Table 3 Notifiable offences by police force area and offence - 12 months ending March <strong>1999</strong> England and Wales Number of offences Police force area Total Violence Sexual Robbery Burglary Theft Fraud Criminal Drug Other Vehicle against offences and and damage offences offences crime (1) person the handling forgery Avon and Somerset 150,089 12,333 821 1,831 29,194 72,069 9,950 20,605 2,145 1,141 48,403 Bedfordshire 49,076 4,794 344 530 7,129 22,581 4,114 7,893 1,141 550 15,407 Cambridgeshire 67,256 5,345 431 437 12,759 31,953 2,389 11,925 1,166 851 19,861 Cheshire 65,119 6,601 625 397 13,125 26,925 2,146 11,596 2,470 1,234 17,304 Cleveland 67,030 2,960 369 908 16,526 31,755 2,261 10,681 1,120 450 19,395 Cumbria 40,202 5,582 200 119 5,812 16,504 1,388 8,405 1,621 571 10,587 Derbyshire 84,459 8,509 556 504 16,720 36,742 4,200 14,316 1,689 1,223 25,117 Devon and Cornwall 110,644 11,758 876 462 17,808 49,787 7,064 17,722 3,873 1,294 32,585 Dorset 52,755 2,806 314 205 9,202 23,993 6,334 8,303 1,102 496 16,294 Durham 50,413 4,955 243 172 10,135 20,323 1,311 11,122 1,388 764 15,201 Essex 95,797 8,043 877 523 14,997 44,368 4,366 18,834 2,312 1,477 29,772 Gloucestershire 48,206 3,230 344 273 10,111 23,468 2,527 6,570 1,152 531 11,388 Greater Manchester 362,450 35,841 2,142 7,632 79,179 145,090 15,830 67,052 5,439 4,245 115,690 Hampshire 128,253 12,599 1,066 588 19,822 57,492 5,130 25,100 4,195 2,261 35,800 Hertfordshire 49,309 3,313 321 250 8,353 22,935 2,312 10,177 1,197 451 18,765 Humberside 130,691 9,365 743 839 34,169 57,889 3,582 21,486 1,639 979 36,642 Kent 129,340 12,409 924 712 22,978 57,314 5,687 23,049 3,891 2,376 39,307 Lancashire 118,117 10,328 879 982 24,229 49,952 4,448 21,363 4,117 1,819 33,291 Leicestershire 93,397 9,984 764 967 17,218 38,408 7,227 15,143 1,433 2,253 26,022 Lincolnshire 46,670 4,239 393 149 10,257 19,328 2,723 7,728 1,229 624 10,847 London, City of 7,144 510 31 29 520 4,263 862 297 504 128 615 Merseyside 140,874 12,208 1,019 2,484 26,498 59,044 4,884 27,465 5,620 1,652 40,733 Metropolitan Police 934,254 131,549 8,102 26,330 123,861 383,665 80,541 136,870 32,152 11,184 229,472 Norfolk 57,129 5,461 508 220 10,154 25,690 2,488 10,393 1,534 681 14,981 Northamptonshire 65,466 5,246 306 443 12,162 28,994 4,425 11,771 1,285 834 21,080 Northumbria 151,298 12,477 943 1,347 31,625 62,314 4,991 31,634 3,934 2,033 45,162 North Yorkshire 55,309 4,827 297 170 11,237 25,608 2,563 8,372 1,560 675 14,255 Nottinghamshire 135,255 12,051 949 1,312 28,792 59,864 4,736 23,953 2,004 1,594 37,790 South Yorkshire 133,059 6,577 654 979 34,370 57,251 3,951 24,198 3,983 1,096 42,896 Staffordshire 91,919 10,113 566 509 20,391 37,917 3,830 15,668 1,915 1,010 26,283 Suffolk 39,908 3,820 405 140 6,241 17,097 2,099 7,898 1,581 627 9,468 Surrey 42,467 4,164 579 171 6,922 17,911 2,994 7,576 1,557 593 10,957 