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Table 2: Total offences per officer for 1997
Police force area	1997
Avon and Somerset	48
Bedfordshire	44
Cambridgeshire	47
Cheshire	30
Cleveland	43
Cumbria	31
Derbyshire	42
Devon and Cornwall	32
Dorset	34
Durham	32
Essex	31
Gloucestershire	43
Greater Manchester	44
Hampshire	36
Hertfordshire	29
Humberside	60
Kent	38
Lancashire	37
Leicestershire	41
Lincolnshire	36
London, City of	6
Merseyside	30
Metropolitan Police	30
Norfolk	37
Northamptonshire	46
Northumbria	37
North Yorkshire	37
Nottinghamshire	55
South Yorkshire	41
Staffordshire	39
Suffolk	30
Surrey	24
Sussex	37
Thames Valley	42
Warwickshire	39
West Mercia	38
West Midlands	39
West Yorkshire	47
Wiltshire	29
Dyfed-Powys	18
Gwent	38
North Wales	29
South Wales	44
England and Wales	37
Note: Recorded crime statistics were collected on a calendar year basis up to 1997 and thereafter on a financial year basis. Therefore, these figures are not comparable with those for later years. Source: Population estimates are provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Table 3: Total offences per officer for 1998-99 to 2001-02
Police force area	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Avon and Somerset	50	50	50	57
Bedfordshire	47	52	48	49
Cambridgeshire	53	56	50	51
Cheshire	31	32	32	34
Cleveland	47	46	46	49
Cumbria	36	35	31	34
Derbyshire	48	48	45	49
Devon and Cornwall	38	39	35	33
Dorset	41	40	37	40
Durham	32	31	28	32
Essex	33	37	37	38
Gloucestershire	44	46	43	43
Greater Manchester	53	55	53	53
Hampshire	37	40	39	39
Hertfordshire	29	30	33	37
Humberside	66	63	58	57
Kent	40	39	39	36
Lancashire	36	34	36	42
Leicestershire	47	47	43	42
Lincolnshire	41	41	37	42
London, City of	9	11	12	13
Merseyside	33	36	35	37
Metropolitan Police	36	41	40	40
Norfolk	41	43	40	40
Northamptonshire	58	55	49	50
Northumbria	39	38	35	35
North Yorkshire	41	42	40	42
Nottinghamshire	61	62	61	68
South Yorkshire	42	42	39	42
Staffordshire	41	46	49	55
Suffolk	34	38	39	42
Surrey	26	26	31	31
Sussex	46	48	48	47
Thames Valley	47	51	51	52
Warwickshire	42	43	40	44
West Mercia	40	45	40	51
West Midlands	43	51	49	48
West Yorkshire	55	54	54	61
Wiltshire	33	34	33	33
Dyfed-Powys	24	23	22	21
Gwent	47	48	45	35
North Wales	32	32	33	36
South Wales	45	43	35	36
England and Wales:	41	43	42	43
Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1989-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997 and earlier. 2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. Source: Population estimates are provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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