10 Dec 2007 : Column 80W—continued
| Detection rates for all recorded crimes, by police force area from 1997 to 2006-07 |
| | Percentage |
| | 1997 | 1997-98( 1) | 1998-99( 2) | 1999-00( 3) | 2000-01( 3) | 2001-02 | 2002-03( 4,5) | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
26
|
26
|
24
|
22
|
22
|
14
|
15
|
15
|
17
|
23
|
24
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
35
|
35
|
33
|
25
|
27
|
25
|
26
|
23
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
|
British Transport Police
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
20
|
24
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
24
|
22
|
22
|
23
|
23
|
27
|
25
|
|
Cheshire
|
36
|
34
|
37
|
31
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
|
Cleveland
|
25
|
23
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
20
|
23
|
21
|
24
|
30
|
31
|
|
Cumbria
|
40
|
41
|
44
|
39
|
34
|
32
|
31
|
32
|
30
|
35
|
36
|
|
Derbyshire
|
25
|
26
|
31
|
28
|
26
|
25
|
26
|
25
|
28
|
27
|
26
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
32
|
34
|
36
|
35
|
34
|
32
|
29
|
29
|
30
|
28
|
27
|
|
Dorset
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
26
|
25
|
27
|
25
|
26
|
28
|
30
|
30
|
|
Durham
|
31
|
30
|
33
|
32
|
34
|
33
|
34
|
29
|
29
|
27
|
30
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
61
|
62
|
69
|
65
|
63
|
64
|
68
|
47
|
43
|
45
|
45
|
|
Essex
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
27
|
31
|
33
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
24
|
26
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
30
|
29
|
28
|
27
|
32
|
33
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
20
|
20
|
25
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
22
|
22
|
23
|
25
|
25
|
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10 Dec 2007 : Column 82W
|
Gwent
|
51
|
51
|
55
|
53
|
57
|
55
|
48
|
45
|
42
|
36
|
33
|
|
Hampshire
|
30
|
30
|
35
|
32
|
29
|
29
|
30
|
27
|
28
|
24
|
23
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
32
|
33
|
34
|
27
|
24
|
24
|
23
|
25
|
29
|
26
|
29
|
|
Humberside
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
19
|
21
|
20
|
20
|
19
|
20
|
23
|
25
|
|
Kent
|
31
|
31
|
34
|
33
|
28
|
28
|
28
|
25
|
23
|
26
|
26
|
|
Lancashire
|
29
|
29
|
34
|
29
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
30
|
32
|
35
|
|
Leicestershire
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
30
|
28
|
28
|
27
|
22
|
25
|
30
|
28
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
48
|
46
|
40
|
28
|
25
|
27
|
23
|
22
|
25
|
26
|
28
|
|
London, City of
|
26
|
28
|
33
|
32
|
27
|
34
|
36
|
33
|
36
|
43
|
39
|
|
Merseyside
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
26
|
28
|
24
|
25
|
27
|
30
|
28
|
29
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
26
|
25
|
22
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
14
|
15
|
21
|
24
|
21
|
|
Norfolk
|
37
|
36
|
37
|
30
|
26
|
25
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
31
|
30
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
35
|
35
|
33
|
33
|
33
|
31
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
26
|
|
Northumbria
|
26
|
26
|
30
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
30
|
29
|
35
|
40
|
|
North Wales
|
34
|
36
|
43
|
36
|
31
|
28
|
29
|
33
|
42
|
43
|
48
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
26
|
26
|
33
|
31
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
28
|
35
|
35
|
33
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
28
|
26
|
25
|
21
|
20
|
18
|
16
|
18
|
20
|
22
|
23
|
|
South Wales
|
36
|
36
|
39
|
31
|
32
|
33
|
29
|
29
|
29
|
26
|
25
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
29
|
32
|
32
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
21
|
24
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
|
Staffordshire
|
35
|
34
|
32
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
31
|
33
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
|
Suffolk
|
37
|
39
|
41
|
36
|
35
|
33
|
34
|
33
|
32
|
30
|
31
|
|
Surrey
|
33
|
35
|
40
|
32
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
22
|
26
|
25
|
30
|
|
Sussex
|
26
|
26
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
25
|
24
|
24
|
25
|
30
|
31
|
|
Thames Valley
|
24
|
25
|
25
|
20
|
22
|
24
|
25
|
23
|
26
|
28
|
25
|
|
Warwickshire
|
27
|
29
|
26
|
22
|
22
|
25
|
26
|
25
|
27
|
25
|
27
|
|
West Mercia
|
28
|
27
|
34
|
29
|
27
|
28
|
33
|
31
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
|
West Midlands
|
24
|
25
|
30
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
26
|
25
|
23
|
26
|
27
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
27
|
27
|
27
|
25
|
23
|
19
|
20
|
20
|
25
|
28
|
29
|
|
Wiltshire
|
32
|
32
|
38
|
33
|
30
|
30
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
32
|
26
|
|
Total
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
24
|
23
|
23
|
23
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
(1) The number of crimes recorded in that financial year using the coverage and rules in use until 31 March 1998.
(2) The number of crimes recorded in that financial year using the expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998.
(3) Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999.
(4) The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
(5) Includes the British Transport Police from 2002-03 onwards.
Note:
The overall detection rate remained broadly stable between 2001-02 and 2003-04. It then rose to reach 27 per cent. in 2005-06 and 2006-07. However, the overall detection rate has been affected by forces limiting the usage of non-sanction detections i.e. where a crime is detected but no further action is taken for a variety of reasons.
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