Table 5: Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for violence against the person (less serious offences)( 1) , by police force area-England and Wales 2002 to 2008( 2,)()( 3,)()( 4)
Police force
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
737
848
747
829
830
856
888
Bedfordshire
227
265
284
336
335
315
354
Cambridgeshire
360
344
362
484
417
430
471
Cheshire
631
562
487
704
825
849
713
City of London
60
54
43
43
33
23
37
Cleveland
400
416
464
508
667
641
649
Cumbria
437
443
428
508
473
434
461
Derbyshire
585
638
643
847
639
730
620
Devon and Cornwall
766
908
807
820
751
699
732
Dorset
289
295
307
415
372
349
313
Durham
567
522
498
616
660
675
612
Essex
561
629
772
767
755
842
799
Gloucestershire
299
314
287
347
329
241
341
Greater Manchester
2,345
2,522
2,751
2,608
2,838
2,821
2,520
Hampshire
1,124
1,167
1,202
1,192
1,240
1,214
1,286
Hertfordshire
486
467
517
622
546
485
443
Humberside
608
703
719
732
783
867
792
Kent
617
659
542
644
695
702
812
Lancashire
1,175
1,176
1,171
1,228
1,507
1,594
1,497
Leicestershire
739
715
724
825
730
714
641
Lincolnshire
292
335
388
351
369
380
378
Merseyside
1,211
1,237
1,331
1,301
1,409
1,396
1,313
Metropolitan Police
5,879
5,342
5,468
5,471
5,590
5,406
6,132
Norfolk
361
372
336
384
430
386
380
North Yorkshire
336
365
426
463
467
545
510
Northamptonshire
262
269
295
334
285
267
386
Northumbria
1,361
1,270
1,201
1,263
1,227
1,391
1,317
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Nottinghamshire
687
688
694
761
784
791
712
South Yorkshire
927
951
946
1,060
1,090
1,131
1,224
Staffordshire
601
642
667
681
727
714
704
Suffolk
329
367
410
455
545
469
379
Surrey
206
229
263
253
302
311
316
Sussex
629
674
603
713
778
847
802
Thames Valley
682
698
713
938
1,038
998
977
Warwickshire
195
190
232
260
303
273
276
West Mercia
650
654
642
779
860
846
779
West Midlands
2,860
2,764
2,731
2,299
2,610
2,389
2,342
West Yorkshire
1,216
1,290
1,607
1,557
1,331
1,477
1,542
Wiltshire
271
335
296
371
439
376
392
Dyfed-Powys
332
386
320
335
329
335
228
Gwent
553
482
512
433
538
530
403
North Wales
406
440
477
550
641
612
574
South Wales
1,248
1,214
1,282
1,253
1,105
1,147
1,048
England and Wales
34,507
34,841
35,595
37,340
38,622
38,498
38,095
(1) Includes: Endangering life at sea, Other wounding etc., Cruelty to or neglect of children, Abandoning child aged under two years, Child abduction, procuring illegal abortion, Concealment of birth. (2) 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. (3) 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. (4) Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice
