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2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Police force area Number of offences Detection rate (%) Number of offences Detection rate (%) Number of offences Detection rate (%)

Avon and Somerset

154,876

23

160,834

24

144,970

25

Bedfordshire

59,493

25

57,289

22

51,327

22

British Transport Police

76,385

20

76,405

24

67,875

27

Cambridgeshire

66,804

27

69,146

25

65,308

27

Cheshire

95,297

27

89,023

27

79,278

26

Cleveland

71,962

30

68,452

31

66,646

33

Cumbria

42,722

35

38,640

36

35,282

38

Derbyshire

81,085

27

81,037

26

77,534

29

Devon and Cornwall

124,533

28

123,851

27

111,260

28

Dorset

58,724

30

55,142

30

51,285

27

Durham

53,123

27

53,173

30

47,839

29

Dyfed-Powys

30,185

45

30,124

45

25,639

42

Essex

132,378

31

127,163

33

119,164

32

Gloucestershire

53,062

32

52,388

33

45,685

32

Greater Manchester

328,237

25

332,554

25

297,966

25

Gwent

53,627

36

53,182

33

48,472

30

Hampshire

175,293

24

180,894

23

164,940

27

Hertfordshire

95,273

26

91,408

29

80,239

30

Humberside

116,104

23

112,771

25

97,034

31

Kent

147,112

26

146,402

26

131,269

27

Lancashire

142,229

32

135,837

35

123,681

35

Leicestershire

91,185

30

93,108

28

88,253

27

Lincolnshire

57,608

26

55,478

28

51,102

28

London, City of

8,432

43

7,973

39

7,572

36

Merseyside

174,989

28

155,208

29

126,934

32

Metropolitan Police

984,125

24

921,779

21

862,032

25

Norfolk

64,902

31

62,626

30

55,686

32

Northamptonshire

68,075

25

65,975

26

63,657

25

Northumbria

131,968

35

129,070

40

109,251

38

North Wales

50,270

43

53,450

48

45,545

40

North Yorkshire

58,850

35

54,526

33

50,265

33

Nottinghamshire

138,289

22

136,531

23

124,880

23

South Wales

123,942

26

121,717

25

123,967

26

South Yorkshire

162,845

27

159,477

26

145,769

27

Staffordshire

104,411

35

104,336

35

89,348

28

Suffolk

52,831

30

51,096

31

48,330

30

Surrey

68,978

25

74,242

30

68,947

27

Sussex

135,690

30

133,147

31

119,393

32

Thames Valley

201,412

28

211,325

25

196,008

25

Warwickshire

43,392

25

45,257

27

39,968

26

West Mercia

85,353

34

82,095

34

80,054

29

West Midlands

288,055

26

278,660

27

248,235

27

West Yorkshire

258,887

28

249,670

29

228,195

24

Wiltshire

42,181

32

45,098

26

44,587

27

England and Wales

5,555,174

27

5,427,559

27

4,950,671

28

Notes:
1. The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording standard In April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
2. It should be noted that non-sanction detections that contribute to the overall detection rate have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many police forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable. From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.

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