Number of screening breath tests and the number positive/refused, by police force area, England Wales 2003-07( 1, 2) and Wales 2003-07( 1,2)
Police force area
Data
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
Sum of Total Offences
24,492
27,297
21,928
15,779
15,655
Sum of Positive/Refused
3,297
3,028
3,182
2,735
2,445
% Positive or refused
13
11
15
17
16
Bedfordshire
Sum of Total Offences
6,633
7,764
6,704
3,093
2,578
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,116
1,143
942
931
1,060
% Positive or refused
17
15
14
30
41
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Cambridgeshire
Sum of Total Offences
12,300
12,300
12,500
12,500
12,000
Sum of Positive/Refused
1259
1,255
1,313
1,463
1,405
% Positive or refused
10
10
11
12
12
Cheshire
Sum of Total Offences
11,854
2,0155
22,005
35,747
32,210
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,395
2,430
1,957
2,199
2,046
% Positive or refused
20
12
9
6
6
Cleveland
Sum of Total Offences
8,716
8,056
10,826
11,308
10,140
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,090
674
732
824
623
% Positive or refused
13
8
7
7
6
Cumbria
Sum of Total Offences
5,513
8,430
13,577
13,804
16,217
Sum of Positive/Refused
648
683
819
793
811
% Positive or refused
12
8
6
6
5
Derbyshire
Sum of Total Offences
32,570
31,023
17,685
16,019
15,873
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,677
2,129
1,325
1,127
996
% Positive or refused
5
7
7
7
6
Devon and Cornwall
Sum of Total Offences
10,914
10,690
10,423
13,562
16,687
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,959
2,803
2,572
2,617
2,244
% Positive or refused
27
26
25
19
13
Dorset
Sum of Total Offences
8,464
6,938
7,917
8,706
8,038
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,708
1,683
1,808
1,883
1,828
% Positive or refused
20
24
23
22
23
Durham
Sum of Total Offences
7,558
6,080
7,734
6,945
8,160
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,135
1,211
1,073
1,055
969
% Positive or refused
15
20
14
15
12
Dyfed-Powys
Sum of Total Offences
5,982
6,686
6,917
7,291
9,429
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,088
1,061
995
982
887
% Positive or refused
18
16
14
13
9
Essex
Sum of Total Offences
15,481
25,337
34,249
28,436
25,946
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,754
2,983
2,713
2,788
2,509
% Positive or refused
18
12
8
10
10
Gloucestershire
Sum of Total Offences
8,647
7,144
9,122
10,090
8,262
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,432
1,281
1,318
1,525
1,354
% Positive or refused
17
18
14
15
16
Greater Manchester
Sum of Total Offences
20,900
19,900
18,900
18,100
18,025
Sum of Positive/Refused
7,100
6,300
5,400
5,310
5,225
% Positive or refused
34
32
29
29
29
Gwent
Sum of Total Offences
2,794
1,632
1,957
1,702
2,374
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,264
1,255
1,204
1,280
1,083
% Positive or refused
45
77
62
75
46
Hampshire
Sum of Total Offences
37,529
38,399
38,323
34,772
26,208
Sum of Positive/Refused
3,997
3,802
4,277
3,721
4,513
% Positive or refused
11
10
11
11
17
Hertfordshire
Sum of Total Offences
4,011
7,289
11,900
12,693
12,030
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,075
2,028
1,868
1,866
1,884
% Positive or refused
52
28
16
15
16
Humberside
Sum of Total Offences
6,545
5,619
5,717
10,009
11,885
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,542
707
738
1,561
1,052
% Positive or refused
24
13
13
16
9
Kent
Sum of Total Offences
24,553
32,019
31,187
31,684
28,629
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,983
3,178
2,175
2,237
1,753
% Positive or refused
12
10
7
7
6
Lancashire
Sum of Total Offences
7,981
10,204
12,990
16,359
19,158
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,882
2,896
2,861
2,949
2,687
% Positive or refused
36
28
22
18
14
Leicestershire
Sum of Total Offences
12,007
15,799
14,419
9,980
6,644
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,280
2,222
1,954
1,859
1,898
% Positive or refused
19
14
14
19
29
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Lincolnshire
Sum of Total Offences
12,076
11,310
11,431
10,581
14,722
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,065
938
995
1,161
1,101
% Positive or refused
9
8
9
11
7
London, City of
Sum of Total Offences
1,237
683
1,117
1,553
1,375
