[holding answer 1 March 2010]: Information is not available in the requested format. The available information relates to offences of violence against the person with and without injury and is given in Tables 1 and 2. Summary offences of assault without injury are included within the violence against the person without injury grouping. Summary offences without injury are “assault without injury on a constable”, “assault without injury”, and “racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury”. Separate figures for these offences are given in Table 3.
These police recorded crime data relate to the number of offences recorded in each financial year.
In April 2002, the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) was introduced. This brought in a more victim-focused reporting system, where victim accounts had to be accepted unless there was credible evidence to the contrary. It took some forces several years to adjust to the new recording practice, meaning that comparisons from 2002-03 to 2008-09 should be treated with caution.
Home Office statisticians advise that the British Crime Survey (BCS) is the best guide to long-term trends for the crime types it covers because it has a consistent methodology and is unaffected by levels of reporting or police recording. However, the BCS is not designed to provide robust estimates of different crimes at police force area.
Annual BCS figures are estimates based on data from the interviews carried out in the previous 12 months. Estimates for the violent crimes covered by the survey show a 22 per cent. fall in England and Wales from 2002-03 to 2008-09. Over the same period, police recorded crime figures show a 7 per cent. increase in violence against the person offences.
Conviction data have been provided by the Ministry of Justice and relate to the number of offenders. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons classified by their principal offence.
As the data come from different sources and are reported on different periods, the two datasets are not comparable.
Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended.
The number of persons found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for offences of violence against the person, by type and police force area, from 2002 to 2008 (latest available), can be viewed in the Tables 4, 5, and 6.
Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn 2010.
Police force 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Avon and Somerset 8,586 12,371 14,097 13,699 13,294 13,061 11,492 Bedfordshire 4,431 5,026 5,618 5,614 5,113 4,446 4,085 British Transport Police 2,231 2,850 3,242 3,517 2,841 2,562 2,529 Cambridgeshire 4,038 6,144 6,195 5,201 4,848 4,523 4,692 Cheshire 4,127 4,516 5,455 11,169 9,125 7,676 6,925 Cleveland 2,702 3,879 6,711 7,354 6,115 5,468 4,922 Cumbria 3,046 3,728 4,994 4,670 4,167 3,836 3,270 Derbyshire 10,160 11,434 12,014 11,441 11,009 10,933 8,734 Devon and Cornwall 13,471 14,577 15,568 14,075 13,211 12,246 11,088 Dorset 2,713 4,304 5,194 5,872 5,146 4,692 5,010 Durham 2,344 2,343 2,675 5,557 5,191 4,775 3,679 Dyfed-Powys 3,178 4,209 4,143 3,842 3,592 2,880 2,672 Essex 12,539 13,977 13,569 13,254 11,953 10,861 9,628 Gloucestershire 2,841 4,288 5,359 5,251 4,575 3,734 3,471 Greater Manchester 30,712 33,196 29,710 27,988 27,580 23,858 22,424 Gwent 6,972 6,621 7,087 7,101 6,655 6,013 5,823 Hampshire 7,339 11,607 14,369 13,427 14,728 15,393 15,152 Hertfordshire 