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Table 2: Detection rates( 1) for other sexual offences (excluding rape) by police force area
Police force area 1997 1998-99( 2) 1999-2000( 3) 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03( 4) 2003-04 2004-05( 5) 2005-06

Avon and Somerset

76

68

62

48

33

29

29

22

29

Bedfordshire

70

54

55

57

45

44

29

41

31

Cambridgeshire

71

67

74

60

51

38

32

30

31

Cheshire

94

90

84

87

79

58

49

40

35

Cleveland

77

78

85

81

85

69

60

51

47

Cumbria

90

88

87

86

72

57

51

46

51

Derbyshire

80

79

66

55

66

48

49

37

33

Devon and Cornwall

84

87

90

82

62

48

39

33

33

Dorset

82

75

67

58

53

47

33

31

35

Durham

91

80

93

81

n/a

59

77

69

37

Dyfed-Powys

94

96

95

93

95

91

52

46

48

Essex

68

64

67

57

55

43

40

36

31

Gloucestershire

80

69

72

67

64

42

38

35

34

Greater Manchester

70

72

65

62

58

54

46

30

35

Gwent

95

87

94

91

90

83

81

57

48

Hampshire

79

102

76

66

62

59

44

36

31

Hertfordshire

69

80

72

65

75

54

55

41

43

Humberside

66

60

43

46

38

41

33

30

37

Kent

85

80

78

59

59

49

43

29

32

Lancashire

81

76

75

62

52

61

48

41

44

Leicestershire

78

63

58

46

n/a

35

33

28

33

Lincolnshire

124

84

78

73

68

33

40

41

38

London, City of

74

59

40

38

67

45

35

44

45

Merseyside

81

72

66

69

56

53

47

41

38

Metropolitan Police

62

46

34

33

34

34

35

25

34

Norfolk

91

82

72

51

50

37

46

38

68

Northamptonshire

92

81

84

81

70

53

62

52

39

Northumbria

71

68

58

58

52

51

49

35

47

North Wales

90

93

90

67

58

38

45

42

46

North Yorkshire

77

87

71

74

69

59

54

50

51

Nottinghamshire

76

62

57

47

46

48

46

47

48

South Wales

87

86

84

82

78

59

52

36

34

South Yorkshire

82

84

78

77

67

51

53

38

35

Staffordshire

80

68

37

40

39

55

52

41

36

Suffolk

85

75

72

60

54

57

40

43

45

Surrey

69

110

59

45

45

43

44

34

36

Sussex

76

60

57

48

50

43

41

31

37

Thames Valley

76

61

53

49

44

34

36

29

34

Warwickshire

93

78

62

51

60

48

34

42

42

West Mercia

82

79

69

61

51

49

50

41

48

West Midlands

68

63

60

54

55

44

38

30

34

West Yorkshire

84

74

80

73

67

55

39

32

28

Wiltshire

84

87

68

40

52

42

42

37

41

(1) Offences detected in current year may have been initially recorded in an earlier year, so some percentages may exceed 100. (2) Expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules came into effect on 1 April 1998. (3) Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999. (4) The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. (5) The Sexual Offences Act 2003, introduced in May 2004, altered the definition and coverage of sexual offences. n/a—Not available.

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