Table 3: Offences of bigamy recorded by the police( 1)
Number of offences
Police force area
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Avon and Somerset
2
2
2
2
1
3
4
Bedfordshire
2
0
3
1
0
1
1
Cambridgeshire
4
3
1
1
2
0
2
Cheshire
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
Cleveland
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Cumbria
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Derbyshire
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Devon and Cornwall
2
4
1
0
0
4
1
Dorset
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Durham
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Dyfed-Powys
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Essex
3
1
1
0
0
1
1
Gloucestershire
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Greater Manchester
5
1
5
5
5
2
5
Gwent
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Hampshire
6
4
0
5
0
1
0
Hertfordshire
0
0
4
3
0
0
1
Humberside
3
0
4
1
2
0
0
Kent
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
Lancashire
0
2
0
0
1
2
1
Leicestershire
0
3
1
5
1
0
1
Lincolnshire
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
London, City of
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Merseyside
0
1
0
3
0
2
2
Metropolitan Police
33
25
40
37
21
30
18
Norfolk
0
2
1
1
0
3
2
Northamptonshire
0
2
5
0
3
1
0
Northumbria
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
North Wales
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
North Yorkshire
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
Nottinghamshire
3
3
1
0
2
0
0
South Wales
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
South Yorkshire
2
1
1
3
1
0
0
Staffordshire
1
0
0
2
2
0
3
Suffolk
2
0
2
2
0
1
1
Surrey
1
0
3
1
2
0
1
Sussex
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
Thames Valley
3
1
6
5
2
7
4
Warwickshire
1
0
1
2
0
5
3
West Mercia
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
West Midlands
1
3
4
6
6
1
2
West Yorkshire
2
3
2
2
0
1
4
Wiltshire
2
0
1
5
0
2
0
England and Wales
88
71
104
101
61
74
65
(1) The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
