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| Table 3: Recorded offences of robbery, 2002-03 to 2006-07 |
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
3,504
|
2,908
|
2,237
|
2,036
|
1,987
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
997
|
993
|
1,028
|
1,317
|
1,248
|
|
British Transport Police
|
2,242
|
2,542
|
2,037
|
2,166
|
1,953
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
906
|
786
|
634
|
562
|
733
|
|
Cheshire
|
631
|
647
|
533
|
654
|
688
|
|
Cleveland
|
1,434
|
1,355
|
898
|
715
|
576
|
|
Cumbria
|
130
|
124
|
109
|
87
|
68
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1,048
|
1,019
|
802
|
772
|
870
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
710
|
562
|
541
|
566
|
649
|
|
Dorset
|
437
|
445
|
342
|
255
|
190
|
|
Durham
|
287
|
267
|
178
|
281
|
233
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
40
|
54
|
41
|
40
|
47
|
|
Essex
|
1,328
|
1,476
|
1,426
|
1,424
|
1,531
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
521
|
541
|
384
|
476
|
394
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
10,745
|
9,246
|
7,544
|
7,719
|
8,213
|
|
Gwent
|
329
|
274
|
351
|
316
|
282
|
|
Hampshire
|
966
|
1,040
|
948
|
1,078
|
1,212
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
862
|
972
|
875
|
933
|
985
|
|
Humberside
|
1,807
|
1,896
|
1,262
|
1,185
|
1,200
|
|
Kent
|
1,242
|
1,172
|
1,195
|
1,351
|
1,403
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,409
|
1,285
|
1,092
|
1,021
|
1,014
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1,453
|
1,476
|
1,329
|
1,244
|
1,214
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
307
|
304
|
243
|
229
|
230
|
|
London, City of
|
45
|
50
|
42
|
39
|
41
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,994
|
2,347
|
2,173
|
2,502
|
2,290
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
42,493
|
40,639
|
39,033
|
45,311
|
45,771
|
|
Norfolk
|
579
|
459
|
324
|
301
|
359
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,015
|
1,220
|
875
|
1,069
|
1,037
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,442
|
1,223
|
1,176
|
1,070
|
1,055
|
|
North Wales
|
224
|
201
|
149
|
150
|
134
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
356
|
395
|
328
|
240
|
278
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,799
|
2,556
|
2,011
|
2,112
|
2,434
|
|
South Wales
|
784
|
751
|
543
|
631
|
891
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
2,112
|
1,400
|
1,131
|
1,258
|
1,594
|
|
Staffordshire
|
900
|
909
|
777
|
766
|
758
|
|
Suffolk
|
249
|
290
|
260
|
271
|
271
|
|
Surrey
|
605
|
619
|
462
|
446
|
446
|
|
Sussex
|
1,319
|
1,425
|
1,228
|
1,098
|
1,007
|
|
Thames Valley
|
2,406
|
2,286
|
1,968
|
1,926
|
2,320
|
|
Warwickshire
|
354
|
456
|
353
|
429
|
486
|
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|
West Mercia
|
728
|
689
|
531
|
453
|
581
|
|
West Midlands
|
10,249
|
10,371
|
9,165
|
8,867
|
9,186
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
4,947
|
3,738
|
2,196
|
2,531
|
3,148
|
|
Wiltshire
|
336
|
328
|
256
|
301
|
363
|
| | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
110,271
|
103,736
|
91,010
|
98,198
|
101,370
|
Note: 1. The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
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