 4,134 4,042 3,510 4,048 3,724 Dorset 2,072 1,687 1,858 2,246 1,513 1,711 2,086 2,005 2,321 2,123 1,822 Durham 1,647 1,819 2,954 2,834 2,728 2,729 2,454 2,255 1,919 1,572 1,713 Essex 3,242 3,239 3,483 3,752 3,647 3,597 3,536 3,610 3,790 3,851 4,239 Gloucestershire 1,209 1,806 1,757 1,549 1,351 1,115 1,674 1,606 1,365 1,256 1,453 Greater Manchester 13,673 14,063 15,611 15,859 17,506 18,472 20,694 18,836 16,441 15,163 11,747 Hampshire 4,868 4,977 5,166 4,758 4,855 5,121 5,144 5,007 4,188 3,852 3,775 Hertfordshire 1,442 1,792 1,694 2,153 2,427 2,932 3,690 4,061 4,406 4,774 3,746 Humberside 1,932 1,927 2,329 2,423 2,255 2,104 2,550 2,508 2,537 3,072 1,835 Kent 3,541 3,544 3,004 4,868 5,473 6,543 5,700 6,098 5,064 5,281 4,872 Lancashire 8,182 7,661 6,449 7,487 6,240 6,863 8,906 6,642 7,619 6,661 6,443 Leicestershire 4,047 4,299 4,843 4,282 4,321 4,513 5,349 5,376 3,573 3,137 2,199 Lincolnshire 2,030 2,409 2,567 2,141 1,896 1,814 2,574 3,374 2,799 2,937 2,199 Merseyside 5,162 4,786 4,417 4,998 4,930 5,963 7,360 7,208 5,967 4,449 5,714 Metropolitan Police 17,698 15,531 13,844 13,193 14,449 17,674 20,970 25,343 25,520 26,796 29,173 Norfolk 2,356 2,102 2,017 1,803 1,607 1,904 2,619 2,331 2,132 2,156 1,951 North Yorkshire 1,736 1,616 1,615 1,589 1,247 1,216 1,342 1,536 1,674 1,640 1,832 Northamptonshire 2,590 2,583 2,951 2,057 908 506 2,336 3,478 2,922 2,584 1,906 Northumbria 4,929 4,867 5,638 5,957 5,534 5,623 5,901 5,587 6,091 5,884 4,979 Nottinghamshire 3,240 3,540 2,815 3,062 3,066 2,888 3,796 4,347 3,604 3,132 3,372 South Yorkshire 3,823 4,312 4,573 4,826 5,888 5,739 5,686 5,230 5,359 5,162 4,044 Staffordshire 3,209 3,255 3,403 3,906 2,658 3,526 3,794 4,222 4,230 4,001 3,241 Suffolk 1,467 1,561 1,649 1,429 1,547 1,683 2,225 2,247 1,854 1,686 1,365 Surrey 1,532 1,424 1,392 1,611 1,731 1,992 1,853 1,949 1,924 1,942 3,183 Sussex 3,207 2,919 2,757 2,491 2,521 2,275 2,154 2,267 2,100 2,400 2,679 Thames Valley 3,774 3,959 4,783 4,774 4,152 4,892 6,558 6,346 5,581 5,638 5,195 Warwickshire 1,641 1,532 1,341 1,506 1,631 1,528 1,799 2,542 2,230 2,357 1,898 West Mercia 3,176 3,893 3,647 3,947 3,992 4,074 4,292 4,571 4,293 4,537 3,603 West Midlands 10,843 11,214 9,369 10,535 10,622 14,199 17,249 19,314 17,715 15,936 11,047 West Yorkshire 9,161 8,856 9,688 9,383 9,841 8,008 10,745 13,964 11,637 10,243 7,156 Wiltshire 1,502 1,814 1,592 1,638 2,108 2,062 1,983 1,875 1,936 2,071 1,426 Dyfed-Powys 1,327 1,350 1,399 1,432 1,205 1,553 1,503 1,059 1,293 1,234 1,304 Gwent 1,899 2,159 2,162 2,326 2,276 2,188 1,916 1,527 1,514 1,531 1,179 North Wales 2,157 2,087 1,941 1,814 1,453 1,898 3,040 3,351 2,279 3,187 2,258 South Wales 6,269 6,808 6,190 6,303 5,371 6,320 6,639 7,358 6,013 5,671 4,621 Total 162,504 163,039 160,588 167,105 164,342 179,177 205,908 216,649 198,425 191,476 171,156 1 The figures given in the table 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 it 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: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.