3,312 4,882 8,494 7,706 7,064 5,496 4,963 Humberside 9,257 12,704 12,975 13,230 12,870 9,089 8,727 Kent 8,048 9,899 12,870 14,801 14,360 12,721 11,961 Lancashire 8,499 14,950 15,666 15,026 13,953 13,228 12,105 Leicestershire 5,682 7,106 9,597 9,390 9,135 8,617 7,837 Lincolnshire 4,889 5,709 5,804 5,295 4,566 3,958 3,856 London, City of 298 286 298 263 273 351 343 Merseyside 12,719 16,783 18,573 17,028 13,098 9,798 8,214 Metropolitan Police 44,387 45,151 71,958 86,020 79,698 73,302 71,462 Norfolk 4,309 5,565 5,838 5,871 5,229 4,577 3,773 Northamptonshire 5,127 7,010 6,571 6,694 5,752 5,418 4,857 Northumbria 7,910 15,169 14,067 12,773 13,358 11,033 10,488 North Wales 6,377 6,498 6,948 6,505 5,630 4,204 4,315 North Yorkshire 2,012 3,245 6,546 6,352 5,512 4,448 4,324 Nottinghamshire 10,659 12,076 12,755 14,538 13,049 10,985 11,814 South Wales 10,657 11,123 10,568 11,835 10,387 10,442 10,104 South Yorkshire 5,024 5,605 7,180 16,212 16,730 14,699 12,643 Staffordshire 9,805 12,449 13,290 12,597 12,224 9,731 9,733 Suffolk 3,677 4,596 5,075 5,102 4,631 3,902 4,008 Surrey 4,636 4,985 5,288 5,913 5,317 5,128 4,586 Sussex 6,097 12,008 14,439 13,371 12,140 9,862 8,355 Thames Valley 10,771 12,699 15,561 15,619 14,765 14,180 14,547 Warwickshire 2,232 4,111 3,753 3,936 3,809 3,746 3,044 West Mercia 10,142 11,079 10,483 9,601 9,165 8,538 7,722 West Midlands 32,443 35,760 34,842 36,465 36,579 33,216 29,575 West Yorkshire 18,366 27,432 25,997 27,813 22,991 20,214 18,216 Wiltshire 3,359 3,872 3,830 4,617 5,166 4,478 3,797 England and Wales 372,124 457,822 515,266 543,605 506,594 452,318 420,965
Police force 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Avon and Somerset 12,153 14,159 17,365 16,797 17,587 14,086 15,101 Bedfordshire 3,667 3,781 4,519 4,192 4,026 3,153 3,166 British Transport Police 7,945 8,632 9,872 10,864 13,291 12,963 12,971 Cambridgeshire 8,536 7,519 7,163 4,957 5,573 5,773 5,224 Cheshire 6,575 9,558 10,153 7,348 8,144 7,428 7,244 Cleveland 3,580 5,320 4,941 6,958 7,813 7,447 5,740 Cumbria 2,679 3,146 4,201 4,536 4,020 4,219 3,843 Derbyshire 5,253 4,963 4,570 4,519 5,056 5,796 5,625 Devon and Cornwall 10,249 11,392 12,767 11,230 11,551 10,893 9,936 Dorset 5,436 4,843 5,556 6,058 6,659 6,425 5,430 Durham 5,367 4,222 4,352 4,342 4,826 3,850 3,756 Dyfed-Powys 3,039 3,700 4,172 3,869 4,102 3,076 2,998 Essex 9,551 12,033 11,792 10,626 10,870 12,284 12,246 Gloucestershire 4,893 4,015 4,190 5,245 6,256 5,572 5,083 Greater Manchester 17,892 20,776 23,498 24,960 29,471 26,430 23,605 Gwent 8,047 6,310 5,805 4,402 5,062 4,185 3,583 Hampshire 14,832 23,541 23,804 25,259 25,841 23,635 20,460 Hertfordshire 4,356 7,474 8,351 8,500 9,826 7,852 7,140 Humberside 7,201 12,613 11,215 9,285 10,999 10,269 9,334 Kent 10,310 10,613 9,987 12,011 13,194 12,470 12,141 Lancashire 7,285 11,725 15,918 13,815 12,838 11,784 11,097 Leicestershire 9,822 10,487 11,973 11,610 11,270 10,162 10,682 Lincolnshire 4,349 4,439 5,052 5,431 5,691 5,444 5,058 London, City of 630 563 693 679 694 583 510 Merseyside 9,975 9,663 15,605 17,769 12,896 10,930 10,801 Metropolitan Police 134,395 141,036 129,965 111,242 102,656 99,428 102,949 Norfolk 6,298 6,021 7,082 6,633 6,353 5,349 4,901 Northamptonshire 4,681 4,060 4,590 3,798 4,361 5,194 4,618 Northumbria 17,261 9,628 8,791 9,222 10,891 8,512 8,659 North Wales 5,095 4,481 5,073 5,825 8,793 6,904 6,840 North Yorkshire 6,096 6,365 5,499 5,121 4,575 5,024 3,812 Nottinghamshire 5,300 6,555 