Table B: Proceedings at magistrates courts for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks( 1) , by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006
Number of offences
Police force area
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003( 2)
2004
2005
2006
Avon and Somerset
15,354
16,892
15,098
14,609
13,022
15,124
17,163
17,489
14,625
11,834
Bedfordshire
4,724
4,449
3,479
3,594
4,651
4,731
5,041
4,534
4,776
4,356
Cambridgeshire
3,440
3,425
3,058
2,929
2,508
2,875
3,301
3,120
3,371
4,107
Cheshire
4,838
4,961
5,463
5,729
4,975
5,765
6,385
6,515
4,592
4,463
Cleveland
3,925
4,204
4,331
4,793
4,789
5,994
5,575
6,597
4,611
4,013
Cumbria
4,223
3,787
3,597
3,507
3,595
3,540
3,488
3,446
2,855
2,654
Derbyshire
5,565
5,137
5,120
5,318
5,429
5,614
5,793
6,326
5,869
4,352
Devon and Cornwall
8,422
7,232
7,493
9,234
8,648
9,598
9,676
8,943
7,404
7,500
Dorset
5,271
4,198
4,776
6,035
5,262
6,176
7,034
6,075
5,752
5,177
Durham
3,992
4,261
5,899
5,470
5,394
5,840
5,802
5,300
4,454
3,285
Essex
7,161
7,025
7,336
7,898
7,708
7,811
7,489
7,132
7,035
6,507
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Gloucestershire
3,577
4,465
4,443
4,174
4,683
4,417
4,412
3,695
3,500
2,838
Greater Manchester
30,655
30,836
33,228
33,783
37,088
36,337
38,208
34,942
30,280
26,516
Hampshire
11,768
11,557
11,553
10,559
10,349
10,912
10,619
9,750
7,882
6,529
Hertfordshire
4,580
5,799
4,748
5,258
5,816
6,612
7,216
7,463
7,763
7,641
Humberside
4,408
4,279
4,894
5,024
4,730
4,464
5,509
5,170
4,840
5,085
Kent
6,935
6,958
6,151
9,033
9,592
10,059
9,788
10,673
8,535
8,154
Lancashire
20,334
18,794
18,111
18,354
16,280
17,555
21,229
16,065
17,960
15,246
Leicestershire
9,706
9,481
11,054
10,263
10,475
10,699
11,304
10,833
7,306
5,912
Lincolnshire
4,589
5,000
5,345
4,500
4,083
4,242
5,883
6,621
5,644
5,242
London, City of
2,671
3,127
2,521
1,738
1,826
2,353
2,563
2,812
1,499
1,575
Merseyside
10,896
9,747
8,932
10,054
9,467
10,360
12,776
13,023
10,728
7,807
Metropolitan Police
42,283
35,064
31,285
29,649
32,032
36,485
43,100
47,806
47,223
46,132
Norfolk
3,932
3,434
3,468
3,951
4,744
5,563
6,322
5,084
4,442
4,054
Northamptonshire
4,999
4,849
5,571
3,949
2,028
1,211
4,157
5,804
4,441
3,859
Northumbria
12,470
11,837
13,296
13,195
12,504
12,309
12,951
11,685
11,728
10,347
North Yorkshire
3,926
3,744
4,003
3,905
3,545
3,340
3,774
4,065
3,865
3,270
Nottinghamshire
8,078
8,726
7,957
7,748
7,856
7,460
9,224
9,224
7,358
5,994
South Yorkshire
11,228
11,553
11,763
12,690
14,623
13,859
13,745
11,416
11,246
10,307
Staffordshire
8,180
8,210
8,021
8,777
6,027
7,056
7,214
7,439
7,224
6,328
Suffolk
3,258
3,743
4,189
3,923
4,123
4,759
5,808
5,718
4,279
3,799
Surrey
4,942
3,908
4,436
4,941
5,101
5,554
4,657
3,927
4,491
4,173
Sussex
9,333
8,202
7,415
6,796
6,814
6,413
5,808
4,371
4,569
5,074
Thames Valley
11,887
11,948
13,543
12,816
11,728
12,842
14,516
12,920
11,255
10,329
Warwickshire
4,316
3,769
3,523
4,135
4,204
3,711
3,756
4,160
3,469
3,512
West Mercia
7,082
8,207
7,450
7,686
7,787
7,849
7,735
7,249
7,144
7,042
West Midlands
29,878
30,928
27,409
28,148
27,010
32,339
36,409
39,696
34,786
29,998
West Yorkshire
23,980
23,549
25,776
26,529
27,618
24,873
26,966
32,404
26,667
21,641
Wiltshire
3,463
4,820
4,708
4,901
5,292
5,326
4,794
4,641
4,599
4,466
Dyfed-Powys
3,079
2,852
3,017
3,072
2,953
3,316
3,094
2,244
2,639
2,413
Gwent
4,097
4,478
4,451
4,680
4,758
4,508
4,083
3,474
3,241
3,088
North Wales
4,859
4,452
4,102
3,697
3,376
4,048
5,968
6,022
4,211
5,057
South Wales
14,829
16,187
15,406
14,615
13,805
16,499
16,932
15,946
12,605
11,805
England and Wales
397,133
390,074
387,419
391,659
388,298
410,398
447,267
441,819
392,763
353,481
(1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s143(2). (2) As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. Notes:
1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences may be less than complete.
2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
