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Table 2: Total offences per officer for 1998-99 to 2001-02
Police force area	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Avon and Somerset	50	50	50	57
Bedfordshire	47	52	48	49
Cambridgeshire	53	56	50	51
Cheshire	31	32	32	34
Cleveland	47	46	46	49
Cumbria	36	35	31	34
Derbyshire	48	48	45	49
Devon and Cornwall	38	39	35	33
Dorset	41	40	37	40
Durham	32	31	28	32
Essex	33	37	37	38
Gloucestershire	44	46	43	43
Greater Manchester	53	55	53	53
Hampshire	37	40	39	39
Hertfordshire	29	30	33	37
Humberside	66	63	58	57
Kent	40	39	39	36
Lancashire	36	34	36	42
Leicestershire	47	47	43	42
Lincolnshire	41	41	37	42
London, City of	9	11	12	13
Merseyside	33	36	35	37
Metropolitan Police	36	41	40	40
Norfolk	41	43	40	40
Northamptonshire	58	55	49	50
Northumbria	39	38	35	35
North Yorkshire	41	42	40	42
Nottinghamshire	61	62	61	68
South Yorkshire	42	42	39	42
Staffordshire	41	46	49	55
Suffolk	34	38	39	42
Surrey	26	26	31	31
Sussex	46	48	48	47
Thames Valley	47	51	51	52
Warwickshire	42	43	40	44
West Mercia	40	45	40	51
West Midlands	43	51	49	48
West Yorkshire	55	54	54	61
Wiltshire	33	34	33	33
England	41	44	42	44
Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1989-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997 and earlier. 2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later.

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Table 3: Total offences per officer for 2002-03 to 2006-07
Police force area	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Avon and Somerset	55	48	48	46	48
Bedfordshire	55	53	48	50	48
Cambridgeshire	61	57	53	47	50
Cheshire	40	42	41	44	41
Cleveland	47	44	41	43	40
Cumbria	33	32	35	35	31
Derbyshire	52	48	41	40	40
Devon and Cornwall	41	40	40	36	36
Dorset	44	44	40	40	37
Durham	31	29	27	31	32
Essex	46	47	42	40	39
Gloucestershire	45	45	41	41	40
Greater Manchester	52	46	40	41	42
Hampshire	42	48	46	47	48
Hertfordshire	44	46	46	45	42
Humberside	63	64	56	52	51
Kent	37	38	38	41	40
Lancashire	39	43	43	40	38
Leicestershire	45	42	42	41	42
Lincolnshire	51	49	48	47	45
London, City of	12	11	10	10	9
Merseyside	40	41	40	41	35
Metropolitan Police	39	36	33	32	30
Norfolk	48	46	43	42	40
Northamptonshire	61	63	58	52	52
Northumbria	42	39	35	33	33
North Yorkshire	47	47	40	36	33
Nottinghamshire	67	64	57	56	57
South Yorkshire	48	43	43	50	49
Staffordshire	49	48	44	46	46
Suffolk	40	41	40	41	38
Surrey	36	38	37	36	39
Sussex	44	44	46	44	43
Thames Valley	54	52	50	48	50
Warwickshire	44	45	43	42	43
West Mercia	47	45	40	36	34
West Midlands	45	43	36	36	34
West Yorkshire	64	62	47	46	44
Wiltshire	38	35	33	35	37
England	45	44	40	40	38
Note: The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording standard in April 2002. These figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

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