26 Nov 2007 : Column 106W—continued
| Number of persons |
| | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Police force area | Age 15 | Age 16 | Age 17 | Age 15 | Age 16 | Age 17 | Age 15 | Age 16 | Age 17 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
12
|
39
|
47
|
11
|
32
|
58
|
12
|
24
|
39
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
8
|
25
|
30
|
15
|
24
|
43
|
15
|
32
|
41
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
15
|
30
|
48
|
7
|
23
|
39
|
14
|
13
|
23
|
|
Cheshire
|
14
|
50
|
42
|
15
|
19
|
48
|
22
|
42
|
78
|
|
City of London
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cleveland
|
10
|
26
|
41
|
15
|
17
|
33
|
8
|
28
|
29
|
|
Cumbria
|
12
|
14
|
23
|
10
|
18
|
38
|
6
|
18
|
19
|
|
Derbyshire
|
21
|
23
|
51
|
21
|
24
|
39
|
19
|
34
|
46
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
4
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
6
|
13
|
6
|
12
|
13
|
|
Dorset
|
10
|
11
|
16
|
10
|
12
|
12
|
6
|
11
|
21
|
|
Durham
|
13
|
23
|
31
|
6
|
15
|
25
|
10
|
19
|
31
|
|
Essex
|
40
|
46
|
78
|
25
|
66
|
84
|
28
|
48
|
63
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
3
|
17
|
17
|
11
|
11
|
29
|
12
|
16
|
20
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
90
|
148
|
218
|
106
|
155
|
236
|
74
|
158
|
230
|
|
Hampshire
|
22
|
41
|
67
|
33
|
59
|
79
|
30
|
47
|
81
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
12
|
24
|
34
|
7
|
17
|
43
|
14
|
39
|
32
|
|
Humberside
|
19
|
36
|
68
|
47
|
55
|
46
|
34
|
46
|
69
|
|
Kent
|
23
|
39
|
62
|
16
|
29
|
48
|
15
|
42
|
65
|
|
Lancashire
|
35
|
46
|
70
|
35
|
46
|
69
|
25
|
47
|
91
|
|
Leicestershire
|
22
|
34
|
72
|
17
|
38
|
60
|
15
|
28
|
42
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
3
|
18
|
31
|
6
|
6
|
17
|
9
|
4
|
15
|
|
Merseyside
|
43
|
59
|
123
|
34
|
63
|
103
|
44
|
66
|
100
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
163
|
237
|
374
|
163
|
275
|
432
|
146
|
270
|
387
|
|
Norfolk
|
9
|
6
|
23
|
2
|
10
|
21
|
8
|
6
|
20
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
8
|
10
|
30
|
7
|
10
|
24
|
6
|
21
|
21
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
4
|
11
|
21
|
7
|
16
|
33
|
8
|
6
|
12
|
|
Northumbria
|
27
|
51
|
75
|
28
|
35
|
62
|
21
|
51
|
58
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
42
|
59
|
100
|
28
|
68
|
75
|
42
|
60
|
97
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
28
|
47
|
100
|
26
|
52
|
85
|
20
|
52
|
105
|
|
Staffordshire
|
19
|
33
|
52
|
17
|
30
|
59
|
20
|
29
|
45
|
|
Suffolk
|
5
|
14
|
26
|
15
|
24
|
26
|
18
|
16
|
31
|
|
Surrey
|
4
|
25
|
11
|
3
|
11
|
22
|
8
|
15
|
13
|
|
Sussex
|
21
|
43
|
29
|
15
|
30
|
36
|
17
|
22
|
56
|
|
Thames Valley
|
22
|
33
|
66
|
13
|
29
|
64
|
9
|
27
|
61
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1
|
1
|
15
|
2
|
7
|
13
|
8
|
10
|
18
|
|
West Mercia
|
11
|
29
|
44
|
22
|
26
|
58
|
14
|
35
|
47
|
|
West Midlands
|
112
|
167
|
265
|
131
|
191
|
275
|
93
|
164
|
234
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
60
|
113
|
169
|
79
|
115
|
168
|
70
|
143
|
135
|
|
Wiltshire
|
5
|
16
|
12
|
7
|
9
|
23
|
3
|
14
|
9
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
—
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
12
|
|
Gwent
|
10
|
23
|
25
|
17
|
23
|
53
|
20
|
25
|
27
|
26 Nov 2007 : Column 107W
26 Nov 2007 : Column 108W
|
North Wales
|
17
|
25
|
32
|
8
|
22
|
42
|
16
|
20
|
38
|
|
South Wales
|
47
|
64
|
106
|
33
|
78
|
111
|
29
|
62
|
94
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
1,046
|
1,770
|
2,762
|
1,073
|
1,799
|
2,853
|
995
|
1,825
|
2,668
|
Note:
These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
Source:
RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice
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