26 Oct 2006 : Column 2126W—continued
| Number of defendants found guilty of various firearm( 1) offences at all courts, by police force area in England and Wale 1997 to 2004( 2, 3, 4) |
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
70
|
60
|
35
|
38
|
57
|
38
|
47
|
44
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
18
|
14
|
7
|
10
|
13
|
22
|
15
|
20
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
21
|
31
|
28
|
19
|
11
|
17
|
22
|
11
|
|
Cheshire
|
31
|
18
|
20
|
32
|
21
|
19
|
17
|
23
|
|
City of London
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
|
Cleveland
|
27
|
20
|
15
|
18
|
15
|
16
|
19
|
23
|
|
Cumbria
|
16
|
27
|
17
|
20
|
22
|
13
|
21
|
25
|
|
Derbyshire
|
36
|
24
|
51
|
40
|
33
|
30
|
27
|
54
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
54
|
44
|
50
|
30
|
38
|
37
|
39
|
39
|
|
Dorset
|
12
|
17
|
16
|
19
|
16
|
16
|
18
|
22
|
|
Durham
|
35
|
38
|
29
|
31
|
18
|
16
|
24
|
32
|
|
Essex
|
61
|
62
|
40
|
43
|
29
|
39
|
44
|
47
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
28
|
28
|
10
|
16
|
17
|
20
|
16
|
20
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
131
|
153
|
143
|
132
|
153
|
133
|
135
|
176
|
|
Hampshire
|
66
|
45
|
48
|
40
|
35
|
53
|
51
|
53
|
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26 Oct 2006 : Column 2128W
|
Hertfordshire
|
24
|
21
|
16
|
31
|
26
|
15
|
21
|
25
|
|
Humberside
|
28
|
36
|
27
|
23
|
31
|
34
|
32
|
46
|
|
Kent
|
42
|
66
|
52
|
45
|
53
|
48
|
50
|
51
|
|
Lancashire
|
64
|
61
|
38
|
52
|
37
|
40
|
41
|
52
|
|
Leicestershire
|
37
|
50
|
33
|
55
|
47
|
26
|
42
|
35
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
23
|
31
|
21
|
29
|
29
|
22
|
16
|
32
|
|
Merseyside
|
53
|
56
|
41
|
32
|
44
|
52
|
50
|
77
|
|
Metropolitan police
|
388
|
391
|
337
|
290
|
349
|
431
|
485
|
386
|
|
Norfolk
|
30
|
30
|
25
|
18
|
18
|
26
|
12
|
31
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
46
|
55
|
28
|
29
|
27
|
12
|
18
|
16
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
15
|
14
|
25
|
19
|
12
|
13
|
10
|
19
|
|
Northumbria
|
99
|
84
|
103
|
88
|
123
|
78
|
91
|
95
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
40
|
65
|
39
|
44
|
39
|
44
|
63
|
44
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
55
|
58
|
69
|
58
|
45
|
64
|
61
|
88
|
|
Staffordshire
|
30
|
39
|
22
|
(4)—
|
36
|
40
|
36
|
26
|
|
Suffolk
|
19
|
11
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
15
|
25
|
34
|
|
Surrey
|
10
|
12
|
8
|
15
|
18
|
18
|
17
|
19
|
|
Sussex
|
34
|
26
|
26
|
23
|
30
|
21
|
30
|
35
|
|
Thames Valley
|
64
|
60
|
57
|
27
|
34
|
45
|
39
|
44
|
|
Warwickshire
|
21
|
14
|
14
|
11
|
17
|
12
|
10
|
15
|
|
West Mercia
|
35
|
26
|
30
|
16
|
38
|
31
|
25
|
32
|
|
West Midlands
|
149
|
144
|
139
|
135
|
139
|
148
|
152
|
132
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
97
|
115
|
94
|
74
|
66
|
79
|
70
|
119
|
|
Wiltshire
|
5
|
13
|
19
|
15
|
19
|
20
|
13
|
13
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
33
|
24
|
18
|
19
|
14
|
19
|
27
|
20
|
|
Gwent
|
14
|
22
|
12
|
28
|
18
|
17
|
24
|
26
|
|
North Wales
|
35
|
27
|
19
|
21
|
12
|
14
|
18
|
27
|
|
South Wales
|
51
|
44
|
60
|
49
|
49
|
34
|
56
|
46
|
|
Total
|
2,149
|
2,180
|
1,900
|
1,753
|
1,869
|
1,892
|
2,032
|
2,179
|
(1) Includes the following:
Using firearms or imitation firearms to resist arrest.
Possessing firearms or imitation fire arm at time of committing or being arrested for an offence specified in schedule 1 of the Act.
Possession of a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Possession of a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Possession of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse on school premises.
Possessing etc firearm or ammunition without firearm certificate.
Possessing etc shot gun without certificate.
Possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition.
Carrying loaded firearm in public place etc.
Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime.
Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime.
Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime.
Carrying loaded firearm in public place etc.
Person under 17 having with him an air weapon in a public place.
(2 )These data are on the principal offence basis.
(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 police forces and courts. 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) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table.
Source:
RDS-Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
Our Reference: PQ 224-06
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