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| Table B: Fixed penalty notices issued( 1) for speed limit offences( 2) by police force area— England and Wales, 1907-2006 |
| Number of offences |
|
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999( 3) | 2000( 3) | 2001( 3) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
7,204
|
18,327
|
25,897
|
36,122
|
30,339
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
8,700
|
10,255
|
18,008
|
16,707
|
13,415
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
14,837
|
13,818
|
14,662
|
8,708
|
6,777
|
|
Cheshire
|
10,785
|
23,198
|
18,393
|
15,356
|
16,694
|
|
Cleveland
|
3,239
|
10,734
|
7,717
|
23,228
|
24,160
|
|
Cumbria
|
4,882
|
4,919
|
5,058
|
4,103
|
3,640
|
|
Derbyshire
|
17,438
|
22,785
|
21,771
|
16,291
|
24,948
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
38,150
|
32,757
|
33,882
|
28,091
|
33,388
|
|
Dorset
|
11,172
|
14,738
|
14,815
|
18,305
|
18,605
|
|
Durham
|
3,213
|
3,930
|
4,586
|
9,180
|
14,156
|
|
Essex
|
48,123
|
19,282
|
38,097
|
56,010
|
87,038
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
6,260
|
8,714
|
6,268
|
5,781
|
4,007
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
54,684
|
51,145
|
64,318
|
59,785
|
50,448
|
|
Hampshire
|
27,480
|
34,555
|
46,709
|
27,566
|
28,985
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
17,604
|
14,063
|
25,687
|
23,958
|
23,474
|
|
Humberside
|
9,735
|
13,759
|
12,671
|
22,209
|
17,228
|
|
Kent
|
28,706
|
28,009
|
18,854
|
24,617
|
23,044
|
|
Lancashire
|
23,613
|
32,810
|
35,335
|
29,683
|
27,893
|
|
Leicestershire
|
5,612
|
9,720
|
8,791
|
8,094
|
7,750
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
6,588
|
12,368
|
17,913
|
28,319
|
31,487
|
|
London, City of
|
520
|
907
|
2,423
|
353
|
713
|
|
Merseyside
|
11,808
|
15,373
|
15,968
|
7,385
|
4,100
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
45,488
|
36,690
|
32,061
|
54,843
|
58,412
|
|
Norfolk
|
4,895
|
5,379
|
0,267
|
4,783
|
5,166
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3,722
|
8,836
|
7,772
|
34,809
|
79,827
|
|
Northumbria
|
25,693
|
34,918
|
37,472
|
24,265
|
40,728
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
11,879
|
9,924
|
8,908
|
5,285
|
7,438
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
4,625
|
6,289
|
5,512
|
23,766
|
24,556
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
39,082
|
31,585
|
23,544
|
20,987
|
21,566
|
|
Staffordshire
|
22,552
|
22,044
|
14,656
|
13,989
|
20,372
|
|
Suffolk
|
7,271
|
12,840
|
18,088
|
12,596
|
12,418
|
|
Surrey
|
5,340
|
10,252
|
11,035
|
12,072
|
10,424
|
|
Sussex
|
25,124
|
24,882
|
22,370
|
24,880
|
18,513
|
|
Thames Valley
|
53,285
|
62,827
|
48,034
|
71,888
|
154,524
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1,857
|
2,510
|
2,745
|
2,099
|
3,136
|
|
West Mercia
|
15,392
|
16,502
|
18,478
|
22,150
|
30,504
|
|
West Midlands
|
9,378
|
11,586
|
9,546
|
5,688
|
15,606
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
24,103
|
29,635
|
24,791
|
24,595
|
20,937
|
|
Wiltshire
|
11,330
|
8,494
|
8,319
|
16,351
|
17,941
|
|
England
|
669,409
|
730,146
|
755,221
|
844,656
|
1,035,562
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
6,708
|
0,272
|
8,222
|
8,840
|
6,868
|
|
Gwent
|
5,263
|
4,214
|
2,050
|
16,518
|
13,209
|
|
North Wales
|
9,146
|
9,920
|
11,141
|
18,880
|
20,245
|
|
South Wales
|
22,227
|
27,464
|
28,850
|
54,383
|
75,224
|
|
Wales
|
43,144
|
50,870
|
50,263
|
96,721
|
115,546
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total England and Wales
|
712,753
|
781,016
|
805/184
|
941,876
|
1,151,108
|
