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Number of persons
	2002			2003			2004			2005			2006
Force	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	16	17
Avon and Somerset	26	30	58	12	39	47	11	32	58	12	24	39	10	25	40
Bedfordshire	19	24	24	8	25	30	15	24	43	15	32	41	13	21	24
Cambridgeshire	7	23	34	15	30	48	7	23	39	14	13	23	11	24	21
Cheshire	15	27	51	14	50	42	15	19	48	22	42	78	27	41	52
City of London	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Cleveland	12	33	47	10	26	41	15	17	33	8	28	29	15	31	26
Cumbria	15	25	23	12	14	23	10	18	38	6	18	19	9	17	36
Derbyshire	14	40	76	21	23	51	21	24	39	19	34	46	13	43	37
Devon and Cornwall	6	9	11	4	8	9	1	6	13	6	12	13	—	4	8
Dorset	14	13	29	10	11	16	10	12	12	6	11	21	9	8	23
Durham	12	23	30	13	23	31	6	15	25	10	19	31	17	11	16
Essex	37	57	95	40	46	78	25	66	84	28	48	63	39	52	65
Gloucestershire	13	13	8	3	17	17	11	11	29	12	16	20	7	24	19
Greater Manchester	113	190	238	90	148	218	106	155	236	74	158	230	112	151	233
Hampshire	47	55	86	22	41	67	33	59	79	30	47	81	31	67	83
Hertfordshire	13	23	44	12	24	34	7	17	43	14	39	32	11	19	39
Humberside	15	35	59	19	36	68	47	55	46	34	46	69	24	46	76
Kent	29	33	77	23	39	62	16	29	48	15	42	65	19	34	56
Lancashire	41	75	97	35	46	70	35	46	69	25	47	91	37	52	67
Leicestershire	25	45	94	22	34	72	17	38	60	15	28	42	13	31	35
Lincolnshire	12	15	17	3	18	31	6	6	17	9	4	15	2	5	9
Merseyside	32	74	94	43	59	123	34	63	103	44	66	100	49	65	97
Metropolitan Police	184	371	532	163	237	374	163	275	432	146	270	387	172	320	470
Norfolk	5	17	15	9	6	23	2	10	21	8	6	20	10	5	16
North Yorkshire	6	16	25	8	10	30	7	10	24	6	21	21	5	9	31
Northamptonshire	10	18	34	4	11	21	7	16	33	8	6	12	10	18	28
Northumbria	40	68	86	27	51	75	28	35	62	21	51	58	24	39	61
Nottinghamshire	47	72	98	42	59	100	28	68	75	42	60	97	39	52	77
South Yorkshire	33	55	99	28	47	100	26	52	85	20	52	105	16	47	85
Staffordshire	23	38	69	19	33	52	17	30	59	20	29	45	15	29	53
Suffolk	7	9	20	5	14	26	15	24	26	18	16	31	13	20	36
Surrey	4	9	20	4	25	11	3	11	22	8	15	13	5	14	20
Sussex	22	35	48	21	43	29	15	30	36	17	22	56	13	35	38
Thames Valley	26	53	117	22	33	66	13	29	64	9	27	61	23	39	64
Warwickshire	9	16	29	1	1	15	2	7	13	8	10	18	6	12	14
West Mercia	18	37	53	11	29	44	22	26	58	14	35	47	17	24	48
West Midlands	145	255	318	112	167	265	131	191	275	93	164	234	87	167	212
West Yorkshire	82	129	160	60	113	169	79	115	168	70	143	135	75	94	172
Wiltshire	11	15	17	5	16	12	7	9	23	3	14	9	2	11	23
Dyfed-Powys	5	12	7	—	6	8	2	3	9	1	3	12	3	6	17
Gwent	6	12	17	10	23	25	17	23	53	20	25	27	14	28	49
North Wales	13	27	27	17	25	32	8	22	42	16	20	38	22	25	41
South Wales	45	91	127	47	64	106	33	78	111	29	62	94	39	62	88
(1 )Principal offence basis. Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice

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