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	Found guilty
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	2,212	2,077	2,210	1,981	1,780	1,894	2,089	2,126	2,042	1,857	1,903	1,678
Bedfordshire	959	877	709	640	771	780	863	891	882	929	841	708
Cambridgeshire	887	860	756	627	645	680	758	880	972	1,022	1,012	883
Cheshire	1,546	1,513	1,406	1,304	1,239	1,551	1,443	1,664	1,313	1,390	1,393	1,209
City of London	366	252	202	145	129	182	187	133	154	143	165	105
Cleveland	759	652	636	612	707	721	702	813	725	776	754	790
Cumbria	720	670	678	625	584	602	634	709	627	656	663	545
Derbyshire	1,280	1,212	1,173	1,105	1,105	1,161	1,264	1,472	1,290	1,210	1,151	940
Devon and Cornwall	1,931	1,870	1,876	1,801	1,987	2,020	2,145	2,036	1,987	1,851	1,830	1,720
Dorset	938	930	889	843	881	877	960	975	943	915	925	819
Durham	840	810	907	924	874	879	901	972	880	760	775	673
Essex	2,320	2,025	2,078	2,048	1,986	2,031	2,105	2,266	2,027	2,130	2,003	1,844
Gloucestershire	878	787	703	626	715	766	711	716	651	655	564	596
Greater Manchester	3,819	3,685	3,728	3,648	3,638	3,622	3,616	3,686	3,600	3,595	3,511	2,923
Hampshire	3,040	2,920	3,078	2,788	2,840	3,134	2,934	3,007	2,659	2,299	2,373	2,145
Hertfordshire	1,386	1,371	1,378	1,238	1,356	1,538	1,516	1,498	1,448	1,431	1,427	1,247
Humberside	1,024	1,102	1,072	1,055	998	1,132	1,242	1,289	1,265	1,208	801	436
Kent	1,947	2,217	2,205	2,169	2,147	2,245	2,250	2,455	2,314	2,238	2,236	1,938
Lancashire	2,701	2,266	2,057	2,034	1,790	1,995	2,090	2,097	2,107	2,108	2,057	1,876
Leicestershire	1,366	1,224	1,301	1,245	1,257	1,346	1,386	1,386	1,300	1,210	1,218	1,038
Lincolnshire	924	825	770	690	726	706	907	961	930	1,008	1,008	951
Merseyside	2,129	1,901	1,703	1,712	1,776	1,833	2,107	2,174	2,266	2,097	1,896	1,478
Metropolitan police	13,515	11,503	10,215	9,808	9,427	10,752	10,333	10,674	10,601	10,766	10,052	9,218
Norfolk	940	937	823	746	911	966	1,036	965	996	1,094	962	827
North Yorkshire	1,062	977	885	862	859	901	938	887	977	963	914	863
Northamptonshire	928	867	850	639	315	181	644	749	655	823	711	755
Northumbria	2,069	1,881	1,869	2,038	1,935	1,946	2,060	2,030	1,986	1,942	1,861	1,756
Nottinghamshire	1,598	1,402	1,404	1,349	1,245	1,128	1,285	1,292	1,284	1,322	1,201	1,203
South Yorkshire	1,868	1,554	1,544	1,700	1,643	1,528	1,613	1,757	1,795	1,582	1,625	1,526
Staffordshire	1,655	1,554	1,360	1,504	1,158	1,293	1,325	1,323	1,306	1,255	1,310	1,208
Suffolk	846	842	861	718	764	889	938	1,041	875	934	825	687
Surrey	1,121	1,071	1,140	1,223	1,271	1,292	1,156	1,190	1,161	1,110	1,142	1,029
Sussex	1,923	1,756	1,785	1,708	1,950	1,918	1,990	1,967	1,861	1,943	1,928	1,734
Thames Valley	3,402	3,241	3,081	2,844	2,680	3,543	3,192	2,897	2,809	2,745	2,679	2,317
Warwickshire	647	631	698	644	722	686	755	713	705	695	781	625
West Mercia	1,643	1,487	1,420	1,338	1,407	1,387	1,432	1,436	1,601	1,616	1,529	1,379
West Midlands	5,220	4,564	3,893	3,652	3,928	4,071	4,192	4,467	4,580	4,487	4,458	3,715
West Yorkshire	3,154	2,939	2,950	2,672	2,583	2,883	2,976	3,146	3,161	2,950	2,742	2,448
Wiltshire	845	907	810	748	809	778	781	794	798	775	616	519
Dyfed-Powys	803	774	749	675	677	725	757	750	724	716	700	617
Gwent	926	954	857	951	891	851	883	917	829	919	846	738
North Wales	1,043	1,018	963	1,037	965	986	1,034	1,044	1,049	1,067	1,024	858
South Wales(3)	2,166	2,179	1,965	2,046	2,114	2,045	2,112	2,183	2,147	2,105	1,979	1,448
Total England and Wales	81,346	75,084	71,637	68,762	68,185	72,444	74,242	76,428	74,282	73,297	70,391	62,012
(1 )The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.

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