Number of offenders cautioned( 1) for the possession of an article with a blade or point( 2) , England and Wales, 1997 to 2007, broken down by police force area( 3, 4)
Force
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
—
3
12
12
17
41
39
88
79
157
147
Bedfordshire
4
5
6
3
4
16
22
19
123
131
82
Cambridgeshire
—
3
4
10
12
9
7
17
40
36
43
Cheshire
10
16
11
12
20
11
18
18
19
19
14
City of London
11
6
7
7
9
6
1
9
22
13
11
Cleveland
2
2
2
1
4
4
14
15
19
32
43
Cumbria
7
4
10
1
17
12
10
10
12
15
20
Derbyshire
9
4
7
7
8
5
6
10
10
26
42
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Devon and Cornwall
67
52
56
52
50
65
44
95
100
82
81
Dorset
—
11
1
—
—
2
7
9
6
15
36
Durham
7
21
18
19
6
1
9
11
21
44
50
Essex
39
53
54
42
51
45
57
27
32
54
17
Gloucestershire
—
6
12
16
12
9
11
17
20
26
29
Greater Manchester
66
99
66
88
115
114
123
127
150
166
168
Hampshire
34
45
63
35
26
59
52
81
85
77
75
Hertfordshire
4
10
5
9
16
20
21
33
32
42
64
Humberside
10
15
17
9
10
9
3
10
44
50
52
Kent
9
32
40
44
34
33
45
62
60
64
65
Lancashire
31
44
24
12
38
21
33
67
84
91
74
Leicestershire
7
8
8
7
6
4
14
20
34
56
46
Lincolnshire
6
12
7
4
11
14
18
23
32
41
49
Merseyside
103
67
56
46
40
50
48
99
91
62
113
Metropolitan Police
939
1,024
773
778
497
492
388
493
569
710
750
Norfolk
—
12
36
27
31
38
26
22
35
47
46
North Yorkshire
7
9
12
17
16
18
18
20
25
24
20
Northamptonshire
11
8
4
11
23
46
28
42
36
50
59
Northumbria
50
64
48
51
70
82
92
69
81
119
93
Nottinghamshire
8
—
3
21
35
34
45
45
65
108
91
South Yorkshire
4
2
4
15
18
18
17
38
93
123
131
Staffordshire
—
3
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
6
19
Suffolk
9
11
9
8
15
14
12
16
18
26
31
Surrey
6
8
7
7
19
18
15
29
26
34
47
Sussex
34
63
55
80
110
115
136
282
478
248
218
Thames Valley
20
11
26
37
24
35
38
59
94
115
117
Warwickshire
—
8
8
7
7
5
7
15
18
28
13
West Mercia
28
26
28
39
25
38
48
61
50
76
55
West Midlands
9
104
77
95
105
132
95
130
178
229
199
West Yorkshire
—
8
12
20
20
24
22
33
72
68
72
Wiltshire
5
12
5
11
6
7
7
18
17
17
15
Dyfed-Powys
17
25
30
32
36
60
72
47
70
73
53
Gwent
7
1
2
2
1
9
9
2
19
31
36
North Wales
18
34
22
27
36
45
45
59
67
50
47
South Wales
31
25
15
36
51
24
21
25
25
22
27
England and Wales
1,629
1,976
1,663
1,758
1,652
1,805
1,746
2,374
3,154
3,503
3,460
(1) From 1 June 2000, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (2) Includes the following offences and statutes:
Having an article with blade or point in public place. (Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139 as amended by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 S.3).
Having an article with blade or point on school premises. (Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139A (1)(5)(a) as added by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 S.4(1)). (3) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time, the principal offence is the more serious offence. (4) 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 police forces. 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. Source:
Evidence and Analysis Unit, Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