Sum of Positive/Refused
239
136
184
250
209
% Positive or refused
19
20
16
16
15
Merseyside
Sum of Total Offences
7,722
5,019
8,003
10,642
12,829
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,299
2,281
2,090
1,966
1,931
% Positive or refused
30
45
26
18
15
Metropolitan Police
Sum of Total Offences
55,993
61,535
67,461
65,025
66,919
Sum of Positive/Refused
16,049
15,719
16,677
18,447
17,273
% Positive or refused
29
26
25
28
26
Norfolk
Sum of Total Offences
4,030
4,805
10,367
7,844
6,366
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,208
989
1,046
1,389
1,203
% Positive or refused
30
21
10
18
19
North Wales
Sum of Total Offences
1,7337
24,177
21,812
19,597
23,034
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,363
1,434
1,370
1,142
1,721
% Positive or refused
8
6
6
6
7
North Yorkshire
Sum of Total Offences
8,254
8,589
9,339
10,129
10,526
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,169
1,494
1,422
1,283
1,280
% Positive or refused
14
17
15
13
12
Northamptonshire
Sum of Total Offences
3,126
3,200
5,196
4,259
4,076
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,265
1,215
1,133
1,328
1,321
% Positive or refused
40
38
22
31
32
Northumbria
Sum of Total Offences
11,123
9,776
9,301
7,992
7,392
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,580
2,184
,632
2,637
2,391
% Positive or refused
23
22
28
33
32
Nottinghamshire
Sum of Total Offences
7,146
8,241
7,923
7,172
7,250
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,456
2,508
2,445
2,320
2,258
% Positive or refused
34
30
31
32
31
South Wales
Sum of Total Offences
16,863
16,733
16,269
17,087
19,013
Sum of Positive/Refused
3,003
3,020
2,985
2,782
2,475
% Positive or refused
18
18
18
16
13
South Yorkshire
Sum of Total Offences
12,117
6,494
13,689
10,267
11,390
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,793
,419
3,712
2,854
2,622
% Positive or refused
15
37
27
28
23
Staffordshire
Sum of Total Offences
5,073
13,666
14,322
12,723
12,369
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,849
1,892
1,870
1,806
1,681
% Positive or refused
36
14
13
14
14
Suffolk
Sum of Total Offences
11,566
10,569
8,854
9,059
10,435
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,332
1,197
1,017
1,005
790
% Positive or refused
12
11
11
11
8
Surrey
Sum of Total Offences
8,858
9,484
9,605
8,278
6,915
Sum of Positive/Refused
941
1,067
1,043
870
701
% Positive or refused
11
11
11
11
10
Sussex
Sum of Total Offences
17,150
15,210
17,983
18,742
16,805
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,992
2,193
2,231
2,223
1,795
% Positive or refused
12
14
12
12
11
Thames Valley
Sum of Total Offences
16,049
15,363
14,629
13,538
14,850
Sum of Positive/Refused
6,303
3,965
5,873
3,821
3,488
% Positive or refused
39
26
40
28
23
Warwickshire
Sum of Total Offences
5,848
5,496
4,820
4,458
4,877
Sum of Positive/Refused
865
738
785
589
421
% Positive or refused
15
13
16
13
9
West Mercia
Sum of Total Offences
6,289
7,991
8,833
11,267
10,438
Sum of Positive/Refused
2,419
2,430
2,696
2,505
2,177
% Positive or refused
38
30
31
22
21
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West Midlands
Sum of Total Offences
10,960
6,579
6,900
6,229
5,611
Sum of Positive/Refused
4,765
4,830
4,919
4,584
4,223
% Positive or refused
43
73
71
74
75
West Yorkshire
Sum of Total Offences
14,157
16,921
15,367
18,011
18,724
Sum of Positive/Refused
3,563
4288
4,686
5,928
6,427
% Positive or refused
25
25
30
33
34
Wiltshire
Sum of Total Offences
5,867
7,398
7,167
8,708
7,688
Sum of Positive/Refused
1,150
1,331
1,247
1,135
830
% Positive or refused
20
18
17
13
11
England and Wales
Sum of Total Offences
53,4285
578000
607368
601740
599,752
Sum of Positive/Refused
106,349
103,020
104,284
103,730
97,590
% Positive or refused
20
18
17
17
16
(1) Figures for 2006 revised since previous publication. (2) Figures for 'positive/refused' contain some data on prosecutions for failing a breath test where shortfalls were found in the data supplied to the Home Office. The police forces affected are: Bedfordshire, Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, Essex, Humberside, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northumbria, South Wales and Staffordshire. Similar adjustments were also made to various forces' data between 1998 and 2006.