7,002 6,778 8,889 8,851 7,796 South Wales 9,769 10,072 9,539 9,213 9,446 11,671 11,074 South Yorkshire 7,264 7,894 14,033 12,963 11,225 9,754 7,985 Staffordshire 10,385 10,325 10,291 11,630 12,504 10,069 10,046 Suffolk 4,272 4,933 5,272 4,915 5,559 5,511 5,422 Surrey 3,879 4,668 5,378 5,325 8,206 8,957 8,262 Sussex 12,026 7,492 12,654 14,496 16,484 15,220 11,911 Thames Valley 14,555 15,889 18,662 20,368 26,657 28,101 26,269 Warwickshire 3,455 2,755 2,738 2,633 3,577 3,780 2,931 West Mercia 9,706 10,788 7,696 6,098 6,845 7,161 7,077 West Midlands 19,351 20,095 20,264 20,521 21,211 20,119 18,647 West Yorkshire 12,484 18,432 18,612 21,064 20,275 18,803 16,370 Wiltshire 3,060 2,430 2,174 2,871 3,510 3,664 4,134 England and Wales 472,954 509,406 532,829 515,978 539,573 508,781 482,477
Police force 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Avon and Somerset 6,258 6,458 8,269 7,812 8,536 7,169 7,407 Bedfordshire 2,021 1,781 1,845 1,787 1,866 1,321 1,512 British Transport Police 3,668 3,934 4,315 4,316 4,631 3,996 3,936 Cambridgeshire 4,847 3,607 3,590 2,252 2,828 3,224 2,907 Cheshire 4,776 7,374 7,147 3,381 4,195 4,463 4,058 Cleveland 2,440 3,969 2,558 3,282 3,416 3,784 3,283 Cumbria 1,448 1,528 1,900 1,946 1,830 2,114 1,646 Derbyshire 2,515 1,962 1,403 1,398 1,721 2,043 2,753 Devon and Cornwall 6,130 7,213 7,880 5,788 5,586 5,325 5,291 Dorset 3,977 3,050 2,491 2,566 2,892 3,193 2,864 Durham 3,560 2,490 2,471 1,750 1,733 1,304 1,533 Dyfed-Powys 942 1,557 1,896 1,439 1,660 1,337 1,189 Essex 4,057 4,628 3,765 3,393 3,779 5,281 5,720 Gloucestershire 3,333 2,512 2,197 2,236 2,927 2,804 2,933 Greater Manchester 7,952 8,261 7,237 7,075 9,071 9,352 9,668 Gwent 2,308 1,774 1,395 892 837 780 508 Hampshire 9,768 13,016 10,883 11,589 11,759 11,334 10,891 Hertfordshire 2,538 4,477 4,140 3,972 4,204 3,995 3,640 Humberside 3,436 4,161 4,909 3,989 4,580 3,577 3,643 Kent 6,998 6,984 5,928 6,849 7,805 7,738 7,251 Lancashire 3,748 6,512 7,794 6,467 6,110 6,241 6,348 Leicestershire 6,092 5,745 5,104 4,475 4,670 4,272 4,308 Lincolnshire 2,387 2,308 2,104 1,913 2,631 2,362 2,364 London, City of 259 201 199 199 191 222 192 Merseyside 6,115 4,186 5,814 5,567 4,948 4,179 3,671 Metropolitan Police 88,636 90,884 69,855 52,096 47,727 43,976 43,975 Norfolk 3,976 3,546 3,908 3,582 3,242 3,024 2,734 Northamptonshire 2,842 2,049 2,448 1,892 2,301 2,981 2,956 Northumbria 10,800 3,319 2,882 2,548 3,137 2,754 3,238 North Wales 3,186 2,495 2,461 2,592 4,102 3,145 2,790 North Yorkshire 3,989 3,832 2,117 2,185 1,942 1,878 1,906 Nottinghamshire 2,209 2,941 3,063 2,181 3,795 3,963 3,025 South Wales 3,223 3,183 2,841 2,992 3,069 4,016 4,239 South Yorkshire 4,511 5,073 9,466 4,872 3,763 3,083 2,452 Staffordshire 5,853 5,396 4,829 5,402 5,543 4,847 5,245 Suffolk 2,234 2,324 2,285 2,275 2,277 2,091 2,021 Surrey 2,077 2,586 2,627 2,249 3,112 3,612 3,842 Sussex 9,085 3,703 5,962 6,491 8,406 7,941 7,211 Thames Valley 8,728 8,516 7,529 7,128 11,354 12,022 11,496 Warwickshire 2,626 1,869 1,598 1,098 1,735 2,140 1,473 West Mercia 4,899 5,146 3,219 2,133 2,592 3,298 3,245 West Midlands 5,952 3,992 3,486 3,452 4,391 4,753 5,393 West Yorkshire 7,908 5,980 5,671 7,465 10,651 10,695 9,358 Wiltshire 1,792 1,057 701 751 1,256 1,851 2,503 England and Wales 276,099 267,579 244,182 209,717 228,801 223,480 218,618 1 The numbers given in this table are also included in Table 2. 2 Offence Classifications 104, 105A and 105B were used to produce the table.
