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N umber of defendants aged 18 years and over who were convicted at all courts for illegally carrying knives, in England and Wales by police force area for the years 1997 to 2006( 1, 2, 3)
Police force area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Avon and Somerset

44

62

96

80

82

116

133

118

113

138

Bedfordshire

23

31

20

34

26

38

52

61

67

50

Cambridgeshire

21

29

25

13

23

35

26

56

43

57

Cheshire

52

56

39

40

30

40

48

39

58

70

City of London

16

8

4

8

9

17

19

20

18

11

Cleveland

13

26

27

15

34

57

55

69

63

59

Cumbria

22

22

25

19

17

31

36

38

33

30

Derbyshire

31

22

28

35

45

53

65

83

67

63

Devon and Cornwall

38

72

70

56

60

98

107

109

112

102

Dorset

18

37

28

28

29

45

41

53

53

55

Durham

21

24

27

32

25

59

49

49

70

65

Essex

64

73

81

80

73

89

112

156

143

133

Gloucestershire

13

29

15

13

19

21

24

34

33

31

Greater Manchester

181

205

188

176

209

239

250

276

291

305

Hampshire

78

86

75

77

79

86

108

133

129

124

Hertfordshire

24

24

25

24

23

49

68

64

71

65

Humberside

36

39

53

39

31

52

55

92

92

90

Kent

24

61

76

61

62

29

27

12

12

6

Lancashire

93

106

84

70

85

76

112

122

121

109

Leicestershire

44

58

52

45

52

57

78

80

70

90

Lincolnshire

16

31

47

39

37

40

60

58

47

58

Merseyside

148

144

108

98

106

137

132

169

168

178

Metropolitan Police

1,110

1,160

905

970

1,167

1,562

1,441

1,376

1,400

1,354

Norfolk

25

47

40

30

32

54

54

61

60

52

North Yorkshire

30

31

39

25

38

41

40

56

55

39

Northamptonshire

4

7

14

5

3

2

2

3

6

1

Northumbria

79

78

86

87

109

126

130

154

160

186

Nottinghamshire

40

36

38

34

41

55

68

95

91

113

South Yorkshire

41

46

48

46

92

109

122

99

136

109

Staffordshire(3)

18

33

37

(4)

28

51

50

60

49

80

Suffolk

27

19

18

23

25

43

37

55

53

88

Surrey

16

8

10

16

21

22

33

30

30

30

Sussex

53

57

83

64

76

112

99

91

94

108

Thames Valley

54

67

70

47

64

72

66

99

122

142

Warwickshire

14

25

20

16

15

21

14

22

18

24

West Mercia

17

30

25

21

6

9

18

18

22

31

West Midlands

146

126

120

163

247

281

279

290

258

312

West Yorkshire

33

33

42

47

70

81

89

128

142

143

Wiltshire

17

24

28

24

32

24

33

40

41

55

Dyfed-Powys

14

19

29

23

28

30

34

36

34

22

Gwent

19

16

14

17

16

31

19

37

26

44

North Wales

42

50

51

32

39

57

52

60

68

103

South Wales

59

87

91

68

72

96

90

109

100

133

Total

2,878

3,244

3,001

2,840

3,377

4,343

4,427

4,810

4,839

5,058

(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 defendants 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 )Nil
Note:
Data for "having an article with blade or point on school premises" exclude convictions for West Mercia PFA, until clarification of these cases is obtained.
Source:
Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
Our reference: PQ 176295 (Table 2).

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