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| Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to all offenders by police force area, all offences, England and Wales 2004 and 2005, and provisional data for 2006( 1) |
| Police force area | 2004 | 2005 | 2006( 2) | Total |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
508
|
3,244
|
3,876
|
7,628
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
503
|
1,239
|
1,602
|
3,344
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
359
|
1,046
|
1,346
|
2,751
|
|
Cheshire
|
972
|
2,387
|
2,265
|
5,624
|
|
Cleveland
|
559
|
2,806
|
3,552
|
6,917
|
|
Cumbria
|
578
|
1,220
|
1,677
|
3,475
|
|
Derbyshire
|
656
|
1,593
|
2,537
|
4,786
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,889
|
5,134
|
6,976
|
13,999
|
|
Dorset
|
516
|
1,381
|
2,262
|
4,159
|
|
Durham
|
597
|
1,149
|
1,583
|
3,329
|
|
Essex
|
2,802
|
4,454
|
4,357
|
11,613
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
473
|
1,721
|
2,654
|
4,848
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
2,253
|
7,256
|
10,532
|
20,041
|
|
Hampshire
|
2,116
|
3,658
|
4,365
|
10,139
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
412
|
1,296
|
5,312
|
7,020
|
|
Humberside
|
1,596
|
3,265
|
5,385
|
10,246
|
|
Kent
|
767
|
5,032
|
6,889
|
12,688
|
|
Lancashire
|
5,077
|
10,222
|
12,401
|
27,700
|
|
Leicestershire
|
756
|
1,909
|
2,376
|
5,041
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
544
|
2,373
|
1,930
|
4,847
|
|
London, City of
|
60
|
219
|
305
|
584
|
|
Merseyside
|
3,929
|
11,937
|
11,269
|
27,135
|
|
Metropolitan
|
12,758
|
18,047
|
20,171
|
50,976
|
|
Norfolk
|
475
|
676
|
1,323
|
2,474
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,078
|
1,596
|
2,367
|
5,041
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
570
|
1,403
|
2,498
|
4,471
|
|
Northumbria
|
211
|
2,147
|
6,307
|
8,665
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1,060
|
2,119
|
2,205
|
5,384
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
2,098
|
3,710
|
5,989
|
11,797
|
|
Staffordshire
|
1,450
|
2,169
|
3,209
|
6,828
|
|
Suffolk
|
472
|
901
|
1,460
|
2,833
|
|
Surrey
|
203
|
641
|
2,819
|
3,663
|
|
Sussex
|
1,509
|
4,193
|
5,023
|
10,725
|
|
Thames Valley
|
1,038
|
5,795
|
6,676
|
13,509
|
|
Warwickshire
|
481
|
933
|
1,016
|
2,430
|
|
West Mercia
|
275
|
1,774
|
3,433
|
5,482
|
|
West Midlands
|
4,773
|
7,320
|
7,925
|
20,018
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
4,277
|
9,217
|
8,866
|
22,360
|
|
Wiltshire
|
610
|
1,080
|
1,224
|
2,914
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
459
|
1,214
|
1,353
|
3,026
|
|
Gwent
|
424
|
1,511
|
1,908
|
3,843
|
|
North Wales
|
1,255
|
3,792
|
6,049
|
11,096
|
|
South Wales
|
241
|
1,702
|
5,311
|
7,254
|
|
England and Wales
|
63,639
|
146,481
|
192,583
|
402,703
|
(1) 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. 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.
2 Provisional figures.
|
| Formal warnings for cannabis possession |
| | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
977
|
2,578
|
3,600
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
603
|
643
|
324
|
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|
British Transport Police
|
n/a
|
203
|
430
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
349
|
492
|
956
|
|
Cheshire
|
311
|
393
|
532
|
|
Cleveland
|
120
|
392
|
331
|
|
Cumbria
|
272
|
219
|
231
|
|
Derbyshire
|
665
|
513
|
497
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,956
|
1,532
|
1,473
|
|
Dorset
|
369
|
340
|
348
|
|
Durham
|
252
|
207
|
257
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
917
|
799
|
887
|
|
Essex
|
556
|
697
|
722
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
371
|
395
|
419
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
1,751
|
3,235
|
4,943
|
|
Gwent
|
159
|
396
|
646
|
|
Hampshire
|
698
|
1,113
|
1,477
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
258
|
488
|
1,394
|
|
Humberside
|
32
|
149
|
533
|
|
Kent
|
198
|
497
|
652
|
|
Lancashire
|
390
|
237
|
210
|
|
Leicestershire
|
154
|
978
|
1,555
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
79
|
n/a
|
543
|
|
London, City of
|
505
|
682
|
373
|
|
Merseyside
|
961
|
8,561
|
7,204
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
13,161
|
21,040
|
30,554
|
|
Norfolk
|
486
|
638
|
731
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
120
|
111
|
206
|
|
Northumbria
|
199
|
155
|
1,419
|
|
North Wales
|
543
|
793
|
971
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
727
|
654
|
554
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
529
|
855
|
1,077
|
|
South Wales
|
520
|
536
|
1,266
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
560
|
1,023
|
1027
|
|
Staffordshire
|
867
|
1,323
|
1,282
|
|
Suffolk
|
600
|
64
|
573
|
|
Surrey
|
523
|
482
|
754
|
|
Sussex
|
866
|
1,350
|
1,971
|
|
Thames Valley
|
2,232
|
1,883
|
2,431
|
|
Warwickshire
|
340
|
419
|
649
|
|
West Mercia
|
571
|
582
|
686
|
|
West Midlands
|
2,025
|
3,451
|
2,852
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
1,212
|
1,839
|
1,539
|
|
Wiltshire
|
274
|
394
|
231
|
|
England and Wales
|
39,258
|
63,331
|
81,310
|
n/a = Not available.
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