Table 6: Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for common assault, by police force area-England and Wales 2002 to 2008( 1,)()( 2,)()( 3)
Police force
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
754
789
934
1,279
1,246
1,413
1,484
Bedfordshire
246
307
364
452
528
442
491
Cambridgeshire
334
347
396
563
699
736
762
Cheshire
508
544
575
831
1,182
1,396
1,244
City of London
28
18
21
23
44
47
60
Cleveland
234
350
426
444
515
634
657
Cumbria
359
407
474
573
593
687
775
Derbyshire
561
684
883
1,130
1,158
1,328
1,463
Devon and Cornwall
1,044
1,041
1,204
1,333
1,171
1,168
1,365
Dorset
363
340
406
518
605
756
670
Durham
341
318
337
434
457
665
551
Essex
840
894
1,068
1,419
1,624
1,724
1,656
Gloucestershire
287
307
349
498
520
462
614
Greater Manchester
998
1,183
1,825
2,135
2,637
2,830
2,653
Hampshire
1,322
1,480
1,982
1,863
1,966
2,248
2,216
Hertfordshire
376
461
621
856
901
861
860
Humberside
444
587
755
842
888
1,029
1,017
Kent
810
930
1,075
1,153
1,351
1,454
1,421
Lancashire
844
993
1,034
1,512
1,957
2,131
2,145
Leicestershire
527
630
734
1,098
1,156
1,407
1,275
Lincolnshire
480
570
567
585
619
570
571
Merseyside
671
946
1,153
1,287
1,464
1,520
1,456
Metropolitan Police
2,829
2,941
3,416
4,063
5,096
5,304
5,888
Norfolk
612
617
678
662
728
792
881
North Yorkshire
420
438
582
765
800
753
726
Northamptonshire
283
331
361
419
423
427
426
Northumbria
776
947
1,106
1,128
1,226
1,586
1,468
Nottinghamshire
910
906
917
1,098
1,143
1,043
1,033
South Yorkshire
580
724
929
1,049
1,184
1,343
1,286
Staffordshire
780
802
938
1,080
1,107
1,116
943
Suffolk
467
536
704
770
836
822
807
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Surrey
293
415
492
601
559
603
591
Sussex
768
809
1,075
1,099
1,124
1,382
1,439
Thames Valley
796
841
984
1,524
1,696
1,664
1,639
Warwickshire
192
176
194
273
303
426
351
West Mercia
676
733
948
1,131
1,208
1,225
1,102
West Midlands
2,467
2,529
2,793
2,848
2,937
2,978
2,742
West Yorkshire
1,577
2,010
2,445
2,579
2,362
2,428
2,345
Wiltshire
519
623
616
620
615
531
547
Dyfed-Powys
258
317
350
358
459
443
393
Gwent
374
343
371
387
512
543
571
North Wales
476
501
566
643
736
791
842
South Wales
525
617
682
820
925
985
893
England and Wales
28,949
32,282
38,330
44,745
49,260
52,693
52,319
(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 convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice
