Table 2: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to recipients of all ages, by police force area, all offences, England and Wales 2004 to 2006( 1)
Police force area
2004( 2)
2005
2006
Avon and Somerset
508
3,244
3,951
Bedfordshire
503
1,239
1,645
British Transport police
n/a
n/a
3,058
Cambridgeshire
359
1,046
1,518
Cheshire
972
2,387
2,283
City of London
60
219
316
Cleveland
559
2,806
3,570
Cumbria
578
1,220
1,693
Derbyshire
656
1,593
2,583
Devon and Cornwall
1,889
5,134
7,022
Dorset
516
1,381
2,309
Durham
597
1,149
1,591
Essex
2,802
4,454
4,461
Gloucestershire
473
1,721
3,164
Greater Manchester
2,253
7,256
10,881
Hampshire
2,116
3,658
4,909
Hertfordshire
412
1,296
5,615
Humberside
1,596
3,265
5,490
Kent
767
5,032
7,080
Lancashire
5,077
10,222
12,479
Leicestershire
756
1,909
2,426
Lincolnshire
544
2,373
2,049
Merseyside
3,929
11,937
11,709
Metropolitan
12,758
18,047
20,856
Norfolk
475
676
1,332
North Yorkshire
1,078
1,596
2,395
Northamptonshire
570
1,403
2,541
Northumbria
211
2,147
6,418
Nottinghamshire
1,060
2,119
2,304
South Yorkshire
2,098
3,710
6,185
Staffordshire
1,450
2,169
3,261
Suffolk
472
901
1,472
Surrey
203
641
2,844
Sussex
1,509
4,193
5,268
Thames Valley
1,038
5,795
6,789
Warwickshire
481
933
1,049
West Mercia
275
1,774
3,533
West Midlands
4,773
7,320
8,015
West Yorkshire
4,277
9,217
8,930
Wiltshire
610
1,080
1,246
England
61,260
138,262
186,240
Dyfed Powys
459
1,214
1,393
Gwent
424
1,511
2,050
North Wales
1,255
3,792
6,167
South Wales
241
1,702
5,347
Wales
2,379
8,219
14,957
England and Wales
63,639
146,481
201,197
n/a = Not applicable. The British Transport police started issuing PNDs on 1 March 2006. (1) 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. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (2) First year of PND scheme. Fully rolled out to all forces on 1 April 2004.
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Table 3: Number of cannabis warnings issued by police force area and year 2005-06 to 2007-08( 1,2)
Police force area
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Avon and Somerset
2,578
3,600
2,554
Bedfordshire
643
324
289
British Transport police
203
430
1,707
Cambridgeshire
492
956
1,594
Cheshire
393
532
757
City of London
682
373
436
Cleveland
392
331
686
Cumbria
219
231
218
Derbyshire
513
497
520
Devon and Cornwall
1,532
1,473
1,380
Dorset
340
348
393
Durham
207
257
256
Essex
697
722
1,348
Gloucestershire
395
419
459
Greater Manchester
3,235
4,943
5,311
Hampshire
1,113
1,477
2,260
Hertfordshire
488
1,394
1,485
Humberside
149
533
895
Kent
497
652
846
Lancashire
237
210
528
Leicestershire
978
1,555
1,967
Lincolnshire
471
543
508
Merseyside
8,561
7,204
7,229
Metropolitan
21,040
30,554
46,986
Norfolk
638
731
786
North Yorkshire
654
554
702
Northamptonshire
111
206
311
Northumbria
155
1,419
1,311
Nottinghamshire
855
1,077
1,210
South Yorkshire
1,023
1,027
1,296
Staffordshire
1,323
1,282
1,150
Suffolk
64
573
599
Surrey
482
754
993
Sussex
1,350
1,971
2,447
Thames Valley
1,883
2,431
2,753
Warwickshire
419
650
399
West Mercia
582
686
756
West Midlands
3,451
2,852
2,286
West Yorkshire
1,839
1,539
1,340
Wiltshire
394
231
218
England
61,278
77,541
99,169
Dyfed Powys
799
887
882
Gwent
396
646
757
North Wales
793
971
985
South Wales
536
1,266
2,414
Wales
2,524
3,770
5,038
England and Wales
63,802
81,311
104,207
(1) 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. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (2) Cannabis warnings cannot be shown at the police force area level for 2004-05. In this period, there were an estimated 39,256 cannabis warnings issued in England and Wales.
