Number of breath tests positive or refused( 1) , by police force area, 1998 to 2007
Police force area
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
3,049
3,215
3,044
2,870
3,044
3,297
3,028
3,182
2,735
2,445
Bedfordshire
844
770
719
712
881
1,116
1,143
942
931
1,060
Cambridgeshire
1,273
1,142
1,093
1,109
1,286
1,259
1,255
1,313
1,463
1,405
Cheshire
1,582
1,649
2,470
2,569
2,422
2,395
2,430
1,957
2,199
2,046
Cleveland
919
847
798
845
780
1,090
674
732
824
623
Cumbria
790
561
599
739
537
648
683
819
793
811
Derbyshire
1,793
1,855
1,677
1,585
1,669
1,677
2,129
1,325
1,127
996
Devon and Cornwall
2,229
2,685
2,608
2,781
2,941
2,959
2,803
2,572
2,617
2,244
Dorset
1,511
1,277
1,384
1,572
1,578
1,708
1,683
1,808
1,883
1,828
Durham
1,213
937
1,016
1,085
1,106
1,135
1,211
1,073
1,055
969
Dyfed-Powys
1,101
1,018
843
937
1,033
1,088
1,061
995
982
887
Essex
2,699
2,728
2,428
2,609
2,687
2,754
2,983
2,713
2,788
2,509
Gloucestershire
1,330
1,294
1,375
1,437
1,528
1,432
1,281
1,318
1,525
1,354
Greater Manchester
6,426
4,799
8,533
7,760
7,400
7,100
6,300
5,400
5,310
5,225
Gwent
1,099
1,045
1,013
1,249
1,117
1,264
1,255
1,204
1,280
1,083
Hampshire
3,701
3,757
3,665
3,896
3,993
3,997
3,802
4,277
3,721
4,513
Hertfordshire
1,975
1,883
1,990
2,084
2,035
2,075
2,028
1,868
1,866
1,884
Humberside
1,528
1,209
1,246
1,114
1,179
1,542
707
738
1,561
1,052
Kent
3,080
3,472
2,999
3,151
2,987
2,983
3,178
2,175
2,237
1,753
Lancashire
1,910
1,854
1,600
2,468
1,460
2,882
2,896
2,861
2,949
2,687
Leicestershire
2,278
1,999
2,042
2,158
2,382
2,280
2,222
1,954
1,859
1,898
Lincolnshire
926
861
783
690
855
1,065
938
995
1,161
1,101
London, City of
469
298
242
283
287
239
136
184
250
209
Merseyside
2,492
2,237
2,200
2,131
2,303
2,299
2,281
2,090
1,966
1,931
Metropolitan Police
14,806
11,356
9,772
12,081
13,748
16,049
15,719
16,677
18,447
17,273
Norfolk
894
836
758
1,165
938
1,208
989
1,046
1,389
1,203
North Wales
1,517
1,543
1,572
1,395
1,490
1,363
1,434
1,370
1,142
1,721
North Yorkshire
1,480
1,324
1,142
1,137
1,175
1,169
1,494
1,422
1,283
1,280
Northamptonshire
1,202
1,251
1,439
1,407
1,316
1,265
1,215
1,133
1,328
1,321
Northumbria
3,233
3,522
3,433
3,355
3,009
2,580
2,184
2,632
2,637
2,391
Nottinghamshire
2,377
2,444
2,357
2,312
2,125
2,456
2,508
2,445
2,320
2,258
South Wales
3,201
2,694
2,675
3,054
2,905
3,003
3,020
2,985
2,782
2,475
South Yorkshire
1,670
1,992
2,198
1,944
2,018
1,793
2,419
3,712
2,854
2,622
Staffordshire
2,100
1,818
1,214
1,626
1,811
1,849
1,892
1,870
1,806
1,681
Suffolk
1,178
1,115
807
956
1,035
1,332
1,197
1,017
1,005
790
Surrey
1,268
1,594
1,567
1,519
1,118
941
1,067
1,043
870
701
Sussex
1,964
1,947
1,795
2,140
1,811
1,992
2,193
2,231
2,223
1,795
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Thames Valley
4,957
4,910
5,316
4,694
7,690
6,303
3,965
5,873
3,821
3,488
Warwickshire
876
1,013
938
938
931
865
738
785
589
421
West Mercia
1,525
1,549
2,213
2,250
2,249
2,419
2,430
2,696
2,505
2,177
West Midlands
6,100
5,213
3,953
4,655
5,040
4,765
4,830
4,919
4,584
4,223
West Yorkshire
4,692
3,860
4,120
3,964
4,492
3,563
4,288
4,686
5,928
6,427
Wiltshire
1,082
1,011
987
1,122
1,085
1,150
1,331
1,247
1,135
830
England and Wales
102,339
94,384
94,623
99,548
103,476
106,349
103,020
104,284
103,730
97,590
(1) Separate figures for positive (failed) and refused not collected. Note:
Figures do not always match those in each year's breath test statistics publication, due to subsequent amendments being incorporated.
