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| Table 2: Offences recorded by the police and detection rates, 2002-03 to 2007-08 |
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Police force area | Number of offences | Detection rate (%) | Number of offences | Detection rate (%) | Number of offences | Detection rate (%) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
173,866
|
15
|
164,943
|
15
|
161,210
|
17
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
60,895
|
26
|
62,382
|
23
|
57,973
|
28
|
|
British Transport Police
|
77,264
|
15
|
79,182
|
16
|
77,889
|
17
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
85,029
|
22
|
79,960
|
23
|
73,659
|
23
|
|
Cheshire
|
84,574
|
26
|
92,223
|
27
|
89,300
|
26
|
|
Cleveland
|
73,816
|
23
|
74,579
|
21
|
68,967
|
24
|
|
Cumbria
|
37,595
|
31
|
39,539
|
32
|
43,300
|
30
|
|
Derbyshire
|
103,180
|
26
|
98,741
|
25
|
84,712
|
28
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
131,240
|
29
|
131,453
|
29
|
133,282
|
30
|
|
Dorset
|
62,297
|
25
|
62,657
|
26
|
57,722
|
28
|
|
Durham
|
51,177
|
34
|
48,432
|
29
|
47,115
|
29
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
25,104
|
68
|
31,105
|
47
|
32,409
|
43
|
|
Essex
|
136,181
|
27
|
144,512
|
28
|
134,789
|
27
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
55,775
|
29
|
58,097
|
28
|
53,333
|
27
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
379,126
|
22
|
367,959
|
22
|
324,616
|
23
|
|
Gwent
|
61,237
|
48
|
59,296
|
45
|
57,204
|
42
|
|
Hampshire
|
152,664
|
30
|
178,543
|
27
|
173,072
|
28
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
86,396
|
23
|
95,117
|
25
|
97,065
|
29
|
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|
Humberside
|
132,529
|
20
|
141,644
|
19
|
124,105
|
20
|
|
Kent
|
130,597
|
28
|
137,313
|
25
|
136,440
|
23
|
|
Lancashire
|
130,507
|
27
|
151,834
|
27
|
152,043
|
30
|
|
Leicestershire
|
96,143
|
27
|
96,355
|
22
|
96,347
|
25
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
61,949
|
23
|
60,377
|
22
|
58,349
|
25
|
|
London, City of
|
10,026
|
36
|
9,250
|
33
|
8,685
|
36
|
|
Merseyside
|
163,166
|
25
|
169,181
|
27
|
170,846
|
30
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,079,877
|
14
|
1,060,927
|
15
|
1,015,121
|
21
|
|
Norfolk
|
71,270
|
24
|
69,846
|
26
|
66,376
|
28
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
73,509
|
28
|
78,582
|
28
|
73,903
|
29
|
|
Northumbria
|
165,496
|
31
|
157,051
|
30
|
142,122
|
29
|
|
North Wales
|
65,067
|
29
|
61,749
|
33
|
53,849
|
42
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
67,239
|
26
|
71,473
|
28
|
61,615
|
35
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
161,403
|
16
|
159,228
|
18
|
143,498
|
20
|
|
South Wales
|
143,372
|
29
|
137,113
|
29
|
124,162
|
29
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
152,057
|
21
|
141,794
|
24
|
140,371
|
26
|
|
Staffordshire
|
108,626
|
31
|
109,396
|
33
|
101,084
|
35
|
|
Suffolk
|
50,315
|
34
|
53,443
|
33
|
52,101
|
32
|
|
Surrey
|
68,452
|
22
|
73,252
|
22
|
70,851
|
26
|
|
Sussex
|
130,887
|
24
|
134,557
|
24
|
140,177
|
25
|
|
Thames Valley
|
208,523
|
25
|
210,256
|
23
|
205,273
|
26
|
|
Warwickshire
|
44,196
|
26
|
45,714
|
25
|
43,131
|
27
|
|
West Mercia
|
105,077
|
33
|
106,900
|
31
|
95,056
|
34
|
|
West Midlands
|
350,242
|
26
|
339,292
|
25
|
290,779
|
23
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
322,794
|
20
|
325,556
|
20
|
263,534
|
25
|
|
Wiltshire
|
44,225
|
28
|
42,956
|
28
|
40,076
|
29
|
| | | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
5,974,960
|
24
|
6,013,759
|
23
|
5,637,511
|
26
|
