Table 2: Offences of rape of a female recorded by the police , 2002-03 to 2007-08( 1)
Police force
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
‘Rural’ forces( 2)
Cambridgeshire
177
216
219
193
193
198
Cumbria
61
71
73
73
63
78
Devon and Cornwall
255
303
348
361
355
360
Durham
53
68
83
129
76
117
Dyfed-Powys
44
99
94
79
92
66
Gloucestershire
109
97
105
145
150
130
Lincolnshire
128
156
164
169
147
154
Norfolk
170
196
170
209
147
128
North Wales
106
132
148
156
99
142
North Yorkshire
126
115
132
134
128
121
Suffolk
143
166
169
192
161
151
West Mercia
205
210
199
212
208
229
Wiltshire
147
131
97
138
141
128
‘Non-rural’ forces
Avon and Somerset
361
447
427
295
393
352
Bedfordshire
116
139
149
188
141
106
Cheshire
104
172
184
165
150
140
Cleveland
96
139
135
158
125
130
Derbyshire
185
221
257
253
253
217
Dorset
128
137
149
166
115
192
Essex
281
316
320
352
324
264
Greater Manchester
667
790
812
769
767
712
Gwent
137
77
103
112
132
164
Hampshire
342
439
573
618
592
549
Hertfordshire
160
149
179
197
179
163
Humberside
239
330
286
323
264
237
Kent
201
268
329
413
368
379
Lancashire
225
241
249
299
257
232
Leicestershire
237
238
291
287
275
315
London, City of
3
3
7
5
8
3
Merseyside
320
360
342
356
274
231
Metropolitan Police
2,580
2,417
2,282
2,249
2,144
1,792
Northamptonshire
158
144
116
152
147
138
Northumbria
313
305
306
325
307
232
Nottinghamshire
225
273
230
236
223
209
South Wales
174
177
165
193
240
232
South Yorkshire
181
170
261
294
241
219
Staffordshire
236
226
275
267
265
224
Surrey
127
138
120
135
134
144
Sussex
327
276
414
399
413
293
Thames Valley
335
409
377
425
411
356
Warwickshire
59
73
83
75
93
96
West Midlands
679
747
882
856
834
748
West Yorkshire
514
572
526
558
579
563
(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 )The defining of rural police force areas within England and Wales has been taken in accordance with the ACORN (“A Classification Of Residential Neighbourhoods”) guidance as published in the Statistical Bulletin 01/02 “Rural Crime England and Wales”. The data cover 13 forces which ACORN defines as either ‘Most Rural’ (Dyfed-Powys, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and North Wales) or ‘Less Rural’ (Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Devon and Cornwall, Durham, Gloucestershire, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Mercia and Wiltshire).
