Table 1: The number of males proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by police force area, England and Wales, 2000 to 2008(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions
Police force area
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 (4)
Avon and Somerset
2,113
1,888
2,007
2,261
2,249
2,167
1,981
2,017
1,772
Bedfordshire
681
826
838
929
953
950
972
883
747
Cambridgeshire
664
666
713
797
914
996
1,050
1,043
917
Cheshire
1,405
1,317
1,735
1,528
1,751
1,372
1,456
1,449
1,245
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City of London
167
139
208
197
157
165
149
181
115
Cleveland
667
753
766
795
882
761
806
783
808
Cumbria
660
612
633
661
733
659
686
680
565
Derbyshire
1,186
1,192
1,234
1,332
1,554
1,345
1,264
1,191
969
Devon and Cornwall
1,907
2,095
2,129
2,283
2,130
2,080
1,960
1,908
1,794
Dorset
897
934
937
1,013
1,035
986
957
1,010
874
Durham
970
918
932
966
1,007
910
790
796
694
Essex
2,150
2,108
2,150
2,202
2,362
2,131
2,229
2,084
1,918
Gloucestershire
672
746
812
754
759
711
710
601
613
Greater Manchester
3,814
3,864
3,793
3,817
3,846
3,786
3,749
3,650
3,011
Hampshire
2,948
3,005
3,331
3,132
3,215
2,825
2,426
2,462
2,245
Hertfordshire
1,320
1,451
1,640
1,641
1,629
1,554
1,511
1,503
1,307
Humberside
1,110
1,049
1,218
1,330
1,367
1,315
1,247
842
477
Kent
2,272
2,309
2,400
2,410
2,589
2,419
2,332
2,329
2,025
Lancashire
2,171
1,927
2,161
2,269
2,251
2,234
2,274
2,191
1,965
Leicestershire
1,304
1,359
1,422
1,443
1,445
1,382
1,275
1,290
1,099
Lincolnshire
735
791
746
972
998
991
1,051
1,051
997
Merseyside
1,891
1,918
1,951
2,268
2,394
2,434
2,219
1,998
1,529
Metropolitan Police
10,936
10,651
11,970
11,549
11,758
11,650
11,579
10,738
9,717
Norfolk
776
976
1,017
1,106
1,026
1,040
1,137
1,008
861
North Yorkshire
908
896
938
1,002
938
1,033
998
946
886
Northamptonshire
708
356
195
698
794
737
868
748
790
Northumbria
2,196
2,097
2,107
2,245
2,192
2,127
2,064
1,984
1,835
Nottinghamshire
1,452
1,332
1,220
1,379
1,358
1,369
1,403
1,256
1,255
South Yorkshire
1,815
1,748
1,625
1,748
1,864
1,906
1,667
1,690
1,609
Staffordshire
1,554
1,222
1,374
1,399
1,419
1,411
1,354
1,369
1,251
Suffolk
762
823
940
1,010
1,125
914
979
866
711
Surrey
1,328
1,528
1,422
1,236
1,270
1,231
1,170
1,204
1,074
Sussex
1,845
2,128
2,050
2,125
2,064
1,933
2,023
1,985
1,794
Thames Valley
3,056
2,904
3,786
3,419
3,094
2,987
2,941
2,852
2,406
Warwickshire
682
758
724
782
742
734
725
808
650
West Mercia
1,395
1,477
1,463
1,527
1,532
1,672
1,682
1,591
1,424
West Midlands
3,953
4,225
4,383
4,481
4,759
4,830
4,739
4,651
3,877
West Yorkshire
2,879
2,858
3,161
3,191
3,328
3,366
3,134
2,936
2,609
Wiltshire
775
848
828
816
845
840
809
639
546
Dyfed-Powys
731
724
792
811
807
777
762
748
646
Gwent
1,016
946
898
973
980
901
986
894
787
North Wales
1,088
1,049
1,066
1,117
1,108
1,097
1,112
1,049
890
South Wales(3)
2,171
2,283
2,159
2,269
2,323
2,303
2,227
2,062
1,494
Total E&W
73,730
73,696
77,874
79,883
81,546
79,031
77,453
73,966
64,798
Table 1 : The number of males proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by police force area, England and Wales, 2000 to 2008(1)(2)(3)