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).
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
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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).