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Number of offences
	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
Police force area	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Avon and Somerset	2,147	256	2,332	293	2,646	333	2,567	384	2,486	387
Bedfordshire	925	88	959	110	1,068	129	1,019	101	1,069	101
Cambridgeshire	800	80	827	100	905	114	1,029	130	1,154	135
Cheshire	1,560	193	2,114	318	1,862	304	2,234	340	1,637	266
Cleveland	890	83	916	96	1,021	115	1,064	119	915	122
Cumbria	720	90	734	98	798	117	865	97	778	145
Derbyshire	1,470	142	1,451	163	1,589	189	1,824	218	1,552	212
Devon and Cornwall	2,317	277	2,389	286	2,574	380	2,429	363	2,295	344
Dorset	1,130	154	1,162	185	1,217	167	1,197	169	1,125	174
Durham	1,054	127	1,101	146	1,150	128	1,188	150	1,070	179
Essex	2,435	282	2,506	294	2,548	299	2,734	376	2,444	381
Gloucestershire	842	108	912	113	866	131	856	139	809	128
Greater Manchester	4,732	503	4,607	512	4,615	578	4,636	559	4,426	590
Hampshire	3,436	384	3,766	474	3,590	451	3,642	479	3,202	497
Hertfordshire	1,621	205	1,826	252	1,852	280	1,834	259	1,780	271
Humberside	1,213	142	1,418	138	1,481	130	1,596	156	1,545	162
Kent	2,571	290	2,686	338	2,802	295	2,928	323	2,798	349
Lancashire	2,256	314	2,545	383	2,668	346	2,634	385	2,623	372
Leicestershire	1,591	139	1,648	169	1,683	187	1,681	187	1,592	185
Lincolnshire	901	90	841	76	1,110	123	1,133	165	1,132	162
London, City of	162	20	229	31	226	22	186	18	196	15
Merseyside	2,299	214	2,287	264	2,748	329	2,874	357	2,932	363
Metropolitan Police	12,549	1,196	14,103	1,390	13,911	1,365	14,089	1,518	13,631	1,410
Norfolk	1,158	135	1,180	175	1,291	143	1,205	169	1,210	169
Northamptonshire	429	35	226	27	793	89	897	103	851	129
Northumbria	2,590	260	2,598	323	2,759	357	2,635	386	2,519	336
North Yorkshire	1,014	144	1,068	139	1,153	172	1,073	152	1,172	180
Nottinghamshire	1,609	177	1,489	127	1,663	187	1,623	205	1,602	199
South Yorkshire	2,039	192	1,954	211	2,133	264	2,227	247	2,203	227
Staffordshire	1,506	167	1,639	231	1,682	217	1,690	251	1,662	257
Suffolk	935	114	1,102	135	1,204	174	1,325	172	1,069	141
Surrey	1,774	281	1,618	232	1,405	210	1,371	200	1,375	242
Sussex	2,352	283	2,268	266	2,357	290	2,182	355	2,195	325
Thames Valley	3,305	376	4,291	512	3,831	481	3,455	451	3,357	450
Warwickshire	844	111	821	94	880	106	814	88	803	114
West Mercia	1,691	183	1,655	223	1,758	213	1,627	186	1,881	156
West Midlands	5,173	431	5,410	448	5,517	476	5,731	597	5,674	575
West Yorkshire	3,419	320	3,772	353	3,813	357	3,900	371	3,876	383
Wiltshire	1,001	126	971	129	958	147	998	131	977	137
England	80,460	8,712	85,421	9,854	88,127	10,395	88,992	11,056	85,617	10,970
Dyfed Powys	856	117	937	132	994	138	949	152	902	143
Gwent	1,142	155	1,059	116	1,174	147	1,149	162	1,057	199
North Wales	1,230	136	1,249	166	1,303	168	1,301	170	1,273	186
South Wales	2,847	328	2,748	350	2,838	388	2,788	372	2,743	392
Wales	6,075	736	5,993	764	6,309	841	6,187	856	5,975	920
England and Wales	86,535	9,448	91,414	10,618	94,436	11,236	95,179	11,912	91,592	11,890

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