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| Findings of guilt and immediate custodial sentences at all courts for offences of driving etc . after consuming alcohol or taking drugs by police force area, 1997 to 2004 |
| Number of offences |
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Police force area | Findings of guilt | Immediate custody( 1) | Findings of guilt | Immediate custody( 1) | Findings of guilt | Immediate custody( 1) | Findings of guilt | Immediate custody( 1) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
2,812
|
163
|
2,566
|
157
|
2,728
|
165
|
2,462
|
152
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
1,146
|
119
|
1,060
|
96
|
869
|
87
|
797
|
89
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1,092
|
56
|
1,060
|
62
|
941
|
43
|
793
|
41
|
|
Cheshire
|
1,969
|
97
|
1,903
|
119
|
1,827
|
133
|
1,652
|
122
|
|
Cleveland
|
926
|
61
|
870
|
63
|
811
|
57
|
777
|
56
|
|
Cumbria
|
931
|
49
|
856
|
51
|
871
|
37
|
806
|
50
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1,612
|
147
|
1,547
|
202
|
1,463
|
181
|
1,417
|
126
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
2,342
|
91
|
2,265
|
127
|
2,277
|
112
|
2,199
|
104
|
|
Dorset
|
1,214
|
93
|
1,186
|
88
|
1,120
|
96
|
1,115
|
84
|
|
Durham
|
1,044
|
66
|
1,035
|
53
|
1,137
|
81
|
1,124
|
76
|
|
Essex
|
2,736
|
228
|
2,438
|
233
|
2,528
|
261
|
2,462
|
237
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,067
|
48
|
985
|
36
|
889
|
51
|
804
|
37
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
4,806
|
440
|
4,715
|
453
|
4,850
|
464
|
4,801
|
428
|
|
Hampshire
|
3,774
|
243
|
3,597
|
231
|
3,725
|
213
|
3,472
|
244
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,670
|
90
|
1.672
|
91
|
1,679
|
90
|
1,552
|
98
|
|
Humberside
|
1,274
|
76
|
1,358
|
87
|
1,323
|
97
|
1,371
|
128
|
|
Kent
|
2,321
|
97
|
2,627
|
155
|
2,633
|
133
|
2,592
|
134
|
|
Lancashire
|
3,389
|
224
|
2,945
|
178
|
3,010
|
184
|
2,584
|
163
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1,648
|
183
|
1,485
|
140
|
1,624
|
188
|
1,531
|
152
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,088
|
47
|
979
|
36
|
941
|
44
|
816
|
48
|
|
London, City of
|
436
|
8
|
301
|
9
|
236
|
5
|
162
|
4
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,719
|
304
|
2,451
|
326
|
2,137
|
296
|
2,128
|
286
|
|
Met Police
|
16,165
|
1,270
|
13,889
|
1,050
|
12,414
|
838
|
11,801
|
891
|
|
Norfolk
|
1,116
|
49
|
1,118
|
43
|
1,010
|
64
|
935
|
45
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,107
|
109
|
1,062
|
73
|
1,058
|
91
|
782
|
90
|
|
Northumbria
|
2,625
|
184
|
2,457
|
194
|
2,463
|
229
|
2,621
|
215
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,365
|
77
|
1,205
|
77
|
1,124
|
60
|
1,073
|
67
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,031
|
255
|
1,804
|
247
|
1,802
|
262
|
1,722
|
210
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
2,296
|
204
|
2,002
|
178
|
1,927
|
149
|
2,122
|
170
|
|
Staffordshire(2)
|
2,036
|
132
|
1,955
|
140
|
1,711
|
143
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Suffolk
|
1,050
|
53
|
1,042
|
60
|
1,089
|
71
|
902
|
74
|
|
Surrey
|
1,380
|
64
|
1,328
|
58
|
1,417
|
47
|
1,539
|
61
|
|
Sussex
|
2,373
|
110
|
2,113
|
113
|
2,224
|
120
|
2,112
|
136
|
|
Thames Valley
|
4,070
|
215
|
3,896
|
195
|
3,725
|
216
|
3,496
|
212
|
|
Warwickshire
|
837
|
44
|
784
|
53
|
856
|
38
|
786
|
42
|
|
West Mercia
|
1,947
|
87
|
1,794
|
97
|
1,747
|
114
|
1,631
|
101
|
|
West Midlands
|
6,351
|
598
|
5,582
|
532
|
4,775
|
532
|
4,559
|
451
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
3,953
|
394
|
3,669
|
329
|
3,597
|
358
|
3,375
|
287
|
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|
Wiltshire
|
1,043
|
27
|
1,108
|
39
|
1,009
|
45
|
930
|
28
|
|
England
|
93,761
|
6,802
|
86,709
|
6,471
|
83,567
|
6,395
|
79,671
|
6,076
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Dyfed Powys
|
1,029
|
44
|
995
|
38
|
944
|
48
|
858
|
45
|
|
Gwent
|
1,166
|
61
|
1,203
|
84
|
1,079
|
78
|
1,211
|
99
|
|
North Wales
|
1,354
|
96
|
1,306
|
95
|
1,248
|
94
|
1,332
|
92
|
|
South Wales
|
2,892
|
257
|
2,903
|
239
|
2,526
|
282
|
2,757
|
255
|
|
Wales
|
6,441
|
458
|
6,407
|
456
|
5,797
|
502
|
6,158
|
491
|
|
England and Wales
|
100,202
|
7,260
|
93,116
|
6,927
|
89,364
|
6,897
|
85,829
|
6,567
|
