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Number of offences
Police force area	2002( 3)	2003( 3)	2004	2005	2006
Avon and Somerset	53,846	89,405	85,331	67,933	52,606
Bedfordshire	40,338	66,709	56,762	44,736	48,407
Cambridgeshire	16,435	28,510	18,802	44,887	20,502
Cheshire	13,578	29,564	40,306	25,056	28,570
Cleveland	25,264	24,729	18,039	24,812	19,044
Cumbria	5,797	24,692	31331	27,441	32,023
Derbyshire	71,085	44,517	44,412	30,905	31,484
Devon and Cornwall	31,144	63,916	81,682	53,474	42,487
Dorset	18,688	83,185	71,832	79,522	51,599
Durham	7,687	6,538	4,184	2,816	2,817
Essex	101,063	66,281	66,852	85,746	60,705
Gloucestershire	3,888	3,139	4,813	10,849	13,406
Greater Manchester	35,881	44,903	43,531	59,478	60,282
Hampshire	31,867	45,324	52,587	58,750	49,404
Hertfordshire	23,203	28,896	61,637	49,738	81,805
Humberside	13,389	25,755	52,288	48,494	36,718
Kent	36,645	64,584	66,661	53,289	47,179
Lancashire	158,163	98,660	63233	63,588	57,658
Leicestershire	17,903	45,417	26,357	7,281	24,605
Lincolnshire	27,490	27,070	29,258	32,613	25,750
London, City of	4,782	4,864	6,358	10,275	5,089
Merseyside	8,484	8,863	8,058	16,411	33,049
Metropolitan Police	53,334	80,213	104,920	128,426	102,482
Norfolk	17,116	31,640	26,938	25,117	24,885
Northamptonshire	60,459	49,902	49,108	47,886	42,242
Northumbria	41,050	68,018	94,318	65,708	51,880
North Yorkshire	5,412	5,836	5,971	4,823	5,256
Nottinghamshire	35,771	53,276	53,188	53,686	42,816
South Yorkshire	16,098	61,418	42,635	65,352	51,462
Staffordshire	28,094	47,565	41,249	46,218	50,823
Suffolk	9,477	16,606	40,847	40,029	34,442
Surrey	6,052	7,057	8,200	17,509	38,520
Sussex	23,550	60,384	45,819	58,806	48,827
Thames Valley	121,677	123,586	92,834	97,049	137,312
Warwickshire	14,988	27,737	34,206	40,401	30,316
West Mercia	29,098	78,408	57,844	53,711	46,213
West Midlands	17,782	43,542	58,052	46,612	44,407
West Yorkshire	32,126	70,011	68,827	66,031	40,528
Wiltshire	27,975	42,738	50,841	52,412	61,458
England	1,286,556	1,703,168	1324,892	1,797,950	1,679,128
Dyfed Powys	12,343	3,072	2,221	1,435	1,054
Gwent	2,880	1,013	859	506	531
North Wales	44,458	61,645	51,068	74,485	59,491
South Wales	61,848	65,852	45,343	45,189	33,208
Wales	121,710	131,582	99,492	121,615	94,284
Total England and Wales	1,407,266	1,894,750	1,924,384	1,919,565	1,773,412
(1 )Only covers notices paid where there be no further action. (2) Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1964 and the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1073. (3) Revised since original publication following amendments received from forces. Note: 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 systems generated by 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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