22 July 2008 : Column 1380W—continued
| | Numb er of persistent young offender offences |
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
250
|
233
|
251
|
314
|
449
|
496
|
483
|
456
|
564
|
612
|
691
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
89
|
101
|
134
|
160
|
142
|
127
|
161
|
226
|
189
|
172
|
213
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
177
|
169
|
251
|
267
|
245
|
283
|
342
|
274
|
315
|
310
|
377
|
|
Cheshire
|
264
|
334
|
295
|
378
|
389
|
449
|
439
|
495
|
530
|
483
|
486
|
|
Cleveland
|
603
|
538
|
597
|
496
|
506
|
557
|
389
|
395
|
382
|
419
|
534
|
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22 July 2008 : Column 1382W
|
Cumbria
|
238
|
283
|
293
|
305
|
300
|
318
|
337
|
322
|
352
|
415
|
407
|
|
Derbyshire
|
232
|
233
|
290
|
322
|
411
|
403
|
392
|
414
|
416
|
433
|
477
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
183
|
235
|
224
|
299
|
418
|
434
|
504
|
577
|
518
|
485
|
636
|
|
Dorset
|
75
|
99
|
130
|
109
|
141
|
183
|
219
|
216
|
243
|
274
|
272
|
|
Durham
|
302
|
359
|
457
|
545
|
464
|
506
|
418
|
328
|
382
|
457
|
534
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
156
|
180
|
165
|
158
|
212
|
225
|
243
|
199
|
228
|
264
|
238
|
|
Essex
|
230
|
288
|
350
|
455
|
479
|
470
|
451
|
515
|
654
|
736
|
854
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
182
|
142
|
116
|
135
|
183
|
188
|
196
|
199
|
215
|
285
|
314
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
1,431
|
1,536
|
1,704
|
1,875
|
2,290
|
2,165
|
1,868
|
1,889
|
2,101
|
2,251
|
2,336
|
|
Gwent
|
170
|
243
|
260
|
341
|
336
|
325
|
371
|
421
|
396
|
409
|
416
|
|
Hampshire
|
358
|
636
|
965
|
1,079
|
1,052
|
1,236
|
1,184
|
1,209
|
1,128
|
1,116
|
1,323
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
153
|
160
|
174
|
199
|
209
|
246
|
276
|
340
|
362
|
356
|
388
|
|
Humberside
|
287
|
385
|
382
|
412
|
494
|
419
|
502
|
626
|
647
|
653
|
709
|
|
Kent
|
273
|
416
|
424
|
480
|
614
|
619
|
715
|
655
|
673
|
686
|
684
|
|
Lancashire
|
451
|
588
|
724
|
830
|
843
|
1,089
|
1,038
|
944
|
1,078
|
1,216
|
1,279
|
|
Leicestershire
|
236
|
303
|
328
|
374
|
421
|
459
|
452
|
315
|
466
|
439
|
546
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
181
|
230
|
188
|
228
|
242
|
229
|
261
|
221
|
171
|
199
|
228
|
|
Merseyside
|
695
|
726
|
773
|
820
|
966
|
999
|
1,016
|
1,046
|
835
|
797
|
955
|
|
Metropolitan
|
1,504
|
1,801
|
1,995
|
2,001
|
2,291
|
2,236
|
2,081
|
2,208
|
2,133
|
2,549
|
3,128
|
|
Norfolk
|
155
|
219
|
243
|
268
|
278
|
256
|
294
|
258
|
220
|
271
|
294
|
|
North Wales
|
178
|
159
|
216
|
273
|
346
|
426
|
452
|
439
|
386
|
402
|
344
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
178
|
211
|
280
|
282
|
280
|
282
|
305
|
332
|
333
|
380
|
461
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
146
|
144
|
251
|
298
|
288
|
282
|
254
|
241
|
243
|
235
|
338
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,002
|
1,234
|
1,501
|
1,539
|
1,612
|
1,498
|
1,622
|
1,522
|
1,619
|
1,730
|
1,858
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
507
|
497
|
505
|
669
|
689
|
687
|
672
|
583
|
703
|
709
|
678
|
|
South Wales
|
757
|
932
|
1,010
|
1,082
|
1,111
|
1,100
|
1,021
|
905
|
869
|
719
|
643
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
510
|
511
|
559
|
696
|
645
|
717
|
713
|
738
|
701
|
646
|
649
|
|
Staffordshire
|
285
|
310
|
319
|
400
|
464
|
419
|
517
|
511
|
517
|
515
|
519
|
|
Suffolk
|
116
|
116
|
191
|
213
|
285
|
363
|
391
|
447
|
491
|
423
|
435
|
|
Surrey
|
131
|
138
|
146
|
175
|
235
|
219
|
195
|
239
|
249
|
258
|
252
|
|
Sussex
|
157
|
259
|
239
|
242
|
335
|
414
|
465
|
617
|
762
|
828
|
855
|
|
Thames Valley
|
366
|
388
|
433
|
455
|
559
|
659
|
562
|
502
|
636
|
721
|
775
|
|
Warwickshire
|
133
|
118
|
174
|
145
|
193
|
172
|
147
|
142
|
177
|
225
|
245
|
|
West Mercia
|
257
|
263
|
374
|
392
|
414
|
458
|
445
|
501
|
508
|
628
|
586
|
|
West Midlands
|
1,306
|
1,501
|
1,546
|
1,663
|
1,839
|
1,759
|
1,810
|
1,745
|
1,456
|
1,401
|
1,378
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
797
|
1,034
|
1,275
|
1,367
|
1,327
|
1,309
|
1,432
|
1,626
|
1,676
|
1,575
|
1,696
|
|
Wiltshire
|
104
|
132
|
138
|
151
|
166
|
192
|
203
|
224
|
206
|
202
|
233
|
|
England and Wales
|
16,010
|
18,605
|
21,151
|
23,131
|
25,393
|
26,116
|
26,086
|
26,363
|
27,037
|
28,252
|
30,683
|
