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Number of offences
	2001		2002		2003		2004
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	2,197	129	2,401	124	2,666	167	2,692	145
Bedfordshire	914	79	955	82	1,072	72	1,028	65
Cambridgeshire	813	51	852	41	933	56	1,083	52
Cheshire	1,529	96	1,993	103	1,905	110	2,128	106
Cleveland	887	77	921	71	981	61	1,071	60
Cumbria	761	51	768	37	843	37	907	50
Derbyshire	1,411	140	1,465	164	1,617	168	1,874	143
Devon and Cornwall	2,369	128	2,441	95	2,667	121	2,560	120
Dorset	1,150	91	1,199	83	1,264	73	1,239	52
Durham	1,097	86	1,136	68	1,170	77	1,277	80
Essex	2,456	264	2,522	267	2,622	311	2,853	349
Gloucestershire	865	39	926	44	890	37	913	38
Greater Manchester	4,715	454	4,720	474	4,743	437	4,811	379
Hampshire	3,464	235	3,846	243	3,663	234	3,743	199
Hertfordshire	1,666	94	1,894	90	1,904	78	1,881	94
Humberside	1,259	126	1,395	113	1,445	150	1,623	112
Kent	2,575	165	2,745	152	2,811	179	3,010	155
Lancashire	2,304	148	2,599	159	2,652	146	2,706	125
Leicestershire	1,546	140	1,659	140	1,725	143	1,754	145
Lincolnshire	877	60	847	56	1,111	42	1,209	46
London, City of	162	10	221	12	230	4	169	5
Merseyside	2,195	217	2,293	216	2,687	215	2,849	261
Met Police	11,260	928	12,905	927	12,621	922	13,227	832
Norfolk	1,143	75	1,220	55	1,274	59	1,240	64
Northamptonshire	399	65	236	35	799	65	922	73
Northumbria	2,529	217	2,588	188	2,747	187	2,675	183
North Yorkshire	1,066	55	1,119	63	1,194	51	1,131	40
Nottinghamshire	1,598	187	1,420	129	1,644	149	1,669	111
South Yorkshire	2,020	159	1,945	165	2,089	125	2,224	140
Staffordshire(2)	1,513	136	1,704	143	1,733	141	1,733	124
Suffolk	920	43	1,105	79	1,213	66	1,332	89
Surrey	1,592	65	1,614	68	1,464	44	1,425	51
Sussex	2,358	128	2,306	149	2,430	120	2,368	104
Thames Valley	3,275	210	4,317	219	3,884	159	3,539	190
Warwickshire	880	33	841	40	918	33	845	23
West Mercia	1,740	91	1,719	93	1,797	100	1,689	103
West Midlands	4,914	471	5,050	438	5,233	420	5,584	423
West Yorkshire	3,220	331	3,564	268	3,720	260	3,897	276
Wiltshire	1,045	53	1,005	54	1,031	62	1,024	39
England	78,684	6,127	84,456	5,947	87,392	5,881	89,904	5,646
Dyfed Powys	867	36	927	47	995	46	986	47
Gwent	1,152	76	1,074	74	1,149	94	1,188	69
North Wales	1,227	87	1,270	71	1,326	76	1,349	75
South Wales	2,812	295	2,761	236	2,840	211	2,811	222
Wales	6,058	494	6,032	428	6,310	427	6,334	413
England and Wales	84,742	6,621	90,488	6,375	93,702	6,308	96,238	6,059
n/a = not available (1) Immediate custody includes sentences of secure training order, detention and training order, young offender institution and unsuspended sentence of imprisonment. (2) 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. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case. 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 these data are used.

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