Sussex 130,402 14,763 911 939 20,934 57,601 7,790 23,828 2,235 1,401 37,429 Thames Valley 176,477 10,784 879 1,327 30,735 89,616 11,778 26,006 3,838 1,514 61,025 Warwickshire 38,485 2,063 194 170 8,064 17,655 2,401 6,888 683 367 12,677 West Mercia 81,782 6,995 618 351 14,631 36,420 3,961 15,346 2,393 1,067 23,499 West Midlands 314,611 31,019 1,985 7,315 70,624 125,962 15,675 50,390 7,180 4,461 94,870 West Yorkshire 273,809 16,683 1,774 3,072 67,633 115,328 10,608 49,239 6,720 2,752 87,722 Wiltshire 38,189 4,390 404 195 6,129 16,805 1,933 6,644 1,199 490 9,480 Dyfed-Powys 24,588 4,680 317 42 2,615 7,702 1,402 4,497 2,483 850 4,327 Gwent 58,738 11,355 452 173 8,416 20,727 2,395 11,690 2,447 1,083 15,217 North Wales 43,848 4,703 334 127 7,226 17,431 1,869 9,652 1,885 621 11,548 South Wales 134,820 11,361 715 511 23,684 57,715 6,340 30,227 2,934 1,333 51,303 England and Wales 5,109,104 502,793 36,174 66,836 953,187 2,191,456 279,505 879,572 135,945 63,636 1,480,467 (1) Vehicle crime includes theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, aggravated vehicle taking, vehicle interference and tampering and criminal damage to a vehicle. 14
Table 4 Notifiable offences recorded by the police: clear-up rate (1) by police force area England and Wales Percentages Police force area April 1994 April 1995 April 1996 April 1997 April <strong>1998</strong> to to to to to March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March <strong>1998</strong> March <strong>1999</strong> Avon and Somerset 21 23 26 26 24 Bedfordshire 22 24 35 35 33 Cambridgeshire 23 20 25 28 29 Cheshire 31 33 34 34 37 Cleveland 20 25 25 23 23 Cumbria 39 38 35 41 44 Derbyshire 22 20 23 26 31 Devon and Cornwall 28 28 30 34 36 Dorset 30 28 26 30 31 Durham 31 30 30 30 33 Essex 38 33 27 28 29 Gloucestershire 25 26 22 26 31 Greater Manchester 34 19 18 20 25 Hampshire 27 28 29 30 35 Hertfordshire 24 30 29 33 34 Humberside 18 19 21 21 22 Kent 28 28 31 31 34 Lancashire 35 35 33 29 34 Leicestershire 31 29 31 34 34 Lincolnshire 31 42 44 46 40 London, City of 27 23 26 28 33 Merseyside 29 28 29 31 31 Metropolitan Police 24 26 25 25 22 Norfolk 32 31 34 36 37 Northamptonshire 30 30 35 35 33 Northumbria 23 23 25 26 30 North Yorkshire 24 24 26 26 33 Nottinghamshire 25 25 29 26 25 South Yorkshire 24 23 23 32 32 Staffordshire 31 33 34 34 32 Suffolk 35 34 33 39 41 Surrey 31 31 28 35 40 Sussex 25 29 28 26 25 Thames Valley 23 23 25 25 25 Warwickshire 24 25 24 29 26 West Mercia 29 27 28 27 34 West Midlands 25 23 24 25 28 West Yorkshire 21 21 25 27 27 Wiltshire 35 31 30 32 38 England 26 26 27 28 28 Dyfed-Powys 54 57 58 62 69 Gwent 50 49 51 51 55 North Wales 38 34 33 36 43 South Wales 26 31 34 36 39 Wales 34 36 39 41 46 England and Wales 26 26 27 28 29 (1) Excluding offences of 'other criminal damage' of value £20 and under, prior to March <strong>1998</strong>. 15