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| Average determinate custodial sentence length( 1) for persons aged 15 to 17 sentenced to immediate custody by police force area and age, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006 |
| Average custodial sentence length (months) |
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
16.2
|
9.3
|
8.0
|
9.3
|
8.9
|
8.9
|
4.0
|
10.9
|
8.7
|
5.9
|
9.9
|
7.2
|
8.5
|
13.0
|
8.0
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
6.7
|
6.9
|
5.0
|
11.5
|
6.1
|
7.9
|
7.2
|
8.7
|
7.2
|
4.6
|
16.8
|
9.8
|
10.1
|
7.2
|
13.1
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
8.5
|
13.5
|
11.7
|
10.1
|
7.9
|
9.8
|
5.1
|
5.5
|
7.9
|
11.5
|
11.6
|
11.5
|
9.9
|
11.8
|
8.7
|
|
Cheshire
|
11.1
|
6.6
|
9.2
|
7.7
|
11.8
|
11.1
|
5.3
|
9.0
|
8.0
|
6.9
|
10.7
|
9.7
|
7.6
|
7.8
|
7.6
|
|
City of London
|
—
|
—
|
18.0
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cleveland
|
7.1
|
11.2
|
10.3
|
8.4
|
6.7
|
10.3
|
3.9
|
9.0
|
8.4
|
10.8
|
10.5
|
9.0
|
8.3
|
8.7
|
7.6
|
|
Cumbria
|
3.5
|
4.7
|
8.4
|
10.9
|
6.4
|
5.0
|
13.4
|
5.5
|
6.2
|
4.9
|
7.7
|
7.7
|
6.1
|
7.3
|
7.2
|
|
Derbyshire
|
8.7
|
8.3
|
11.1
|
12.3
|
10.1
|
7.7
|
11.5
|
10.8
|
10.1
|
8.2
|
8.6
|
8.0
|
8.7
|
7.2
|
10.2
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
10.1
|
7.4
|
11.4
|
14.3
|
5.9
|
7.8
|
7.4
|
9.5
|
6.9
|
6.3
|
7.3
|
6.8
|
17.4
|
14.5
|
22.8
|
|
Dorset
|
3.2
|
5.1
|
9.6
|
6.8
|
7.2
|
12.8
|
3.2
|
4.7
|
5.5
|
6.8
|
4.5
|
6.9
|
12.0
|
5.1
|
6.8
|
|
Durham
|
5.9
|
9.3
|
8.6
|
6.2
|
7.4
|
8.7
|
3.1
|
3.7
|
5.9
|
6.2
|
9.3
|
9.1
|
6.5
|
7.1
|
9.7
|
|
Essex
|
9.5
|
5.3
|
7.4
|
6.9
|
4.3
|
6.7
|
5.6
|
4.8
|
6.5
|
5.5
|
6.7
|
8.2
|
7.6
|
8.3
|
8.6
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
2.0
|
3.5
|
8.7
|
8.6
|
7.8
|
5.4
|
2.3
|
5.5
|
6.4
|
17.0
|
5.0
|
9.1
|
7.0
|
8.3
|
7.7
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
9.6
|
7.9
|
10.7
|
8.9
|
10.2
|
9.1
|
7.4
|
9.3
|
9.1
|
8.3
|
9.1
|
11.2
|
9.0
|
10.1
|
11.1
|
|
Hampshire
|
12.6
|
12.9
|
10.1
|
7.7
|
4.1
|
7.5
|
8.7
|
6.3
|
7.3
|
7.5
|
7.7
|
7.5
|
8.2
|
7.7
|
7.4
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
12.0
|
10.4
|
6.8
|
21.2
|
7.6
|
4.5
|
3.2
|
7.6
|
10.4
|
4.0
|
8.2
|
13.8
|
9.7
|
11.6
|
9.5
|
|
Humberside
|
6.4
|
9.6
|
7.5
|
6.9
|
8.8
|
9.3
|
6.0
|
8.0
|
9.8
|
11.1
|
10.7
|
11.4
|
9.1
|
9.0
|
8.0
|
|
Kent
|
9.1
|
8.0
|
8.6
|
9.1
|
6.4
|
6.1
|
4.6
|
6.1
|
7.4
|
12.0
|
7.5
|
9.3
|
6.1
|
9.7
|
7.3
|
|
Lancashire
|
14.6
|
7.9
|
7.7
|
8.0
|
8.1
|
6.9
|
11.6
|
8.3
|
11.2
|
7.5
|
7.3
|
8.7
|
8.9
|
8.1
|
9.3
|
|
Leicestershire
|
6.9
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
8.1
|
7.6
|
7.3
|
5.0
|
8.8
|
13.4
|
9.1
|
8.4
|
10.7
|
5.7
|
7.1
|
10.9
|
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|
Lincolnshire
|
—
|
6.4
|
8.3
|
4.3
|
3.7
|
7.5
|
17.6
|
6.8
|
6.6
|
17.3
|
6.7
|
8.1
|
19.3
|
7.0
|
7.8
|
|
Merseyside
|
7.1
|
8.4
|
8.6
|
4.2
|
7.1
|
8.4
|
4.2
|
6.8
|
6.2
|
6.6
|
9.2
|
8.2
|
8.1
|
7.4
|
8.4
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
16.5
|
15.5
|
13.1
|
9.1
|
11.3
|
12.0
|
9.9
|
9.9
|
11.9
|
9.4
|
11.5
|
12.3
|
8.6
|
11.6
|
11.0
|
|
Norfolk
|
3.8
|
10.0
|
9.2
|
5.8
|
3.0
|
8.6
|
2.9
|
4.9
|
5.7
|
4.6
|
7.5
|
9.5
|
5.1
|
5.5
|
6.5
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
7.0
|
4.5
|
6.2
|
4.2
|
5.0
|
8.8
|
8.3
|
6.0
|
6.2
|
7.4
|
6.3
|
8.0
|
12.6
|
10.8
|
11.7
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
5.0
|
5.5
|
8.4
|
7.9
|
10.6
|
8.3
|
7.2
|
8.1
|
8.9
|
5.8
|
13.0
|
11.5
|
4.7
|
20.3
|
16.6
|
|
Northumbria
|
6.1
|
10.0
|
9.7
|
4.5
|
7.1
|
7.3
|
4.4
|
7.1
|
7.6
|
9.3
|
8.3
|
9.8
|
9.9
|
10.2
|
10.5
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
11.5
|
12.1
|
12.2
|
11.1
|
15.8
|
12.0
|
9.2
|
11.7
|
10.8
|
8.2
|
11.5
|
11.5
|
10.0
|
7.8
|
12.2
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
10.9
|
10.4
|
10.8
|
8.4
|
9.9
|
11.2
|
10.7
|
7.9
|
7.6
|
10.9
|
10.2
|
10.1
|
11.7
|
12.7
|
12.0
|
|
Staffordshire
|
7.5
|
7.5
|
7.8
|
4.5
|
9.8
|
7.5
|
7.9
|
6.7
|
7.3
|
19.0
|
9.8
|
10.9
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
9.8
|
|
Suffolk
|
20.0
|
6.5
|
8.8
|
8.5
|
4.2
|
12.0
|
5.5
|
6.5
|
7.7
|
8.0
|
10.6
|
9.9
|
5.5
|
12.0
|
9.9
|
|
Surrey
|
18.4
|
19.0
|
20.0
|
4.5
|
8.2
|
5.8
|
—
|
3.4
|
13.0
|
4.0
|
6.1
|
7.9
|
5.2
|
10.5
|
5.8
|
|
Sussex
|
4.7
|
6.2
|
7.8
|
2.8
|
6.1
|
7.2
|
11.6
|
11.0
|
8.7
|
5.9
|
11.3
|
11.2
|
7.6
|
7.7
|
8.6
|
|
Thames Valley
|
4.8
|
9.1
|
9.0
|
3.4
|
6.8
|
9.3
|
9.6
|
8.9
|
10.4
|
5.5
|
8.6
|
9.5
|
8.8
|
9.9
|
9.5
|
|
Warwickshire
|
4.4
|
6.5
|
8.2
|
2.3
|
10.9
|
12.3
|
7.6
|
7.9
|
10.5
|
7.6
|
5.5
|
13.3
|
14.2
|
10.8
|
17.1
|
|
West Mercia
|
8.6
|
11.6
|
14.3
|
6.4
|
10.0
|
11.1
|
7.2
|
8.4
|
9.2
|
7.5
|
10.8
|
12.9
|
7.0
|
7.9
|
10.3
|
|
West Midlands
|
10.1
|
8.6
|
9.8
|
9.8
|
9.9
|
10.2
|
8.0
|
8.8
|
8.3
|
8.1
|
8.2
|
10.7
|
8.5
|
9.3
|
9.8
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
9.4
|
10.0
|
9.2
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
10.7
|
8.9
|
8.2
|
10.3
|
8.5
|
12.1
|
11.0
|
8.4
|
10.4
|
11.9
|
|
Wiltshire
|
2.0
|
15.8
|
8.8
|
8.8
|
9.3
|
9.4
|
2.6
|
8.6
|
6.7
|
12.4
|
8.3
|
10.8
|
12.4
|
6.8
|
8.4
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
6.7
|
18.0
|
7.1
|
23.0
|
3.3
|
5.4
|
13.0
|
2.7
|
4.6
|
4.0
|
6.1
|
10.5
|
5.0
|
12.7
|
5.4
|
|
Gwent
|
5.0
|
13.3
|
5.3
|
8.1
|
5.1
|
8.2
|
5.2
|
3.5
|
5.5
|
9.8
|
17.4
|
6.2
|
15.2
|
12.2
|
13.9
|
|
North Wales
|
16.5
|
5.5
|
7.5
|
7.7
|
9.8
|
8.4
|
7.4
|
13.7
|
5.7
|
6.6
|
8.4
|
11.3
|
6.9
|
9.4
|
8.4
|
|
South Wales
|
6.4
|
8.7
|
9.9
|
6.8
|
8.3
|
7.7
|
6.8
|
7.1
|
7.8
|
7.2
|
9.0
|
10.3
|
7.7
|
8.2
|
8.2
|
