Table 2: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to offenders of all ages, by police force area, all offences, 2004( 1) -08 England and Wales
Police force area
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
2,950
3,145
Bedfordshire
1,336
1,340
British Transport police
4,867
4,479
Cambridgeshire
2,249
2,065
Cheshire
2,206
2,012
City of London
415
217
Cleveland
3,803
3,468
Cumbria
1,650
1,099
Derbyshire
2,730
2,380
Devon and Cornwall
5,703
3,277
Dorset
1,798
1,309
Durham
1,839
1,786
Essex
4,402
3,713
Gloucestershire
2,330
918
Greater Manchester
9,896
8,499
Hampshire
6,005
3,854
Hertfordshire
4,428
3,326
Humberside
8,339
6,414
Kent
7,960
8,403
Lancashire
12,856
10,595
Leicestershire
2,519
2,123
Lincolnshire
1,758
1,284
Merseyside
9,270
10,573
Metropolitan
24,655
24,678
Norfolk
1,560
2,038
North Yorkshire
3,715
2,285
Northamptonshire
2,377
1,517
Northumbria
7,542
7,615
Nottinghamshire
2,551
2,035
South Yorkshire
7,983
7,403
Staffordshire
2,967
2,526
Suffolk
1,879
1,850
Surrey
3,786
2,186
Sussex
5,091
3,339
Thames Valley
8,538
7,859
Warwickshire
897
824
West Mercia
2,914
2,568
West Midlands
7,860
6,053
West Yorkshire
6,002
3,393
Wiltshire
1,203
1,958
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England
192,829
166,406
Dyfed Powys
995
996
Gwent
1,861
1,978
North Wales
5,907
3,892
South Wales
5,952
2,892
Wales
14,715
9,758
England and Wales
207,544
176,164
(1) First year of PND scheme. Fully rolled out to all forces on 1 April 2004. Note:
The British Transport police started issuing PNDs on 1 March 2006
Table 1: Number of cannabis warnings recorded as method of detection for possession of cannabis offences, by police force area in England and Wales, 2007- 08 -2008-09
Police force area
2007-08
2008-09( 1)
Avon and Somerset
2,554
2,598
Bedfordshire
289
347
British Transport Police
1,707
3,214
Cambridgeshire
1,594
1,257
Cheshire
757
1,109
Cleveland
686
851
Cumbria
218
272
Derbyshire
520
600
Devon and Cornwall
1,380
1,571
Dorset
393
349
Durham
256
333
Dyfed-Powys
882
794
Essex
1,348
1,597
Gloucestershire
459
529
Greater Manchester
5,311
5,136
Gwent
757
998
Hampshire
2,260
1,943
Hertfordshire
1,485
1,897
Humberside
895
991
Kent
846
1,276
Lancashire
528
791
Leicestershire
1,967
1,701
Lincolnshire
508
491
London, City of
436
506
Merseyside
7,229
8,114
Metropolitan police
46,979
47,204
Norfolk
786
751
Northamptonshire
311
439
Northumbria
916
1,459
North Wales
985
1,059
North Yorkshire
701
665
Nottinghamshire
1,210
950
South Wales
2,414
2,220
South Yorkshire
1,296
1,627
Staffordshire
1,150
1,153
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Suffolk
599
744
Surrey
993
811
Sussex
2,447
1,369
Thames Valley
2,753
2,518
Warwickshire
399
342
West Mercia
756
872
West Midlands
2,286
2,229
West Yorkshire
1,340
1,245
Wiltshire
218
329
England and Wales
103,804
107,251
(1 )Since 26 January 2009, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) can be given for cannabis possession. Up to the end of March 2009 such PNDs were counted together with cannabis warnings.
