Table 2: Proportion of convictions for dangerous driving where the offender had a previous conviction for dangerous driving, as recorded on the Police National Computer( 1)
Percentage
Police force
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
21
19
22
27
22
18
19
15
18
Bedfordshire
*
*
*
14
*
*
14
*
19
Cambridgeshire
10
11
14
12
13
14
7
*
*
Cheshire
5
7
8
11
10
16
9
10
6
City of London
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Cleveland
12
15
12
14
18
19
19
13
16
Cumbria
9
*
12
13
19
15
10
11
12
Derbyshire
11
9
13
11
13
11
13
16
13
Devon and Cornwall
16
6
17
11
15
4
11
14
14
Dorset
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Durham
*
*
21
16
18
16
12
*
*
Dyfed-Powys
*
*
12
*
5
*
*
*
*
Essex
15
6
4
8
8
10
6
7
18
Gloucestershire
12
*
*
27
19
*
*
*
*
Greater Manchester
11
14
19
18
14
22
18
15
14
Gwent
18
20
20
17
17
25
16
10
12
Hampshire
10
8
16
11
12
11
11
6
7
Hertfordshire
*
*
11
15
9
3
11
12
*
Humberside
9
17
13
14
13
15
26
9
25
Kent
19
8
9
9
10
11
9
13
12
Lancashire
11
10
10
14
12
9
12
11
11
Leicestershire
18
13
13
15
16
13
22
19
14
Lincolnshire
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Merseyside
16
11
17
14
13
16
17
11
9
Metropolitan police
9
11
10
8
11
9
10
12
11
Norfolk
*
*
10
13
14
*
11
8
*
North Wales
9
10
11
11
14
9
9
13
11
North Yorkshire
2
9
11
15
12
8
14
11
10
Northamptonshire
10
*
13
14
14
*
*
10
*
Northumbria
16
23
19
24
18
18
15
19
13
Nottinghamshire
11
17
15
19
18
19
11
26
11
South Wales
20
24
23
22
22
22
27
24
21
South Yorkshire
8
11
14
15
13
9
19
19
15
Staffordshire
9
13
6
13
18
4
12
10
11
Suffolk
*
*
10
14
*
*
*
0
9
Surrey
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Sussex
*
13
6
13
17
9
7
14
10
Thames Valley
6
5
18
11
14
8
14
10
10
Warwickshire
*
*
*
*
*
9
10
9
*
West Mercia
8
7
7
8
10
9
5
8
6
West Midlands
13
8
11
13
11
13
19
17
18
West Yorkshire
11
15
12
16
12
17
15
15
18
Wiltshire
*
*
12
*
*
*
*
*
*
Total
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
* Indicates that the total number of convictions recorded on the PNC was less than 50. For small numbers this could give misleading percentage changes. (1 )As with any large scale recording system, the data are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services Ministry of Justice.
