Police Cautions Mr. Vara To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) cautions, (b) on-the-spot fines and (c) formal warnings were issued by each police force in each of the last 10 years, for which figures are available. Maria Eagle The number of defendants cautioned from 1996 to 2005 in England and Wales, broken down by police force area is shown in the following table. Data for 2006 will be available in the autumn of 2007. In addition, the Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) Scheme was introduced to all police forces in England and Wales in 2004. Under the scheme, police can issue ‘on-the-spot fines’ of £50 or £80 for a specified range of minor disorder offences. The number of PNDs issued in 2004 and 2005 by police force area, together with provisional data for 2006, is shown in the following tables. Formal warnings were also introduced in 2004; the number of offenders issued with a formal warning for 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 is shown in the following tables. These data are presented by financial year, rather than calendar year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Police force area |1996 |1997 |1998 |1999 |2000 |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |3,910 |3,773 |4,534 |5,197 |4,764 |4,351 |4,286 |4,615 |5,075 |6,107 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |2,664 |2,940 |2,789 |2,833 |2,265 |3,112 |2,628 |2,827 |3,080 |3,455 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |2,523 |2,477 |2,621 |2,569 |2,308 |2,207 |2,114 |2,063 |2,618 |3,985 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |4,602 |4,048 |4,587 |3,592 |3,111 |2,780 |2,085 |3,051 |3,268 |4,572 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London |1,067 |1,146 |751 |709 |559 |902 |1,083 |974 |605 |807 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cleveland |7,757 |7,242 |5,583 |4,321 |3,267 |3,087 |3,020 |3,256 |3,490 |3,617 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |2,688 |2,902 |3,015 |3,032 |2,337 |2,505 |2,392 |2,615 |2,753 |2,652 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |3,303 |3,832 |3,532 |3,301 |2,917 |3,161 |2,732 |2,794 |3,371 |4,644 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |8,822 |8,042 |7,047 |7,226 |7,283 |7,177 |7,224 |7,870 |6,951 |7,175 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset |1,052 |964 |1,741 |1,787 |1,926 |1,787 |1,709 |1,789 |3,114 |3,115 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham |1,668 |2,014 |2,089 |2,393 |2,349 |2,424 |2,681 |2,628 |2,160 |3,137 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex |7,829 |6,717 |6,064 |5,296 |4,690 |4,640 |4,330 |4,277 |4,799 |7,530 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |2,458 |2,331 |2,897 |2,754 |2,848 |2,828 |2,815 |2,590 |2,696 |3,822 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |17,874 |16,297 |19,716 |16,142 |12,389 |11,181 |9,774 |11,063 |12,778 |13,184 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |8,161 |7,592 |6,424 |7,478 |7,014 |7,436 |6,765 |7,587 |8,747 |9,180 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |2,858 |3,057 |2,867 |2,779 |3,182 |3,237 |3,096 |3,378 |3,826 |4,006 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humberside |4,535 |3,968 |4,509 |3,756 |3,533 |3,250 |2,632 |2,874 |4,118 |5,386 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent |7,013 |7,129 |8,570 |8,533 |7,655 |7,339 |6,479 |8,252 |10,013 |10,166 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |8,778 |9,333 |8,909 |7,355 |6,777 |7,189 |6,515 |8,205 |10,229 |10,345 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |3,644 |3,155 |3,409 |3,202 |2,512 |2,149 |804 |2,564 |3,898 |5,029 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |3,604 |2,566 |2,425 |1,957 |1,440 |1,799 |2,101 |2,063 |2,177 |3,672 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merseyside |12,807 |13,763 |14,205 |12,159 |8,216 |6,142 |6,331 |6,165 |6,388 |3,785 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan Police |54,263 |53,632 |57,969 |46,239 |36,758 |31,337 |32,088 |31,324 |31,833 |35,152 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |5,053 |4,460 |3,345 |2,809 |2,773 |2,302 |2,345 |2,314 |2,774 |3,013 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |2,444 |1,852 |2,238 |2,531 |2,461 |2,590 |2,646 |2,722 |2,740 |2,405 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |3,010 |2,352 |3,176 |3,021 |3,431 |3,679 |3,560 |2,716 |2,591 |3,237 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumbria |17,795 |17,586 |14,620 |14,505 |14,165 |14,065 |15,694 |16,779 |16,246 |16,628 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |6,358 |5,966 |5,808 |5,323 |5,142 |5,118 |3,862 |4,814 |4,868 |7,640 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |5,163 |4,965 |5,306 |6,217 |3,950 |4,304 |4,102 |4,839 |4,891 |9,506 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |6,014 |5,905 |4,958 |4,105 |5,628 |5,455 |6,124 |5,585 |4,616 |6,496 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |3,115 |3,188 |3,345 |2,695 |3,201 |3,459 |3,336 |3,636 |3,484 |3,670 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |3,297 |2,861 |3,514 |3,914 |3,213 |4,097 |3,675 |4,793 |5,435 |5,654 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sussex |7,157 |6,640 |5,762 |6,393 |6,670 |7,666 |8,151 |8,162 |8,709 |9,146 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |4,377 |3,705 |3,209 |4,626 |6,790 |5,157 |6,149 |6,534 |8,243 |13,337 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |2,289 |2,160 |2,143 |2,061 |1,785 |2,161 |2,024 |2,277 |1,936 |2,920 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Mercia |3,973 |5,866 |5,836 |5,297 |5,380 |6,385 |6,357 |6,251 |6,658 |7,747 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |14,830 |15,836 |17,093 |17,138 |15,575 |14,517 |15,078 |15,143 |13,751 |17,706 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |8,349 |8,875 |9,676 |9,923 |9,633 |9,071 |10,073 |11,277 |14,959 |17,904 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |1,932 |2,575 |2,497 |2,678 |2,853 |2,115 |1,695 |2,347 |1,985 |2,046 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dyfed-Powys |2,240 |3,109 |3,452 |3,313 |3,185 |3,495 |3,761 |4,491 |3,170 |3,973 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gwent |4,963 |5,329 |5,780 |5,502 |4,529 |4,258 |3,803 |3,666 |1,456 |2,553 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Wales |3,226 |3,074 |3,544 |3,619 |3,124 |3,120 |3,559 |3,299 |3,237 |2,706 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Wales |6,733 |6,869 |6,339 |5,852 |5,399 |4,826 |3,680 |5,337 |6,032 |6,135 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |286,198|282,093|287,894|266,132|238,987|229,860|225,358|241,806|255,768|298,945| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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 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.2 These data are on the principal offence basis.| | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Police force area |2004 |2005 |20062 |Total | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Avon and Somerset |508 |3,244 |3,876 |7,628 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bedfordshire |503 |1,239 |1,602 |3,344 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cambridgeshire |359 |1,046 |1,346 |2,751 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cheshire |972 |2,387 |2,265 |5,624 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cleveland |559 |2,806 |3,552 |6,917 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cumbria |578 |1,220 |1,677 |3,475 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Derbyshire |656 |1,593 |2,537 |4,786 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Devon and Cornwall |1,889 |5,134 |6,976 |13,999 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dorset |516 |1,381 |2,262 |4,159 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Durham |597 |1,149 |1,583 |3,329 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Essex |2,802 |4,454 |4,357 |11,613 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Gloucestershire |473 |1,721 |2,654 |4,848 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Greater Manchester |2,253 |7,256 |10,532 |20,041 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hampshire |2,116 |3,658 |4,365 |10,139 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hertfordshire |412 |1,296 |5,312 |7,020 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Humberside |1,596 |3,265 |5,385 |10,246 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kent |767 |5,032 |6,889 |12,688 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lancashire |5,077 |10,222 |12,401 |27,700 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Leicestershire |756 |1,909 |2,376 |5,041 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lincolnshire |544 |2,373 |1,930 |4,847 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |London, City of |60 |219 |305 |584 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Merseyside |3,929 |11,937 |11,269 |27,135 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Metropolitan |12,758|18,047 |20,171 |50,976 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Norfolk |475 |676 |1,323 |2,474 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North Yorkshire |1,078 |1,596 |2,367 |5,041 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northamptonshire |570 |1,403 |2,498 |4,471 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northumbria |211 |2,147 |6,307 |8,665 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nottinghamshire |1,060 |2,119 |2,205 |5,384 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South Yorkshire |2,098 |3,710 |5,989 |11,797 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Staffordshire |1,450 |2,169 |3,209 |6,828 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Suffolk |472 |901 |1,460 |2,833 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Surrey |203 |641 |2,819 |3,663 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sussex |1,509 |4,193 |5,023 |10,725 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Thames Valley |1,038 |5,795 |6,676 |13,509 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Warwickshire |481 |933 |1,016 |2,430 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Mercia |275 |1,774 |3,433 |5,482 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Midlands |4,773 |7,320 |7,925 |20,018 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Yorkshire |4,277 |9,217 |8,866 |22,360 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wiltshire |610 |1,080 |1,224 |2,914 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dyfed Powys |459 |1,214 |1,353 |3,026 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Gwent |424 |1,511 |1,908 |3,843 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North Wales |1,255 |3,792 |6,049 |11,096 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South Wales |241 |1,702 |5,311 |7,254 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |England and Wales |63,639|146,481|192,583|402,703| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |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 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.2 Provisional figures.| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| -------------------------------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |977 |2,578 |3,600 | -------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |603 |643 |324 | -------------------------------------------------- |British Transport Police|n/a |203 |430 | -------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |349 |492 |956 | -------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |311 |393 |532 | -------------------------------------------------- |Cleveland |120 |392 |331 | -------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |272 |219 |231 | -------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |665 |513 |497 | -------------------------------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |1,956 |1,532 |1,473 | -------------------------------------------------- |Dorset |369 |340 |348 | -------------------------------------------------- |Durham |252 |207 |257 | -------------------------------------------------- |Dyfed-Powys |917 |799 |887 | -------------------------------------------------- |Essex |556 |697 |722 | -------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |371 |395 |419 | -------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |1,751 |3,235 |4,943 | -------------------------------------------------- |Gwent |159 |396 |646 | -------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |698 |1,113 |1,477 | -------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |258 |488 |1,394 | -------------------------------------------------- |Humberside |32 |149 |533 | -------------------------------------------------- |Kent |198 |497 |652 | -------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |390 |237 |210 | -------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |154 |978 |1,555 | -------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |79 |n/a |543 | -------------------------------------------------- |London, City of |505 |682 |373 | -------------------------------------------------- |Merseyside |961 |8,561 |7,204 | -------------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan Police |13,161 |21,040 |30,554 | -------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |486 |638 |731 | -------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |120 |111 |206 | -------------------------------------------------- |Northumbria |199 |155 |1,419 | -------------------------------------------------- |North Wales |543 |793 |971 | -------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |727 |654 |554 | -------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |529 |855 |1,077 | -------------------------------------------------- |South Wales |520 |536 |1,266 | -------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |560 |1,023 |1027 | -------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |867 |1,323 |1,282 | -------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |600 |64 |573 | -------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |523 |482 |754 | -------------------------------------------------- |Sussex |866 |1,350 |1,971 | -------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |2,232 |1,883 |2,431 | -------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |340 |419 |649 | -------------------------------------------------- |West Mercia |571 |582 |686 | -------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |2,025 |3,451 |2,852 | -------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |1,212 |1,839 |1,539 | -------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |274 |394 |231 | -------------------------------------------------- |England and Wales |39,258 |63,331 |81,310 | -------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available. | | | | --------------------------------------------------