The figures requested are shown in the following tables. The latest published year is 2007. Figures for tests failed and refusals are combined as they are not reported separately to the Home Office.
Police force area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 19,695 19,247 15,805 15372 15,140 24,492 27,297 21,928 15,779 15,655 Bedfordshire 5,295 2,886 3,262 4,212 6,150 6,633 7,764 6,704 3,093 2,578 Cambridgeshire 17,800 13,600 12,800 12,700 13,000 12,300 12,300 12,500 12,500 12,000 Cheshire 23,315 20,505 15,800 13,586 12,224 11,854 20,155 22,005 35,747 32,210 Cleveland 34,181 28,601 18,818 14,054 10,995 8,716 8,056 10,826 11,308 10,140 Cumbria 9,361 7,083 6,076 5,089 4,694 5,513 8,430 13,577 13,804 16,217 Derbyshire 35,684 49,237 52,001 42,147 37,931 32,570 31,023 17,685 16,019 15,873 Devon and Cornwall 15,695 14,731 12,977 13,478 12,618 10,914 10,690 10,423 13,562 16,687 Dorset 10,056 9,203 12,298 10,424 10,431 8,464 6,938 7,917 8,706 8,038 Durham 7,350 12,668 15,306 16,322 9,535 7,558 6,080 7,734 6,945 8,160 Dyfed-Powys 9,232 9,922 7,381 7,008 7,344 5,982 6,686 6,917 7,291 9,429 Essex 28,358 24,077 27,179 18,851 16,139 15,481 25,337 34,249 28,436 25,946 Gloucestershire 9,335 8,330 8,202 9,646 9,339 8,647 7,144 9,122 10,090 8,262 Greater Manchester 31,175 21,479 27,300 23,939 23,200 20,900 19,900 18,900 18,100 18,025 Gwent 11,211 10,639 10,133 6,428 3,784 2,794 1,632 1,957 1,702 2,374 Hampshire 27,348 31,552 35,243 35,189 35,219 37,529 38,399 38,323 34,772 26,208 Hertfordshire 8,147 6,959 5,963 5,460 4,289 4,011 7,289 11,900 12,693 12,030 Humberside 8,284 8,057 9,371 7,477 8,714 6,545 5,619 5,717 10,009 11,885 Kent 27,528 32,706 32,189 32,229 34,165 24,553 32,019 31,187 31,684 28,629 Lancashire 20,283 19,075 15,542 10,016 10,562 7,981 10,204 12,990 16,359 19,158 Leicestershire 20,161 21,127 18,751 14,891 14,526 12,007 15,799 14,419 9,980 6,644 Lincolnshire 25,917 20,998 12,101 13,593 9,013 12,076 11,310 11,431 10,581 14,722 London, City of 3,309 1,746 1,056 1,085 1,413 1,237 683 1,117 1,553 1,375 Merseyside 18,671 18,619 12,787 7,169 6,952 7,722 5,019 8,003 10,642 12,829 Metropolitan Police 111,448 99,832 93,807 65,084 57,206 55,993 61,535 67,461 65,025 66,919 Norfolk 12,419 11,641 9,074 9,096 5,304 4,030 4,805 10,367 7,844 6,366 North Wales 15,236 15,862 14,960 15,141 19,597 17,337 24,177 21,812 19,597 23,034 North Yorkshire 9,911 8,090 6,731 7,431 7,284 8,254 8,589 9,339 10,129 10,526 Northamptonshire 4,664 5,333 5,799 4,539 3,343 3,126 3,200 5,196 4,259 4,076 Northumbria 12,183 12,496 12,727 12,368 11,796 11,123 9,776 9,301 7,992 7,392 Nottinghamshire 8,880 8,361 8,382 7,682 5,799 7,146 8,241 7,923 7,172 7,250 South Wales 24,886 20,674 17,772 19,329 17,496 16,863 16,733 16,269 17,087 19,013 South Yorkshire 12,614 16,094 19,243 18,017 14,414 12,117 6,494 13,689 10,267 11,390 Staffordshire 15,428 10,148 7,706 4,706 5,261 5,073 13,666 14,322 12,723 12,369 Suffolk 15,636 15,134 9,159 8,588 8,868 11,566 10,569 8,854 9,059 10,435 Surrey 11,364 11,696 12,393 13,311 7,504 8,858 9,484 9,605 8,278 6,915 Sussex 17,395 17,885 20,845 21,805 17,297 17,150 15,210 17,983 18,742 16,805 Thames Valley 34,151 30,273 30,824 26,158 25,308 16,049 15,363 14,629 13,538 14,850 Warwickshire 8,661 8,604 7,057 5,828 5,068 5,848 5,496 4,820 4,458 4,877 West Mercia 19,090 12,340 8,930 9,070 8,215 6,289 7,991 8,833 11,267 10,438 West Midlands 24,099 21,324 16,221 12,203 10,510 10,960 6,579 6,900 6,229 5,611 West Yorkshire 22,894 18,807 18,278 17,219 16,739 14,157 16,921 15,367 18,011 18,724 Wiltshire 7,118 6,841 6,501 5,941 5,850 5,867 7,398 7,167 8,708 7,688 England and Wales 815,468 764,482 714,750 623,881 570,236 534,285 578,000 607,368 601,740 599,752 Note: Figures do not always match those in each year’s breath test statistics publication, due to subsequent amendments being incorporated.
Police force area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 16,646 16,032 12,761 12,502 12,096 21,195 24,269 18,746 13,044 13,210 Bedfordshire 4,451 2,116 2,543 3,500 5,269 5,517 6,621 5,762 2,162 1,518 Cambridgeshire 16,527 12,458 11,707 11,591 11,714 11,041 11,045 11,187 11,037 10,595 Cheshire 21,733 18,856 13,330 11,017 9,802 9,459 17,725 20,048 33,548 30,164 Cleveland 33,262 27,754 18,020 13,209 10,215 7,626 7,382 10,094 10,484 9,517 Cumbria 8,571 6,522 5,477 4,350 4,157 4,865 7,747 12,758 13,011 15,406 Derbyshire 33,891 47,382 50,324 40,562 36,262 30,893 28,894 16,360 14,892 14,877 Devon and Cornwall 13,466 12,046 10,369 10,697 9,677 7,955 7,887 7,851 10,945 14,443 Dorset 8,545 7,926 10,914 8,852 8,853 6,756 5,255 6,109 6,823 6,210 Durham 6,137 11,731 14,290 15,237 8,429 6,423 4,869 6,661 5,890 7,191 Dyfed-Powys 8,131 8,904 6,538 6,071 6,311 4,894 5,625 5,922 6,309 8,542 Essex 25,659 21,349 24,751 16,242 13,452 12,727 22,354 31,536 25,648 23,437 Gloucestershire 8,005 7,036 6,827 8,209 7,811 7,215 5,863 7,804 8,565 6,908 Greater Manchester 24,749 16,680 18,767 16,179 15,800 13,800 13,600 13,500 12,790 12,800 Gwent 10,112 9,594 9,120 5,179 