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| Number of offences |
| | Fraud and forgery | Criminal damage | Drug offences( 1) | Other offences | Total |
|
Devon and Cornwall
| | | | | |
|
1979
|
2,289
|
5,020
|
—
|
56
|
43,480
|
|
1980
|
2,504
|
5,704
|
—
|
51
|
47,860
|
|
1981
|
2,490
|
6,149
|
—
|
61
|
52,961
|
|
1982
|
3,217
|
6,556
|
—
|
43
|
58,812
|
|
1983
|
3,628
|
7,118
|
129
|
55
|
59,603
|
|
1984
|
4,116
|
7,593
|
227
|
55
|
62,998
|
|
1985
|
4,210
|
8,546
|
353
|
63
|
67,946
|
|
1986
|
3,409
|
9,349
|
325
|
167
|
72,474
|
|
1987
|
3,849
|
9,786
|
279
|
192
|
74,495
|
|
1988
|
3,606
|
10,055
|
193
|
203
|
73,067
|
|
1989
|
3,459
|
11,191
|
171
|
266
|
76,991
|
|
1990
|
3,703
|
12,940
|
174
|
264
|
92,127
|
|
1991
|
4,175
|
14,975
|
226
|
316
|
108,208
|
|
1992
|
3,601
|
15,936
|
363
|
488
|
114,675
|
|
1993
|
3,837
|
15,847
|
583
|
577
|
121,026
|
|
1994
|
3,258
|
13,780
|
666
|
685
|
109,396
|
|
1995
|
2,674
|
14,177
|
703
|
643
|
102,193
|
|
1996
|
2,374
|
15,545
|
691
|
672
|
103,121
|
|
1997
|
2,232
|
15,232
|
637
|
753
|
94,828
|
| | | | | | |
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|
South West
| | | | | |
|
1979
|
8,956
|
18,427
|
—
|
256
|
155,207
|
|
1980
|
8,959
|
21,252
|
—
|
246
|
170,331
|
|
1981
|
8,672
|
22,255
|
—
|
258
|
188,075
|
|
1982
|
10,342
|
24,192
|
—
|
224
|
208,083
|
|
1983
|
11,212
|
25,311
|
436
|
289
|
208,000
|
|
1984
|
12,629
|
27,498
|
639
|
284
|
223,681
|
|
1985
|
12,559
|
30,760
|
1,126
|
298
|
239,776
|
|
1986
|
12,230
|
33,418
|
815
|
665
|
261,126
|
|
1987
|
14,417
|
34,992
|
1,033
|
911
|
275,449
|
|
1988
|
15,800
|
36,592
|
631
|
1,178
|
267,901
|
|
1989
|
15,314
|
38,838
|
673
|
1,396
|
279,827
|
|
1990
|
16,675
|
45,790
|
750
|
1,569
|
343,063
|
|
1991
|
18,790
|
51,153
|
923
|
1,752
|
408,831
|
|
1992
|
16,824
|
50,483
|
1,261
|
1,859
|
445,147
|
|
1993
|
16,354
|
54,872
|
1,561
|
2,150
|
451,659
|
|
1994
|
14,536
|
57,516
|
1,876
|
2,430
|
431,591
|
|
1995
|
11,190
|
56,326
|
1,938
|
2,189
|
401,537
|
|
1996
|
10,542
|
60,629
|
1,842
|
2,168
|
398,995
|
|
1997
|
9,463
|
55,753
|
1,705
|
2,123
|
362,632
|
| | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
| | | | | |
|
1979
|
118,033
|
320,469
|
—
|
3,669
|
2,536,737
|
|
1980
|
105,246
|
359,450
|
—
|
4,064
|
2,688,235
|
|
1981
|
106,671
|
386,727
|
—
|
4,081
|
2,963,761
|
|
1982
|
123,101
|
417,814
|
—
|
3,807
|
3,262,422
|
|
1983
|
121,791
|
443,316
|
4,994
|
3,748
|
3,247,030
|
|
1984
|
126,093
|
497,840
|
6,589
|
3,839
|
3,499,107
|
|
1985
|
134,767
|
538,964
|
8,050
|
4,122
|
3,611,883
|
|
1986
|
133,431
|
583,588
|
7,332
|
9,363
|
3,847,410
|
|
1987
|
132,976
|
588,961
|
7,137
|
12,189
|
3,892,201
|
|
1988
|
133,873
|
593,923
|
7,793
|
14,898
|
3,715,767
|
|
1989
|
134,490
|
630,084
|
9,201
|
18,425
|
3,870,748
|
|
1990
|
147,909
|
733,445
|
9,998
|
21,133
|
4,543,611
|
|
1991
|
174,742
|
821,141
|
11,379
|
23,243
|
5,276,173
|
|
1992
|
168,600
|
892,623
|
13,809
|
25,574
|
5,591,717
|
|
1993
|
162,836
|
906,746
|
14,840
|
26,117
|
5,526,255
|
|
1994
|
146,144
|
930,447
|
17,569
|
30,140
|
5,258,139
|
|
1995
|
133,016
|
913,991
|
21,272
|
29,433
|
5,100,241
|
|
1996
|
136,225
|
951,274
|
22,122
|
33,635
|
5,036,553
|
|
1997
|
134,398
|
877,042
|
23,153
|
36,643
|
4,598,327
|
(1) Includes offences of trafficking of controlled drugs from 1983 onwards.
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