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	Found guilty
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	241	219	237	249	220	259	285	331	337	313	339	287
Bedfordshire	80	87	68	73	74	100	114	95	87	131	122	96
Cambridgeshire	84	96	92	72	68	82	96	114	116	128	138	138
Cheshire	192	192	194	184	157	248	257	269	229	265	269	277
City of London	44	29	23	11	18	27	20	15	11	15	12	13
Cleveland	77	74	73	67	70	87	98	102	113	131	111	128
Cumbria	82	70	93	85	81	84	103	90	122	112	109	136
Derbyshire	132	113	108	135	111	139	157	188	178	186	165	176
Devon and Cornwall	218	218	222	251	238	251	344	305	312	348	310	323
Dorset	106	121	111	131	120	155	143	144	150	154	184	159
Durham	61	103	117	101	108	125	114	133	154	140	158	134
Essex	225	206	231	214	245	259	261	332	327	342	350	371
Gloucestershire	91	107	88	85	94	93	112	126	111	114	122	136
Greater Manchester	342	394	398	406	429	441	495	492	530	479	540	550
Hampshire	362	343	351	370	345	408	394	424	440	375	392	381
Hertfordshire	133	144	136	171	182	224	233	238	237	261	276	250
Humberside	98	101	89	145	122	119	115	135	132	159	114	60
Kent	147	212	217	220	243	295	258	291	297	304	333	343
Lancashire	302	325	292	278	269	321	303	330	325	395	382	385
Leicestershire	110	103	111	118	123	143	151	160	158	142	166	134
Lincolnshire	95	88	85	67	82	73	110	143	142	124	128	135
Merseyside	218	228	171	179	174	226	279	311	306	317	373	335
Metropolitan Police	1,280	1,153	1,085	995	947	1,105	1,073	1,218	1,159	1,257	1,265	1,277
Norfolk	85	97	92	92	107	143	114	140	145	147	157	159
North Yorkshire	142	103	123	124	123	125	147	138	166	158	180	162
Northamptonshire	78	90	93	64	28	24	82	95	109	96	96	123
Northumbria	179	220	219	234	219	274	302	316	280	320	352	343
Nottinghamshire	149	137	152	159	149	104	152	175	170	209	199	202
South Yorkshire	136	168	146	166	164	182	216	198	190	203	226	236
Staffordshire	165	181	143	137	145	194	187	210	205	195	210	244
Suffolk	98	104	119	90	92	108	143	145	122	130	138	140
Surrey	123	152	166	180	198	200	183	178	219	202	252	242
Sussex	255	198	236	217	255	240	261	328	296	330	351	295
Thames Valley	341	352	335	375	333	451	422	385	402	416	423	411
Warwickshire	78	77	86	70	98	84	92	76	102	134	132	132
West Mercia	105	112	138	139	160	197	181	180	138	205	179	175
West Midlands	358	333	292	374	356	364	402	481	500	543	536	465
West Yorkshire	271	284	274	286	265	287	308	312	334	316	389	375
Wiltshire	103	85	104	104	104	113	127	109	121	124	125	106
Dyfed-Powys	90	103	96	73	93	103	115	123	113	113	114	111
Gwent	107	105	96	107	125	96	125	140	170	151	144	166
North Wales	124	131	139	132	121	138	148	145	158	159	170	163
South Wales(3)	205	232	227	254	269	298	317	309	345	335	355	293
Total England and Wales	7,912	7,990	7,868	7,984	7,924	8,989	9,539	10,169	10,258	10,678	11,086	10,767
(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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