28 Apr 2008 : Column 136W—continued
| Average custodial sentence length (months) |
| | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
7.5
|
12.2
|
13.6
|
9.5
|
7.4
|
9.3
|
9.5
|
11.4
|
12.2
|
8.7
|
7.8
|
10.2
|
8.2
|
10.2
|
8.4
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
12.9
|
10.8
|
18.1
|
9.8
|
14.4
|
12.6
|
9.2
|
9.9
|
11.6
|
10.1
|
8.9
|
12.7
|
11.5
|
11.0
|
12.6
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
9.4
|
11.5
|
13.8
|
8.7
|
13.9
|
9.7
|
7.4
|
12.7
|
15.3
|
7.9
|
14.5
|
10.7
|
13.1
|
6.2
|
12.1
|
|
Cheshire
|
13.9
|
9.9
|
12.2
|
7.9
|
11.4
|
8.8
|
7.5
|
18.2
|
11.5
|
10.3
|
13.2
|
10.3
|
9.9
|
8.5
|
10.4
|
|
City of London
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
18.0
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
10.0
|
|
Cleveland
|
14.3
|
13.7
|
13.5
|
7.2
|
14.5
|
15.4
|
14.0
|
9.2
|
10.4
|
14.5
|
13.5
|
9.7
|
7.6
|
10.5
|
10.5
|
|
Cumbria
|
5.7
|
9.9
|
9.7
|
9.1
|
6.4
|
9.3
|
5.8
|
7.7
|
10.1
|
9.0
|
10.0
|
13.2
|
4.5
|
7.8
|
9.2
|
|
Derbyshire
|
9.7
|
11.4
|
11.8
|
10.6
|
11.7
|
12.2
|
7.3
|
8.3
|
16.3
|
9.6
|
8.9
|
8.6
|
11.1
|
8.5
|
9.2
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
14.3
|
19.0
|
12.2
|
5.0
|
14.4
|
22.2
|
24.0
|
20.7
|
24.5
|
14.7
|
19.5
|
19.8
|
—
|
13.0
|
22.5
|
|
Dorset
|
5.4
|
6.8
|
15.9
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
8.4
|
15.0
|
5.5
|
5.8
|
9.0
|
20.7
|
10.1
|
11.1
|
10.0
|
12.9
|
|
Durham
|
9.3
|
12.3
|
10.1
|
10.0
|
9.4
|
10.1
|
10.3
|
13.5
|
8.9
|
6.2
|
9.4
|
9.6
|
6.4
|
8.7
|
5.6
|
|
Essex
|
10.7
|
9.4
|
6.9
|
6.4
|
7.0
|
8.6
|
8.1
|
8.2
|
8.4
|
5.4
|
9.0
|
10.3
|
6.2
|
6.7
|
8.9
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
12.0
|
7.4
|
12.0
|
12.7
|
12.1
|
7.6
|
8.2
|
10.2
|
8.8
|
7.2
|
6.8
|
14.9
|
12.0
|
13.2
|
12.4
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
11.9
|
13.2
|
11.8
|
9.8
|
10.6
|
12.5
|
8.3
|
10.0
|
11.2
|
8.5
|
10.4
|
9.8
|
8.3
|
9.3
|
11.5
|
|
Hampshire
|
9.1
|
10.1
|
11.2
|
7.7
|
11.1
|
11.9
|
6.8
|
7.7
|
10.3
|
6.3
|
9.1
|
10.4
|
7.0
|
10.7
|
8.6
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
16.2
|
19.1
|
12.0
|
7.0
|
8.8
|
20.0
|
10.9
|
8.6
|
14.1
|
5.0
|
9.4
|
10.6
|
7.6
|
11.3
|
8.0
|
|
Humberside
|
6.5
|
11.3
|
13.4
|
7.6
|
9.4
|
10.0
|
9.8
|
9.7
|
11.5
|
7.2
|
7.7
|
10.5
|
6.8
|
10.4
|
11.8
|
|
Kent
|
9.1
|
10.2
|
9.2
|
8.3
|
9.1
|
10.3
|
9.6
|
9.8
|
9.4
|
9.7
|
10.7
|
10.0
|
8.0
|
10.9
|
12.6
|
|
Lancashire
|
11.2
|
10.4
|
10.5
|
7.3
|
9.4
|
10.1
|
10.9
|
10.3
|
10.4
|
8.2
|
8.6
|
13.9
|
7.8
|
8.8
|
12.9
|
|
Leicestershire
|
8.5
|
8.4
|
14.2
|
7.4
|
7.7
|
9.5
|
10.1
|
10.2
|
13.1
|
13.1
|
10.4
|
10.9
|
6.2
|
7.6
|
8.5
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
20.0
|
14.7
|
16.2
|
4.0
|
11.3
|
11.1
|
6.0
|
9.0
|
12.2
|
12.2
|
4.5
|
13.9
|
5.0
|
6.8
|
12.4
|
|
Merseyside
|
6.6
|
10.0
|
13.2
|
8.0
|
8.9
|
9.3
|
9.5
|
8.0
|
11.7
|
7.8
|
10.0
|
11.1
|
10.2
|
10.2
|
11.2
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
12.3
|
10.6
|
14.4
|
12.0
|
12.9
|
14.1
|
11.3
|
13.3