2,667 1,530 377 753 422 1,291 Hampshire 23,647 27,795 31,578 31,293 31,226 33,532 34,597 34,046 31,051 21,695 Hertfordshire 6,172 5,076 3,973 3,376 2,254 1,936 5,261 10,032 10,827 10,146 Humberside 6,756 6,848 8,125 6,363 7,535 5,003 4,912 4,979 8,448 10,833 Kent 24,448 29,234 29,190 29,078 31,178 21,570 28,841 29,012 29,447 26,876 Lancashire 18,373 17,221 13,942 7,548 9,102 5,099 7,308 10,129 13,410 16,471 Leicestershire 17,883 19,128 16,709 12,733 12,144 9,727 13,577 12,465 8,121 4,746 Lincolnshire 24,991 20,137 11,318 12,903 8,158 11,011 10,372 10,436 9,420 13,621 London, City of 2,840 1,448 814 802 1,126 998 547 933 1,303 1,166 Merseyside 16,179 16,382 10,587 5,038 4,649 5,423 2,738 5,913 8,676 10,898 Metropolitan Police 96,642 88,476 84,035 53,003 43,458 39,944 45,816 50,784 46,578 49,646 Norfolk 11,525 10,805 8,316 7,931 4,366 2,822 3,816 9,321 6,455 5,163 North Wales 13,719 14,319 13,388 13,746 18,107 15,974 22,743 20,442 18,455 21,313 North Yorkshire 8,431 6,766 5,589 6,294 6,109 7,085 7,095 7,917 8,846 9,246 Northamptonshire 3,462 4,082 4,360 3,132 2,027 1,861 1,985 4,063 2,931 2,755 Northumbria 8,950 8,974 9,294 9,013 8,787 8,543 7,592 6,669 5,355 5,001 Nottinghamshire 6,503 5,917 6,025 5,370 3,674 4,690 5,733 5,478 4,852 4,992 South Wales 21,685 17,980 15,097 16,275 14,591 13,860 13,713 13,284 14,305 16,538 South Yorkshire 10,944 14,102 17,045 16,073 12,396 10,324 4,075 9,977 7,413 8,768 Staffordshire 13,328 8,330 6,492 3,080 3,450 3,224 11,774 12,452 10,917 10,688 Suffolk 14,458 14,019 8,352 7,632 7,833 10,234 9,372 7,837 8,054 9,645 Surrey 10,096 10,102 10,826 11,792 6,386 7,917 8,417 8,562 7,408 6,214 Sussex 15,431 15,938 19,050 19,665 15,486 15,158 13,017 15,752 16,519 15,010 Thames Valley 29,194 25,363 25,508 21,464 17,618 9,746 11,398 8,756 9,717 11,362 Warwickshire 7,785 7,591 6,119 4,890 4,137 4,983 4,758 4,035 3,869 4,456 West Mercia 17,565 10,791 6,717 6,820 5,966 3,870 5,561 6,137 8,762 8,261 West Midlands 17,999 16,111 12,268 7,548 5,470 6,195 1,749 1,981 1,645 1,388 West Yorkshire 18,202 14,947 14,158 13,255 12,247 10,594 12,633 10,681 12,083 12,297 Wiltshire 6,036 5,830 5,514 4,819 4,765 4,717 6,067 5,920 7,573 6,858 England and Wales 713,129 670,098 620,127 524,333 466,760 427,936 474,980 503,084 498,010 502,162 1 Figures derived by subtracting numbers of positive/refused from total tests conducted. Note: Figures do not always match those in each year’s breath test statistics publication, due to subsequent amendments being incorporated.