Police force 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Avon and Somerset 77 87 86 88 87 75 68 Bedfordshire 39 32 42 33 31 47 42 Cambridgeshire 42 31 46 29 41 43 38 Cheshire 50 53 54 84 58 70 44 City of London 5 1 2 — 1 — 3 Cleveland 46 54 52 61 53 52 46 Cumbria 23 26 30 35 19 24 23 Derbyshire 40 37 58 55 32 37 32 Devon and Cornwall 67 58 69 92 63 64 59 Dorset 22 20 26 33 34 29 21 Durham 44 44 53 42 38 37 27 Essex 57 73 55 65 53 71 71 Gloucestershire 19 24 24 20 17 23 18 Greater Manchester 257 222 226 238 223 245 229 Hampshire 109 99 130 121 104 101 80 Hertfordshire 53 40 43 61 33 34 39 Humberside 47 74 77 69 71 86 67 Kent 60 67 74 79 72 78 100 Lancashire 109 116 130 123 91 122 124 Leicestershire 59 66 78 64 36 60 66 Lincolnshire 18 28 32 15 33 30 47 Merseyside 103 115 107 120 126 108 82 Metropolitan Police 515 529 612 589 578 604 652 Norfolk 35 31 30 39 40 29 40 North Yorkshire 29 26 32 50 32 54 34 Northamptonshire 43 26 39 35 40 49 37 Northumbria 113 121 109 117 115 136 129 Nottinghamshire 52 58 56 76 71 63 71 South Yorkshire 96 68 117 92 93 86 89 Staffordshire 55 46 65 56 64 46 58 Suffolk 39 29 34 30 26 13 35 Surrey 17 25 31 20 24 35 21 Sussex 72 65 73 67 70 70 93 Thames Valley 83 93 88 107 110 111 112 Warwickshire 23 18 21 29 23 29 24 West Mercia 49 58 53 59 49 63 43 West Midlands 230 222 247 228 238 221 206 West Yorkshire 131 163 192 180 131 171 214 Wiltshire 25 19 30 28 21 20 33 Dyfed-Powys 21 30 28 27 21 31 30 Gwent 64 45 59 52 28 36 28 North Wales 30 27 32 54 36 40 43 South Wales 133 129 112 127 116 110 106 England and Wales 3,201 3,195 3,554 3,589 3,242 3,453 3,424 1 Includes: Murder, Attempted murder, Threat or conspiracy to murder, Manslaughter, Infanticide, Child destruction, Causing death by dangerous driving, Manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, Causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs, Causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person, Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving, Causing death by driving,—unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers, Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking, Wounding or other act endangering life, Endangering railway passenger. 2 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. 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 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. 4 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice
Police force 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Avon and Somerset 737 848 747 829 830 856 888 Bedfordshire 227 265 284 336 335 315 354 Cambridgeshire 360 344 362 484 417 430 471 Cheshire 631 562 487 704 825 849 713 City of London 60 54 43 43 33 23 37 Cleveland 400 416 464 508 667 641 649 Cumbria 437 443 428 508 473 434 461 Derbyshire 585 638 643 847 639 730 620 Devon and Cornwall 766 908 807 820 751 699 732 Dorset 289 295 307 415 372 349 313 Durham 567 522 498 616 660 675 612 Essex 561 629 772 767 755 842 799 Gloucestershire 299 314 287 347 329 241 341 Greater Manchester 2,345 2,522 2,751 2,608 2,838 2,821 2,520 Hampshire 1,124 1,167 1,202 1,192 1,240 1,214 1,286 Hertfordshire 486 467 517 622 546 485 443 Humberside 608 703 719 732 783 867 792 Kent 617 659 542 644 695 702 812 Lancashire 1,175 1,176 1,171 1,228 1,507 1,594 1,497 Leicestershire 739 715 724 825 730 714 641 Lincolnshire 292 335 388 351 369 380 378 Merseyside 1,211 1,237 1,331 1,301 1,409 1,396 1,313 Metropolitan Police 5,879 5,342 5,468 5,471 5,590 5,406 6,132 Norfolk 361 372 336 