Number of breath tests passed( 1) , by police force area, 1998 to 2007
Police force area
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
16,646
16,032
12,761
12,502
12,096
21,195
24,269
18,746
13,044
13,210
Bedfordshire
4,451
2,116
2,543
3,500
5,269
5,517
6,621
5,762
2,162
1,518
Cambridgeshire
16,527
12,458
11,707
11,591
11,714
11,041
11,045
11,187
11,037
10,595
Cheshire
21,733
18,856
13,330
11,017
9,802
9,459
17,725
20,048
33,548
30,164
Cleveland
33,262
27,754
18,020
13,209
10,215
7,626
7,382
10,094
10,484
9,517
Cumbria
8,571
6,522
5,477
4,350
4,157
4,865
7,747
12,758
13,011
15,406
Derbyshire
33,891
47,382
50,324
40,562
36,262
30,893
28,894
16,360
14,892
14,877
Devon and Cornwall
13,466
12,046
10,369
10,697
9,677
7,955
7,887
7,851
10,945
14,443
Dorset
8,545
7,926
10,914
8,852
8,853
6,756
5,255
6,109
6,823
6,210
Durham
6,137
11,731
14,290
15,237
8,429
6,423
4,869
6,661
5,890
7,191
Dyfed-Powys
8,131
8,904
6,538
6,071
6,311
4,894
5,625
5,922
6,309
8,542
Essex
25,659
21,349
24,751
16,242
13,452
12,727
22,354
31,536
25,648
23,437
Gloucestershire
8,005
7,036
6,827
8,209
7,811
7,215
5,863
7,804
8,565
6,908
Greater Manchester
24,749
16,680
18,767
16,179
15,800
13,800
13,600
13,500
12,790
12,800
Gwent
10,112
9,594
9,120
5,179
2,667
1,530
377
753
422
1,291
Hampshire
23,647
27,795
31,578
31,293
31,226
33,532
34,597
34,046
31,051
21,695
Hertfordshire
6,172
5,076
3,973
3,376
2,254
1,936
5,261
10,032
10,827
10,146
Humberside
6,756
6,848
8,125
6,363
7,535
5,003
4,912
4,979
8,448
10,833
Kent
24,448
29,234
29,190
29,078
31,178
21,570
28,841
29,012
29,447
26,876
Lancashire
18,373
17,221
13,942
7,548
9,102
5,099
7,308
10,129
13,410
16,471
Leicestershire
17,883
19,128
16,709
12,733
12,144
9,727
13,577
12,465
8,121
4,746
Lincolnshire
24,991
20,137
11,318
12,903
8,158
11,011
10,372
10,436
9,420
13,621
London, City of
2,840
1,448
814
802
1,126
998
547
933
1,303
1,166
Merseyside
16,179
16,382
10,587
5,038
4,649
5,423
2,738
5,913
8,676
10,898
Metropolitan Police
96,642
88,476
84,035
53,003
43,458
39,944
45,816
50,784
46,578
49,646
Norfolk
11,525
10,805
8,316
7,931
4,366
2,822
3,816
9,321
6,455
5,163
North Wales
13,719
14,319
13,388
13,746
18,107
15,974
22,743
20,442
18,455
21,313
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North Yorkshire
8,431
6,766
5,589
6,294
6,109
7,085
7,095
7,917
8,846
9,246
Northamptonshire
3,462
4,082
4,360
3,132
2,027
1,861
1,985
4,063
2,931
2,755
Northumbria
8,950
8,974
9,294
9,013
8,787
8,543
7,592
6,669
5,355
5,001
Nottinghamshire
6,503
5,917
6,025
5,370
3,674
4,690
5,733
5,478
4,852
4,992
South Wales
21,685
17,980
15,097
16,275
14,591
13,860
13,713
13,284
14,305
16,538
South Yorkshire
10,944
14,102
17,045
16,073
12,396
10,324
4,075
9,977
7,413
8,768
Staffordshire
13,328
8,330
6,492
3,080
3,450
3,224
11,774
12,452
10,917
10,688
Suffolk
14,458
14,019
8,352
7,632
7,833
10,234
9,372
7,837
8,054
9,645
Surrey
10,096
10,102
10,826
11,792
6,386
7,917
8,417
8,562
7,408
6,214
Sussex
15,431
15,938
19,050
19,665
15,486
15,158
13,017
15,752
16,519
15,010
Thames Valley
29,194
25,363
25,508
21,464
17,618
9,746
11,398
8,756
9,717
11,362
Warwickshire
7,785
7,591
6,119
4,890
4,137
4,983
4,758
4,035
3,869
4,456
West Mercia
17,565
10,791
6,717
6,820
5,966
3,870
5,561
6,137
8,762
8,261
West Midlands
17,999
16,111
12,268
7,548
5,470
6,195
1,749
1,981
1,645
1,388
West Yorkshire
18,202
14,947
14,158
13,255
12,247
10,594
12,633
10,681
12,083
12,297
Wiltshire
6,036
5,830
5,514
4,819
4,765
4,717
6,067
5,920
7,573
6,858
England and Wales
713,129
670,098
620,127
524,333
466,760
427,936
474,980
503,084
498,010
502,162
(1) Figures derived by subtracting numbers of positive/refused from total tests conducted. Note:
Figures do not always match those in each year's breath test statistics publication, due to subsequent amendments being incorporated.