Police force area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 3,049 3,215 3,044 2,870 3,044 3,297 3,028 3,182 2,735 2,445 Bedfordshire 844 770 719 712 881 1,116 1,143 942 931 1,060 Cambridgeshire 1,273 1,142 1,093 1,109 1,286 1,259 1,255 1,313 1,463 1,405 Cheshire 1,582 1,649 2,470 2,569 2,422 2,395 2,430 1,957 2,199 2,046 Cleveland 919 847 798 845 780 1,090 674 732 824 623 Cumbria 790 561 599 739 537 648 683 819 793 811 Derbyshire 1,793 1,855 1,677 1,585 1,669 1,677 2,129 1,325 1,127 996 Devon and Cornwall 2,229 2,685 2,608 2,781 2,941 2,959 2,803 2,572 2,617 2,244 Dorset 1,511 1,277 1,384 1,572 1,578 1,708 1,683 1,808 1,883 1,828 Durham 1,213 937 1,016 1,085 1,106 1,135 1,211 1,073 1,055 969 Dyfed-Powys 1,101 1,018 843 937 1,033 1,088 1,061 995 982 887 Essex 2,699 2,728 2,428 2,609 2,687 2,754 2,983 2,713 2,788 2,509 Gloucestershire 1,330 1,294 1,375 1,437 1,528 1,432 1,281 1,318 1,525 1,354 Greater Manchester 6,426 4,799 8,533 7,760 7,400 7,100 6,300 5,400 5,310 5,225 Gwent 1,099 1,045 1,013 1,249 1,117 1,264 1,255 1,204 1,280 1,083 Hampshire 3,701 3,757 3,665 3,896 3,993 3,997 3,802 4,277 3,721 4,513 Hertfordshire 1,975 1,883 1,990 2,084 2,035 2,075 2,028 1,868 1,866 1,884 Humberside 1,528 1,209 1,246 1,114 1,179 1,542 707 738 1,561 1,052 Kent 3,080 3,472 2,999 3,151 2,987 2,983 3,178 2,175 2,237 1,753 Lancashire 1,910 1,854 1,600 2,468 1,460 2,882 2,896 2,861 2,949 2,687 Leicestershire 2,278 1,999 2,042 2,158 2,382 2,280 2,222 1,954 1,859 1,898 Lincolnshire 926 861 783 690 855 1,065 938 995 1,161 1,101 London, City of 469 298 242 283 287 239 136 184 250 209 Merseyside 2,492 2,237 2,200 2,131 2,303 2,299 2,281 2,090 1,966 1,931 Metropolitan Police 14,806 11,356 9,772 12,081 13,748 16,049 15,719 16,677 18,447 17,273 Norfolk 894 836 758 1,165 938 1,208 989 1,046 1,389 1,203 North Wales 1,517 1,543 1,572 1,395 1,490 1,363 1,434 1,370 1,142 1,721 North Yorkshire 1,480 1,324 1,142 1,137 1,175 1,169 1,494 1,422 1,283 1,280 Northamptonshire 1,202 1,251 1,439 1,407 1,316 1,265 1,215 1,133 1,328 1,321 Northumbria 3,233 3,522 3,433 3,355 3,009 2,580 2,184 2,632 2,637 2,391 Nottinghamshire 2,377 2,444 2,357 2,312 2,125 2,456 2,508 2,445 2,320 2,258 South Wales 3,201 2,694 2,675 3,054 2,905 3,003 3,020 2,985 2,782 2,475 South Yorkshire 1,670 1,992 2,198 1,944 2,018 1,793 2,419 3,712 2,854 2,622 Staffordshire 2,100 1,818 1,214 1,626 1,811 1,849 1,892 1,870 1,806 1,681 Suffolk 1,178 1,115 807 956 1,035 1,332 1,197 1,017 1,005 790 Surrey 1,268 1,594 1,567 1,519 1,118 941 1,067 1,043 870 701 Sussex 1,964 1,947 1,795 2,140 1,811 1,992 2,193 2,231 2,223 1,795 Thames Valley 4,957 4,910 5,316 4,694 7,690 6,303 3,965 5,873 3,821 3,488 Warwickshire 876 1,013 938 938 931 865 738 785 589 421 West Mercia 1,525 1,549 2,213 2,250 2,249 2,419 2,430 2,696 2,505 2,177 West Midlands 6,100 5,213 3,953 4,655 5,040 4,765 4,830 4,919 4,584 4,223 West Yorkshire 4,692 3,860 4,120 3,964 4,492 3,563 4,288 4,686 5,928 6,427 Wiltshire 1,082 1,011 987 1,122 1,085 1,150 1,331 1,247 1,135 830 England and Wales 102,339 94,384 94,623 99,548 103,476 106,349 103,020 104,284 103,730 97,590 1 Separate figures for positive (failed) and refused not collected. Note: Figures do not always match those in each year’s breath test statistics publication, due to subsequent amendments being incorporated.