384 430 386 380 North Yorkshire 336 365 426 463 467 545 510 Northamptonshire 262 269 295 334 285 267 386 Northumbria 1,361 1,270 1,201 1,263 1,227 1,391 1,317 Nottinghamshire 687 688 694 761 784 791 712 South Yorkshire 927 951 946 1,060 1,090 1,131 1,224 Staffordshire 601 642 667 681 727 714 704 Suffolk 329 367 410 455 545 469 379 Surrey 206 229 263 253 302 311 316 Sussex 629 674 603 713 778 847 802 Thames Valley 682 698 713 938 1,038 998 977 Warwickshire 195 190 232 260 303 273 276 West Mercia 650 654 642 779 860 846 779 West Midlands 2,860 2,764 2,731 2,299 2,610 2,389 2,342 West Yorkshire 1,216 1,290 1,607 1,557 1,331 1,477 1,542 Wiltshire 271 335 296 371 439 376 392 Dyfed-Powys 332 386 320 335 329 335 228 Gwent 553 482 512 433 538 530 403 North Wales 406 440 477 550 641 612 574 South Wales 1,248 1,214 1,282 1,253 1,105 1,147 1,048 England and Wales 34,507 34,841 35,595 37,340 38,622 38,498 38,095 1 Includes: Endangering life at sea, Other wounding etc., Cruelty to or neglect of children, Abandoning child aged under two years, Child abduction, procuring illegal abortion, Concealment of birth. 2 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. 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 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. 4 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice
Police force 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Avon and Somerset 754 789 934 1,279 1,246 1,413 1,484 Bedfordshire 246 307 364 452 528 442 491 Cambridgeshire 334 347 396 563 699 736 762 Cheshire 508 544 575 831 1,182 1,396 1,244 City of London 28 18 21 23 44 47 60 Cleveland 234 350 426 444 515 634 657 Cumbria 359 407 474 573 593 687 775 Derbyshire 561 684 883 1,130 1,158 1,328 1,463 Devon and Cornwall 1,044 1,041 1,204 1,333 1,171 1,168 1,365 Dorset 363 340 406 518 605 756 670 Durham 341 318 337 434 457 665 551 Essex 840 894 1,068 1,419 1,624 1,724 1,656 Gloucestershire 287 307 349 498 520 462 614 Greater Manchester 998 1,183 1,825 2,135 2,637 2,830 2,653 Hampshire 1,322 1,480 1,982 1,863 1,966 2,248 2,216 Hertfordshire 376 461 621 856 901 861 860 Humberside 444 587 755 842 888 1,029 1,017 Kent 810 930 1,075 1,153 1,351 1,454 1,421 Lancashire 844 993 1,034 1,512 1,957 2,131 2,145 Leicestershire 527 630 734 1,098 1,156 1,407 1,275 Lincolnshire 480 570 567 585 619 570 571 Merseyside 671 946 1,153 1,287 1,464 1,520 1,456 Metropolitan Police 2,829 2,941 3,416 4,063 5,096 5,304 5,888 Norfolk 612 617 678 662 728 792 881 North Yorkshire 420 438 582 765 800 753 726 Northamptonshire 283 331 361 419 423 427 426 Northumbria 776 947 1,106 1,128 1,226 1,586 1,468 Nottinghamshire 910 906 917 1,098 1,143 1,043 1,033 South Yorkshire 580 724 929 1,049 1,184 1,343 1,286 Staffordshire 780 802 938 1,080 1,107 1,116 943 Suffolk 467 536 704 770 836 822 807 Surrey 293 415 492 601 559 603 591 Sussex 768 809 1,075 1,099 1,124 1,382 1,439 Thames Valley 796 841 984 1,524 1,696 1,664 1,639 Warwickshire 192 176 194 273 303 426 351 West Mercia 676 733 948 1,131 1,208 1,225 1,102 West Midlands 2,467 2,529 2,793 2,848 2,937 2,978 2,742 West Yorkshire 1,577 2,010 2,445 2,579 2,362 2,428 2,345 Wiltshire 519 623 616 620 615 531 547 Dyfed-Powys 258 317 350 358 459 443 393 Gwent 374 343 371 387 512 543 571 North Wales 476 501 566 643 736 791 842 South Wales 525 617 682 820 925 985 893 England and Wales 28,949 32,282 38,330 44,745 49,260 52,693 52,319 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. 3 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice