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| Table 2: Robbery offences recorded by the police by police force area—2002-03 to 2006-07 |
| Number of offences |
| Police force area | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
3,504
|
2,908
|
2,237
|
2,036
|
1,987
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
997
|
993
|
1,028
|
1,317
|
1,248
|
|
British Transport Police
|
2,242
|
2,542
|
2,037
|
2,166
|
1,953
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
906
|
786
|
634
|
562
|
733
|
|
Cheshire
|
631
|
647
|
533
|
654
|
688
|
|
Cleveland
|
1,434
|
1,355
|
898
|
715
|
576
|
|
Cumbria
|
130
|
124
|
109
|
87
|
68
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1,048
|
1,019
|
802
|
772
|
870
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
710
|
562
|
541
|
566
|
649
|
|
Dorset
|
437
|
445
|
342
|
255
|
190
|
|
Durham
|
287
|
267
|
178
|
281
|
233
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
40
|
54
|
41
|
40
|
47
|
|
Essex
|
1,328
|
1,476
|
1,426
|
1,424
|
1,531
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
521
|
541
|
384
|
476
|
394
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
10,745
|
9,246
|
7,544
|
7,719
|
8,213
|
|
Gwent
|
329
|
274
|
351
|
316
|
282
|
|
Hampshire
|
966
|
1,040
|
948
|
1,078
|
1,212
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
862
|
972
|
875
|
933
|
985
|
|
Humberside
|
1,807
|
1,896
|
1,262
|
1,185
|
1,200
|
|
Kent
|
1,242
|
1,172
|
1,195
|
1,351
|
1,403
|
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|
Lancashire
|
1,409
|
1,285
|
1,092
|
1,021
|
1,014
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1,453
|
1,476
|
1,329
|
1,244
|
1,214
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
307
|
304
|
243
|
229
|
230
|
|
London, City of
|
45
|
50
|
42
|
39
|
41
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,994
|
2,347
|
2,173
|
2,502
|
2,290
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
42,493
|
40,639
|
39,033
|
45,311
|
45,771
|
|
Norfolk
|
579
|
459
|
324
|
301
|
359
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,015
|
1,220
|
875
|
1,069
|
1,037
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,442
|
1,223
|
1,176
|
1,070
|
1,055
|
|
North Wales
|
224
|
201
|
149
|
150
|
134
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
356
|
395
|
328
|
240
|
278
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,799
|
2,556
|
2,011
|
2,112
|
2,434
|
|
South Wales
|
784
|
751
|
543
|
631
|
891
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
2,112
|
1,400
|
1,131
|
1,258
|
1,594
|
|
Staffordshire
|
900
|
909
|
111
|
766
|
758
|
|
Suffolk
|
249
|
290
|
260
|
271
|
271
|
|
Surrey
|
605
|
619
|
462
|
446
|
446
|
|
Sussex
|
1,319
|
1,425
|
1,228
|
1,098
|
1,007
|
|
Thames Valley
|
2,406
|
2,286
|
1,968
|
1,926
|
2,320
|
|
Warwickshire
|
354
|
456
|
353
|
429
|
486
|
|
West Mercia
|
728
|
689
|
531
|
453
|
581
|
|
West Midlands
|
10,249
|
10,371
|
9,165
|
8,867
|
9,186
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
4,947
|
3,738
|
2,196
|
2,531
|
3,148
|
|
Wiltshire
|
336
|
328
|
256
|
301
|
363
|
|
England and Wales
|
110,271
|
103,736
|
91,010
|
98,198
|
101,370
|
Notes:
1. Figures in this table are after the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. They are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
2. Includes British Transport Police from 2002-03.
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