Table 3: Undetected sexual offences by police force area-1998-99 to 2001-02
Undetected
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
Avon and Somerset
394
441
673
915
Bedfordshire
260
279
250
269
Cambridgeshire
241
232
278
378
Cheshire
106
76
90
113
Cleveland
104
93
95
87
Cumbria
35
37
30
49
Derbyshire
299
405
482
430
Devon and Cornwall
236
162
229
484
Dorset
213
225
253
316
Durham
82
49
58
181
Dyfed-Powys
28
23
21
28
Essex
695
620
711
721
Gloucestershire
172
176
189
165
Greater Manchester
1,242
1,354
1,340
1,599
Gwent
132
97
55
56
Hampshire
189
663
794
822
Hertfordshire
170
181
289
207
Humberside
501
569
516
651
Kent
499
486
674
702
Lancashire
455
385
531
691
Leicestershire
414
471
437
526
Lincolnshire
129
116
123
225
London, City of
20
16
9
16
Merseyside
335
423
467
657
Metropolitan Police
6,447
7,911
7,566
8,057
Norfolk
168
196
216
281
Northamptonshire
153
97
81
165
Northumbria
531
607
553
649
North Wales
75
72
169
262
North Yorkshire
65
118
125
145
Nottinghamshire
603
675
740
875
South Wales
143
142
145
154
South Yorkshire
223
214
229
253
Staffordshire
372
735
803
815
Suffolk
166
216
251
319
Surrey
80
376
511
446
Sussex
564
697
818
783
Thames Valley
680
824
862
857
Warwickshire
76
108
118
115
West Mercia
206
256
248
469
West Midlands
915
1099
1331
1518
West Yorkshire
690
596
606
751
Wiltshire
114
165
256
220
England and Wales
19,222
22,683
24,186
27,422
Note:
The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
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Table 4: Undetected sexual offences by police force area - 2002/03 to 2008/09
Undetected
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Avon and Somerset
1,306
1,386
1,531
1,113
1,292
1,115
1,095
Bedfordshire
362
437
392
493
350
280
348
British Transport Police
656
795
876
671
700
534
547
Cambridgeshire
540
624
560
572
544
561
523
Cheshire
386
533
585
649
589
484
433
Cleveland
221
409
444
434
397
330
315
Cumbria
89
163
200
179
169
211
192
Derbyshire
716
700
758
754
752
745
702
Devon and Cornwall
813
1,047
1,095
1,085
1,040
1,033
992
Dorset
448
542
500
560
472
579
543
Durham
237
129
170
453
265
285
260
Dyfed-Powys
31
261
289
256
250
208
184
Essex
1,023
1,136
884
973
777
815
846
Gloucestershire
338
322
364
465
470
426
377
Greater Manchester
1,844
2,330
2,430
2,184
2,052
2,048
1,963
Gwent
153
130
248
294
335
430
375
Hampshire
1,078
1,606
1,846
1,951
1,975
1,699
1,634
Hertfordshire
401
435
563
565
612
523
438
Humberside
857
1,136
1,072
943
928
676
665
Kent
857
1,046
1,308
1,334
1260
1,140
935
Lancashire
579
1,014
983
874
830
817
684
Leicestershire
745
768
1,006
948
915
931
856
Lincolnshire
482
501
504
441
455
424
426
London, City of
20
24
34
30
32
37
17
Merseyside
834
946
873
912
666
620
497
Metropolitan Police
8,343
7,800
7,193
6,725
6,717
6,288
5,976
Norfolk
503
533
588
573
483
447
359
Northamptonshire
362
300
345
395
348
449
409
Northumbria
943
990
1,018
825
735
657
582
North Wales
465
404
411
388
395
408
402
North Yorkshire
248
309
304
335
332
372
348
Nottinghamshire
731
805
731
759
778
807
870
South Wales
377
429
528
707
610
622
607
South Yorkshire
524
540
890
1,043
878
782
563
Staffordshire
757
766
836
865
794
701
782
Suffolk
363
490
400
407
435
473
489
Surrey
429
468
549
492
397
439
618
Sussex
889
939
1,331
1,119
1,128
960
1,034
Thames Valley
1,398
1,500
1,517
1,456
1,680
1,580
1,617
Warwickshire
188
292
268
242
300
265
269
West Mercia
601
672
706
576
609
740
720
West Midlands
1,849
2,137
2,434
2,325
2,329
2,140
1,786
West Yorkshire
1,280
1,832
1,652
1,822
1,662
1,589
1,532
Wiltshire
455
404
345
351
419
404
343
England and Wales
35,721
40,030
41,561
40,538
39,156
37,074
35,153
Note:
The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
