Table 3: Findings of guilt at all courts for offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 1) , in England and Wales, by police force area, 1998 to 2007( 2,3)
Number of offences
Police force area
1998
1999
2000( 4)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
2,566
2,728
2,462
2,197
2,401
2,666
2,692
2,595
2,457
2,490
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Bedfordshire
1,060
869
797
914
955
1,072
1,028
1,050
1,152
1,064
Cambridgeshire
1,060
941
793
813
852
933
1,083
1,214
1,268
1,240
Cheshire
1,903
1,827
1,652
1,529
1,993
1,905
2,128
1,709
1,866
1,804
Cleveland
870
811
777
887
921
981
1,071
959
1,032
948
Cumbria
856
871
806
761
768
843
907
853
859
868
Derbyshire
1,547
1,463
1,417
1,411
1,465
1,617
1,874
1,645
1,520
1,466
Devon and Cornwall
2,265
2,277
2,199
2,369
2,441
2,667
2,560
2,446
2,336
2,247
Dorset
1,186
1,120
1,115
1,150
1,199
1,264
1,239
1,207
1,156
1,191
Durham
1,035
1,137
1,124
1,097
1,136
1,170
1,277
1,168
1,002
1,051
Essex
2,438
2,528
2,462
2,456
2,522
2,622
2,853
2,549
2,697
2,553
Gloucestershire
985
889
804
865
926
890
913
834
812
725
Greater Manchester
4,715
4,850
4,801
4,715
4,720
4,743
4,811
4,653
4,570
4,462
Hampshire
3,597
3,725
3,472
3,464
3,846
3,663
3,743
3,372
2,993
2,974
Hertfordshire
1,672
1,679
1,552
1,666
1,894
1,904
1,881
1,836
1,860
1,830
Humberside
1,358
1,323
1,371
1,259
1,395
1,445
1,623
1,592
1,518
1,071
Kent
2,627
2,633
2,592
2,575
2,745
2,811
3,010
2,907
2,824
2,836
Lancashire
2,945
3,010
2,584
2,304
2,599
2,652
2,706
2,723
2,775
2,756
Leicestershire
1,485
1,624
1,531
1,546
1,659
1,725
1,754
1,631
1,512
1,520
Lincolnshire
979
941
816
877
847
1,111
1,209
1,176
1,274
1,233
London, City of
301
236
152
162
221
230
169
184
168
189
Merseyside
2,451
2,137
2,123
2,195
2,293
2,687
2,849
2,964
2,737
2,541
Metropolitan Police
13,889
12,414
11,801
11,260
12,905
12,621
13,227
12,887
13,075
12,237
Norfolk
1,118
1,010
935
1,143
1,220
1,274
1,240
1,265
1,335
1,246
Northamptonshire
1,062
1,058
782
399
236
799
922
853
1,016
879
Northumbria
2,457
2,463
2,621
2,529
2,588
2,747
2,675
2,561
2,559
2,482
North Yorkshire
1,205
1,124
1,073
1,066
1,119
1,194
1,131
1,244
1,261
1,194
Nottinghamshire
1,804
1,802
1,722
1,598
1,420
1,644
1,669
1,626
1,699
1,517
South Yorkshire
2,002
1,927
2,122
2,020
1,945
2,089
2,224
2,220
2,019
2,023
Staffordshire
1,955
1,711
0
1,513
1,704
1,733
1,733
1,718
1,657
1,704
Suffolk
1,042
1,089
902
920
1,105
1,213
1,332
1,103
1,158
1,058
Surrey
1,328
1,417
1,539
1,592
1,614
1,464
1,425
1,503
1,413
1,517
Sussex
2,113
2,224
2,112
2,358
2,306
2,430
2,368
2,379
2,475
2,479
Thames Valley
3,896
3,725
3,496
3,275
4,317
3,884
3,539
3,474
3,419
3,356
Warwickshire
784
856
786
880
841
918
845
871
895
994
West Mercia
1,794
1,747
1,631
1,740
1,719
1,797
1,689
1,917
2,008
1,904
West Midlands
5,582
4,775
4,559
4,914
5,050
5,233
5,584
5,693
5,554
5,483
West Yorkshire
3,669
3,597
3,375
3,220
3,564
3,720
3,897
3,863
3,587
3,429
Wiltshire
1,108
1,009
930
1,045
1,005
1,031
1,024
1,038
1,028
816
England
86,709
83,567
77,788
78,684
84,456
87,392
89,904
87,482
86,546
83,377
Dyfed Powys
995
944
858
867
927
995
986
932
927
906
Gwent
1,203
1,079
1,211
1,152
1,074
1,149
1,188
1,129
1,188
1,097
North Wales
1,306
1,248
1,332
1,227
1,270
1,326
1,349
1,364
1,335
1,297
South Wales
2,903
2,526
2,757
2,812
2,761
2,840
2,811
2,811
2,675
2,546
Wales
6,407
5,797
6,158
6,058
6,032
6,310
6,334
6,236
6,125
5,846
England and Wales
93,116
89,364
83,946
84,742
90,488
93,702
96,238
93,718
92,671
89,223
(1) Data provided cover summary offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs (which cannot be reliably distinguished separately). (2) 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. (3) 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. (4) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source:
The Office for Criminal Justice Reform-Evidence and Analysis Unit
