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| Table B: fixed penalty notices issued( 1) for speed limit offences( 2) by police force area, England and Wales, 1997-2005 |
| Number of offences |
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999( 3) | 2000( 3) | 2001( 3) | 2002( 3) | 2003( 3) | 2004 | 2005 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
7,294
|
18,327
|
25,897
|
36,122
|
30,339
|
53,846
|
99,405
|
85,331
|
67,933
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
8,700
|
10,255
|
18,008
|
16,707
|
13,415
|
40,338
|
66,709
|
56,762
|
44,736
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
14,837
|
13,818
|
14,562
|
8,708
|
6,777
|
15,435
|
28,510
|
19,802
|
44,997
|
|
Cheshire
|
10,765
|
23,196
|
16,393
|
15,356
|
16,694
|
13,578
|
29,564
|
40,306
|
25,056
|
|
Cleveland
|
3,239
|
10,734
|
7,717
|
23,228
|
24,160
|
25,264
|
24,729
|
19,939
|
24,912
|
|
Cumbria
|
4,882
|
4,919
|
5,058
|
4,103
|
3,649
|
5,797
|
24,692
|
31,531
|
27,441
|
|
Derbyshire
|
17,438
|
22,785
|
21,771
|
18,291
|
24,949
|
71,965
|
44,517
|
44,412
|
30,905
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
36,150
|
32,757
|
33,682
|
28,091
|
33,389
|
31,144
|
63,916
|
91,662
|
53,474
|
|
Dorset
|
11,172
|
14,738
|
14,815
|
18,305
|
19,605
|
18,686
|
63,185
|
71,832
|
79,522
|
|
Durham
|
3,213
|
3,930
|
4,586
|
9,180
|
14,156
|
7,697
|
6,538
|
4,184
|
2,816
|
|
Essex
|
48,123
|
19,282
|
38,097
|
56,010
|
87,038
|
101,063
|
66,281
|
68,852
|
85,745
|
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|
Gloucestershire
|
6,260
|
8,714
|
6,268
|
5,781
|
4,097
|
3,898
|
3,139
|
4,913
|
10,849
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
54,694
|
51,145
|
64,318
|
59,765
|
50,448
|
35,861
|
44,903
|
43,531
|
59,478
|
|
Hampshire
|
27,460
|
34,555
|
46,709
|
27,566
|
28,995
|
31,867
|
45,324
|
52,587
|
58,750
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
17,604
|
14,063
|
25,687
|
23,956
|
23,474
|
23,203
|
28,696
|
61,637
|
49,738
|
|
Humberside
|
9,735
|
13,759
|
12,671
|
22,209
|
17,228
|
13,399
|
25,755
|
52,288
|
48,494
|
|
Kent
|
28,706
|
28,009
|
18,954
|
24,617
|
23,044
|
36,645
|
54,594
|
66,661
|
53,289
|
|
Lancashire
|
23,813
|
32,810
|
35,335
|
29,683
|
27,993
|
158,163
|
96,660
|
63,233
|
63,568
|
|
Leicestershire
|
5,612
|
9,729
|
8,791
|
8,094
|
7,750
|
17,903
|
45,417
|
26,357
|
7,281
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
6,588
|
12,368
|
17,913
|
26,319
|
31,487
|
27,490
|
27,970
|
29,258
|
32,613
|
|
London, City of
|
520
|
907
|
2,423
|
353
|
713
|
4,782
|
4,864
|
6,358
|
10,275
|
|
Merseyside
|
11,808
|
15,373
|
15,968
|
7,385
|
4,100
|
6,484
|
8,883
|
8,058
|
18,411
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
45,488
|
36,690
|
32,061
|
54,843
|
58,412
|
53,334
|
80,213
|
104,920
|
126,426
|
|
Norfolk
|
4,895
|
5,379
|
9,267
|
4,783
|
5,166
|
17,116
|
31,640
|
26,938
|
25,117
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3,722
|
8,836
|
7,772
|
34,809
|
79,627
|
60,459
|
49,902
|
49,108
|
47,866
|
|
Northumbria
|
25,693
|
34,918
|
37,472
|
24,265
|
40,726
|
41,050
|
69,018
|
94,319
|
55,708
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
11,679
|
9,924
|
6,908
|
5,295
|
7,436
|
5,412
|
5,836
|
5,971
|
4,923
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
4,625
|
6,289
|
5,512
|
23,766
|
24,556
|
35,771
|
53,276
|
53,188
|
53,696
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
39,062
|
31,585
|
23,544
|
20,987
|
21,566
|
16,096
|
51,418
|
42,635
|
65,352
|
|
Staffordshire
|
22,552
|
22,044
|
14,656
|
13,969
|
20,372
|
29,094
|
47,565
|
41,249
|
46,219
|
|
Suffolk
|
7,271
|
12,640
|
18,088
|
12,596
|
12,416
|
9,477
|
16,606
|
40,847
|
40,029
|
|
Surrey
|
5,340
|
10,252
|
11,035
|
12,072
|
10,424
|
6,052
|
7,057
|
8,200
|
17,509
|
|
Sussex
|
25,124
|
24,862
|
22,370
|
24,990
|
18,513
|
23,550
|
60,364
|
45,619
|
58,606
|
|
Thames Valley
|
53,285
|
62,827
|
46,034
|
71,888
|
154,524
|
121,677
|
123,586
|
92,834
|
97,049
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1,857
|
2,510
|
2,745
|
2,099
|
3,136
|
14,999
|
27,737
|
34,206
|
40,401
|
|
West Mercia
|
15,392
|
15,502
|
18,478
|
22,150
|
30,504
|
29,098
|
78,408
|
57,844
|
53,711
|
|
West Midlands
|
9,378
|
11,586
|
9,546
|
5,668
|
15,806
|
17,762
|
43,542
|
58,052
|
46,612
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
24,103
|
29,635
|
24,791
|
24,595
|
20,937
|
32,126
|
70,011
|
68,827
|
66,031
|
|
Wiltshire
|
11,330
|
8,494
|
9,319
|
16,351
|
17,941
|
27,975
|
42,738
|
50,641
|
52,412
|
|
England
|
669,409
|
730,146
|
755,221
|
844,955
|
1,035,562
|
1,285,556
|
1,763,168
|
1,824,892
|
1,797,950
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Dyfed Powys
|
6,708
|
9,272
|
8,222
|
8,840
|
6,868
|
12,343
|
3,072
|
2,221
|
1,435
|
|
Gwent
|
5,263
|
4,214
|
2,050
|
16,518
|
13,209
|
2,960
|
1,013
|
859
|
506
|
|
North Wales
|
9,146
|
9,920
|
11,141
|
16,980
|
20,245
|
44,459
|
61,645
|
51,069
|
74,485
|
|
South Wales
|
22,227
|
27,464
|
28,850
|
54,383
|
75,224
|
61,948
|
65,852
|
45,343
|
45,189
|
|
Wales
|
43,344
|
50,870
|
50,263
|
96,721
|
115,546
|
121,710
|
131,582
|
99,492
|
121,615
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total England and Wales
|
712,753
|
781,016
|
805,484
|
941,676
|
1,151,108
|
1,407,266
|
1,894,750
|
1,924,384
|
1,919,565
|
(1) Only covers notices paid where there is no further action.
(2) Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973.
(3) Revised since original publication following amendments received from forces.
Note:
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 systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
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