|
15.9
|
10.8
|
11.9
|
14.2
|
10.4
|
13.2
|
15.9
|
|
Norfolk
|
6.4
|
10.0
|
8.7
|
7.8
|
9.7
|
12.2
|
5.0
|
6.6
|
10.1
|
7.2
|
27.0
|
8.5
|
6.2
|
15.2
|
8.2
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
9.7
|
15.2
|
11.0
|
12.2
|
10.8
|
8.3
|
9.7
|
7.4
|
8.8
|
13.6
|
11.9
|
10.6
|
12.0
|
10.4
|
12.0
|
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|
Northamptonshire
|
10.6
|
13.3
|
9.4
|
6.0
|
7.1
|
8.8
|
19.4
|
10.6
|
10.5
|
10.8
|
8.7
|
17.2
|
9.8
|
13.9
|
15.9
|
|
Northumbria
|
11.4
|
8.6
|
11.2
|
7.6
|
8.4
|
10.8
|
14.8
|
7.8
|
9.4
|
9.4
|
11.9
|
11.3
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
8.7
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
9.1
|
13.1
|
13.4
|
14.7
|
11.9
|
14.9
|
11.1
|
12.9
|
13.9
|
7.6
|
8.8
|
11.9
|
11.2
|
10.4
|
14.0
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
9.2
|
10.9
|
17.3
|
11.2
|
13.4
|
11.4
|
15.1
|
12.5
|
15.0
|
13.2
|
12.3
|
12.3
|
11.8
|
14.0
|
11.4
|
|
Staffordshire
|
7.7
|
9.6
|
9.0
|
8.4
|
9.3
|
8.5
|
7.2
|
11.7
|
8.8
|
9.3
|
9.2
|
9.6
|
11.6
|
9.3
|
7.7
|
|
Suffolk
|
9.1
|
20.3
|
13.4
|
6.8
|
7.3
|
12.5
|
8.0
|
8.1
|
10.5
|
5.6
|
5.8
|
7.7
|
6.6
|
6.5
|
9.7
|
|
Surrey
|
4.5
|
16.7
|
8.9
|
10.5
|
10.2
|
9.1
|
10.0
|
9.6
|
14.1
|
8.8
|
6.4
|
17.5
|
14.8
|
11.5
|
11.3
|
|
Sussex
|
7.6
|
7.7
|
14.9
|
10.8
|
8.9
|
11.2
|
7.9
|
11.9
|
11.7
|
6.5
|
12.1
|
11.2
|
7.5
|
11.7
|
12.2
|
|
Thames Valley
|
11.3
|
9.5
|
12.2
|
9.8
|
7.0
|
11.6
|
14.9
|
12.4
|
12.3
|
7.2
|
9.0
|
9.1
|
9.4
|
9.6
|
10.4
|
|
Warwickshire
|
15.6
|
9.5
|
13.8
|
4.0
|
12.0
|
12.3
|
24.0
|
14.0
|
9.8
|
6.2
|
25.8
|
11.1
|
38.8
|
19.0
|
14.9
|
|
West Mercia
|
8.9
|
10.3
|
8.7
|
9.8
|
7.6
|
8.6
|
7.9
|
9.8
|
9.6
|
9.0
|
7.9
|
7.2
|
6.2
|
8.2
|
10.8
|
|
West Midlands
|
9.6
|
9.7
|
10.8
|
8.6
|
9.9
|
10.7
|
8.9
|
8.6
|
10.9
|
8.4
|
10.1
|
10.2
|
8.4
|
11.2
|
11.2
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
9.7
|
11.1
|
13.4
|
9.9
|
9.7
|
11.5
|
9.2
|
11.9
|
12.5
|
7.5
|
11.9
|
12.2
|
8.4
|
10.3
|
11.5
|
|
Wiltshire
|
6.9
|
13.7
|
8.9
|
11.2
|
10.1
|
8.5
|
5.4
|
11.1
|
10.7
|
13.3
|
10.3
|
13.5
|
11.0
|
10.4
|
10.0
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
6.8
|
10.3
|
12.0
|
—
|
6.0
|
7.2
|
8.0
|
6.0
|
5.3
|
4.0
|
6.0
|
7.7
|
5.3
|
5.7
|
8.9
|
|
Gwent
|
6.3
|
13.5
|
11.8
|
15.8
|
11.8
|
10.4
|
8.4
|
9.7
|
11.7
|
7.3
|
8.7
|
9.6
|
6.4
|
7.8
|
8.8
|
|
North Wales
|
7.4
|
6.0
|
6.1
|
12.6
|
7.4
|
8.6
|
7.8
|
13.7
|
9.6
|
6.9
|
6.1
|
9.5
|
7.1
|
7.6
|
9.0
|
|
South Wales
|
10.1
|
10.5
|
11.2
|
8.0
|
10.3
|
7.6
|
7.2
|
10.1
|
10.1
|
7.0
|
8.5
|
8.7
|
7.2
|
8.5
|
8.9
|
(1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences.
Notes:
1. Small numbers of persons may result in unrepresentative average custodial sentence lengths. Where numbers are low, average custodial sentence lengths are susceptible to bias from individual cases and may not be representative of local sentencing practice.
2. 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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