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Number of offences
	2004		2005		2006
Police force area	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt
Avon and Somerset	17,489	10,862	14,625	8,688	11,834	7,444
Bedfordshire	4,534	3,190	4,776	3,334	4,356	3,137
Cambridgeshire	3,120	2,654	3,371	2,827	4,107	3,432
Cheshire	6,515	5,372	4,592	3,871	4,463	3,803
Cleveland	6,597	5,080	4,611	3,819	4,013	3,383
Cumbria	3,446	2,753	2,855	2,199	2,654	2,098
Derbyshire	6,326	5,505	5,869	5,190	4,352	3,841
Devon and Cornwall	8,943	6,178	7,404	5,241	7,500	5,348
Dorset	6,075	3,618	5,752	3,584	5,177	3,207
Durham	5,300	4,029	4,454	3,186	3,285	2,427
Essex	7,132	5,323	7,035	5,413	6,507	5,340
Gloucestershire	3,695	2,438	3,500	2,042	2,838	1,876
Greater Manchester	34,942	26,722	30,280	22,869	26,516	20,263
Hampshire	9,750	7,467	7,882	6,251	6,529	5,356
Hertfordshire	7,463	5,382	7,763	5,716	7,641	5,849
Humberside	5,170	4,298	4,840	4,136	5,085	4,406
Kent	10,673	8,347	8,535	7,050	8,154	7,055
Lancashire	16,065	9,948	17,960	10,945	15,246	9,448
Leicestershire	10,833	7,790	7,306	5,340	5,912	4,345
Lincolnshire	6,621	4,766	5,644	3,907	5,242	3,873
London, City of	2,812	1,122	1,499	1,068	1,575	1,130
Merseyside	13,023	10,385	10,728	8,757	7,807	6,591
Metropolitan Police	47,806	36,465	47,223	36,033	46,132	37,075
Norfolk	5,084	3,734	4,442	3,436	4,054	3,175
Northamptonshire	5,804	4,641	4,441	3,606	3,859	3,101
Northumbria	11,685	9,106	11,728	9,348	10,347	8,629
North Yorkshire	4,065	2,508	3,865	2,569	3,270	2,298
Nottinghamshire	9,224	7,755	7,358	6,299	5,994	5,097
South Yorkshire	11,416	8,497	11,246	8,484	10,307	7,838
Staffordshire	7,439	6,317	7,224	5,959	6,328	5,399
Suffolk	5,718	3,541	4,279	2,738	3,799	2,499
Surrey	3,927	2,581	4,491	2,874	4,173	2,712
Sussex	4,371	3,068	4,569	3,370	5,074	3,763
Thames Valley	12,920	9,144	11,255	7,887	10,329	7,600
Warwickshire	4,160	3,433	3,469	2,958	3,512	2,981
West Mercia	7,249	5,498	7,144	5,604	7,042	5,679
West Midlands	39,696	27,453	34,786	24,890	29,998	21,378
West Yorkshire	32,404	20,175	26,667	16,220	21,641	13,751
Wiltshire	4,641	2,778	4,599	2,814	4,466	2,793
Dyfed-Powys	2,244	1,645	2,639	1,890	2,413	1,745
Gwent	3,474	2,961	3,241	2,761	3,088	2,670
North Wales	6,022	4,773	4,211	3,331	5,057	3,969
South Wales	15,946	11,143	12,605	8,694	11,805	7,984
England and Wales	441,819	320,445	392,763	287,198	353,481	265,788
(1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2) (2) As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences may be less than complete. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

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