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Number of Operations InvolvingArmed ResponseVehicles (ARVs)
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Total	11574	11848	13218	13137	14355	14515	16712
Avon & Somerset	173	215	249	312	167	192	292
Bedfordshire	172	269	414	419	534	639(*)	1171
Cambridgeshire	43	45	155	172	160	172	221
Cheshire	523	337	356	773	807	793	642
Cleveland	13	63	86	154	285	290	554
City of London	39	131	364	275	234	183	200
Cumbria	53	45	65	134	90	72	74
Derbyshire	253	363	312	254	257	183	187
Devon & Cornwall	76	32	94	54	54	76	120
Dorset	182	180	215	195	246	322	238
Durham	57	66	96	91	256	204	192
Essex	165	176	138	138	155	224	226
Gloucestershire	140	166	109	121	145	213	147
Gtr Manchester	528	406	440	364	306	214	196
Hampshire	116	108	128	167	178	270	271
Hertfordshire	81	129	157	155	160	226	262
Humberside	273	170	158	184	335	232	183
Kent	89	132	193	124	183	373	364
Lancashire	192	185	273	228	232	383	313
Leicestershire	292	232	269	232	328	313	268
Lincolnshire	470	367	355	276	210	147	153
Merseyside	974	547	687	677	611	644	734
Metropolitan	1667	2447	2423	2322	2572	2770	2303
Norfolk	157	186	169	163	149	133	165
Northamptonshire	25	90	99	89	101	119	127
Northumbria	1349	1204	1063	893	585	299	199
North Yorkshire	60	67	110	144	208	268	318
Nottinghamshire	333	397	404	336	342	256	246
South Yorkshire	221	280	322	438	632	522	493
Staffordshire	208	241	212	183	154	222	231
Suffolk	116	160	194	119	149	204	148
Surrey	225	240	190	140	204	209	380
Sussex	189	171	250	163	162	165	311
Thames Valley	174	167	179	265	355	227	254
Warwickshire	104	31	138	102	144	121	113
West Mercia	100	111	241	152	94	120	121
West Midlands	563	592	975	952	745	518	2003
West Yorkshire	609	565	543	656	1040	1048	1098
Wiltshire	43	39	28	54	124	190	359
Dyfed Powys	28	29	28	48	55	72	135
Gwent	16	16	23	74	85	109	257
North Wales	265	198	153	180	299	295	221
South Wales	218	253	161	165	223	283	222

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