27 Nov 2007 : Column 300W—continued
| N umber of persons found guilty at all courts for possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition in England and Wales, by police force area for the years 1997 to 2005( 1, 2, 3, 4) |
| Force | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
18
|
32
|
6
|
9
|
27
|
15
|
20
|
18
|
25
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
14
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
8
|
17
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
12
|
4
|
3
|
|
Cheshire
|
8
|
5
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
20
|
11
|
|
City of London
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
|
Cleveland
|
7
|
12
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
11
|
11
|
13
|
|
Cumbria
|
2
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
|
Derbyshire
|
4
|
6
|
13
|
12
|
5
|
14
|
6
|
15
|
17
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
16
|
13
|
10
|
8
|
10
|
13
|
16
|
15
|
12
|
|
Dorset
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
|
Durham
|
5
|
6
|
9
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
12
|
11
|
14
|
|
Essex
|
29
|
37
|
22
|
22
|
15
|
25
|
18
|
29
|
22
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
6
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
53
|
100
|
57
|
55
|
57
|
51
|
55
|
115
|
108
|
|
Hampshire
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
15
|
9
|
21
|
16
|
15
|
28
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
11
|
9
|
8
|
8
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
16
|
23
|
|
Humberside
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
14
|
17
|
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|
Kent
|
13
|
20
|
11
|
22
|
29
|
18
|
22
|
18
|
11
|
|
Lancashire
|
10
|
32
|
12
|
19
|
17
|
11
|
15
|
22
|
27
|
|
Leicestershire
|
18
|
29
|
15
|
26
|
20
|
13
|
16
|
17
|
17
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
2
|
6
|
10
|
13
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
|
Merseyside
|
24
|
31
|
20
|
14
|
18
|
19
|
25
|
54
|
68
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
238
|
270
|
221
|
173
|
224
|
257
|
297
|
268
|
302
|
|
Norfolk
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
12
|
9
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
5
|
11
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
5
|
6
|
11
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
|
Northumbria
|
33
|
43
|
43
|
32
|
40
|
26
|
45
|
38
|
38
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
12
|
20
|
12
|
16
|
16
|
12
|
28
|
23
|
27
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
18
|
24
|
22
|
19
|
11
|
17
|
21
|
23
|
27
|
|
Staffordshire(3)
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
(3)—
|
6
|
16
|
8
|
15
|
13
|
|
Suffolk
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
|
Surrey
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
|
Sussex
|
8
|
10
|
8
|
4
|
11
|
9
|
14
|
11
|
5
|
|
Thames Valley
|
30
|
30
|
23
|
15
|
11
|
16
|
20
|
24
|
22
|
|
Warwickshire
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
|
West Mercia(4)
|
9
|
6
|
11
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
11
|
6
|
|
West Midlands
|
84
|
92
|
87
|
74
|
71
|
79
|
66
|
72
|
69
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
33
|
72
|
55
|
36
|
33
|
38
|
33
|
52
|
51
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
|
Gwent
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
|
North Wales
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
|
South Wales
|
8
|
9
|
16
|
11
|
17
|
11
|
18
|
21
|
24
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
790
|
1,044
|
812
|
720
|
757
|
795
|
899
|
1,050
|
1,084
|
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(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 those data are used.
(3) 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.
(4) Includes the following statutes:
The Firearms Act 1968, sections 5(1)(a), 5(1)(b), 5(1 )(c), 5(1)(ab), 5(1)(ad), 5(1)(ae), 5(1)(af), 5(1)(aba) and Sch 6, 5(l)(ac), 5(1A)(a), 5(1A)(b) and Sch 6, 5(1A)(c), 5(1A)(d), 5(1A)(e), 5(1A)(f), 5(1A)(g).
Source:
RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice.
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