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Mr. McNulty [holding answer 10 December 200 7 ]: The statistics provided in the previous answer related to all racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police. The police data (i.e. offences recorded) are based on the number of crimes recorded in each financial year. Convictions data are based on the number of offender convictions and are published on a calendar year basis. Convictions figures are counts of offenders classified by their principal offence. For these reasons the two datasets are not directly comparable.

Information on the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for racially aggravated violence offences has been provided in the following table.

Number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences of racially aggravated violence, by police force area, England and Wales 2002-06( 1,2)
Police force area	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Avon and Somerset	45	69	80	98	107
Bedfordshire	12	24	20	32	42
Cambridgeshire	32	24	38	50	56
Cheshire	29	42	52	66	92
City of London	3	10	7	12	13
Cleveland	9	24	41	46	67
Cumbria	13	19	28	40	46
Derbyshire	40	48	58	75	79
Devon and Cornwall	27	65	60	66	92
Dorset	12	14	23	28	46
Durham	23	30	43	59	65
Essex	19	23	51	92	108
Gloucestershire	22	21	34	25	44
Greater Manchester	180	261	298	367	444
Hampshire	88	96	139	162	167
Hertfordshire	32	37	45	59	117
Humberside	30	58	53	64	56
Kent	10	16	7	15	12
Lancashire	106	143	168	198	295
Leicestershire	77	106	100	147	149
Lincolnshire	12	19	26	35	39
Merseyside	48	72	102	110	162
Metropolitan Police	440	503	642	764	880
Norfolk	19	32	43	47	54
North Yorkshire	16	16	30	36	52
Northamptonshire	3	5	4	10	4
Northumbria	86	106	112	129	135
Nottinghamshire	71	82	95	107	108
South Yorkshire	50	54	56	64	114
Staffordshire	57	62	68	56	77
Suffolk	20	24	40	39	58
Surrey	5	14	25	40	61
Sussex	35	57	58	73	121
Thames Valley	49	69	69	86	137
Warwickshire	27	16	20	38	91
West Mercia	52	75	81	94	126
West Midlands	229	257	319	309	371
West Yorkshire	97	109	149	174	176
Wiltshire	18	28	22	38	45
Dyfed-Powys	26	29	19	17	32
Gwent	31	25	29	30	53
North Wales	10	34	37	50	75
South Wales	62	79	121	113	98
Total	2,272	2,897	3,512	4,160	5,166
(1) These data are provided 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 police forces and courts. 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. Source: RDS—Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice

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