Table B: Recorded violence against the person offences by police force area, 2002-03 to 2008-09
Rates per thousand (population)
Force
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Avon and Somerset
14
18
21
20
20
17
17
Bedfordshire
14
15
18
17
16
13
12
Cambridgeshire
18
19
18
14
14
14
13
Cheshire
11
14
16
19
17
15
14
Cleveland
12
17
21
26
25
23
19
Cumbria
12
14
19
19
16
16
14
Derbyshire
16
17
17
16
16
17
14
Devon and Cornwall
15
16
18
16
15
14
13
Dorset
12
13
15
17
17
16
15
Durham
13
11
12
17
17
14
12
Dyfed-Powys
13
16
17
15
15
12
11
Essex
14
16
16
15
14
14
13
Gloucestershire
14
15
17
18
19
16
15
Greater Manchester
20
21
21
21
22
20
18
Gwent
27
23
23
21
21
18
17
Hampshire
12
20
21
21
22
21
19
Hertfordshire
7
12
16
16
16
13
11
Humberside
19
29
27
25
27
21
20
Kent
12
13
14
17
17
15
15
Lancashire
11
19
22
20
19
17
16
Leicestershire
17
19
23
22
21
19
19
Lincolnshire
14
15
16
16
15
14
13
Merseyside
17
19
25
25
19
15
14
Metropolitan Police
25
25
27
26
24
23
23
Norfolk
13
14
16
15
14
12
10
Northamptonshire
16
17
17
16
16
16
14
Northumbria
18
18
16
16
17
14
14
North Wales
17
16
18
18
21
16
16
North Yorkshire
11
13
16
15
13
12
10
Nottinghamshire
16
18
19
21
21
19
18
South Wales
17
18
17
17
16
18
17
South Yorkshire
10
11
17
23
22
19
16
Staffordshire
19
22
22
23
23
19
19
Suffolk
12
14
15
15
15
13
13
Surrey
8
9
10
11
13
13
12
Sussex
12
13
18
18
19
16
13
Thames Valley
12
14
16
17
19
20
19
Warwickshire
11
13
12
13
14
14
11
West Mercia
17
19
15
13
14
13
12
West Midlands
20
22
21
22
22
21
19
West Yorkshire
15
22
21
23
20
18
16
Wiltshire
10
10
10
12
14
13
12
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England and Wales
16
18
20
20
19
18
16
Notes:
1. All crime rates are based on population estimates for the middle of the previous calendar year (i.e. mid 2007 population estimates for 2008-09 crime rates). The population estimates are supplied by the Office for National Statistics.
2. Data for City of London are included in the England and Wales total but are not shown at force level due to the small resident population in this area.
3. 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.
