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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

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


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