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(7) The overall effect on the main offence groups is shown below in table A1, with the effect on each force area shown in table A2. Table A1 Effect of counting rule and offence coverage changes, by offence group England and Wales Percentage effect and 95% confidence intervals. Offence group Effect of new counting rules and offence coverage by offence group 22 Percentage point accuracy (95% confidence level) Violence against the person + 118% +/- 2.1% Sexual offences + 4% +/- 0.0% Robbery + 1% +/- 0.1% Burglary + 0.1% +/- 0.1% All theft & handling + 3% +/- 0.7% (inc. theft of and from vehicles) + 1% +/- 0.6% Fraud and forgery + 61% +/- 1.8% Criminal damage + 5% +/- 1.1% Drug offences + 538% +/- 0.0% Other offences + 52% +/- 0.0% All offences + 14.0% +/- 0.7%
Table A2 Effect of counting rule and offence coverage changes, by police force area England and Wales Percentage effect and 95% confidence intervals. Police force area Effect of new counting rules and offence coverage by police force area 23 Percentage point accuracy (95% confidence level) Avon and Somerset + 13.7% Nil Bedfordshire + 11.7% Nil Cambridgeshire + 12.7% +/- 1.9% Cheshire + 9.6% Nil Cleveland + 5.2% Nil Cumbria + 14.3% +/- 1.1% Derbyshire + 14.1% +/- 0.8% Devon and Cornwall + 25.0% +/- 2.3% Dorset + 20.2% Nil Durham + 14.1% +/- 2.1% Essex + 9.9% Nil Gloucestershire + 9.6% +/- 2.3% Greater Manchester + 7.8% Nil Hampshire + 11.5% Nil Hertfordshire + 6.6% +/- 1.3% Humberside + 9.6% Nil Kent + 17.3% +/- 1.9% Lancashire + 12.3% +/- 0.6% Leicestershire + 14.3% +/- 1.8% Lincolnshire + 17.5% +/- 3.1% London City of + 18.4% Nil Merseyside + 7.9% +/- 0.4% Metropolitan Police + 21.7% Nil Norfolk + 11.7% +/- 1.1% Northamptonshire + 17.2% Nil Northumbria + 14.1% +/- 1.3% North Yorkshire + 14.3% +/- 0.8% Nottinghamshire + 9.4% Nil South Yorkshire + 6.9% Nil Staffordshire + 8.8% +/- 1.1% Suffolk + 16.4% +/- 3.4% Surrey + 16.7% +/- 2.9% Sussex + 17.0% +/- 1.7% Thames Valley + 9.2% +/- 1.7% Warwickshire + 7.9% Nil West Mercia + 17.8% +/- 2.0% West Midlands + 13.8% +/- 1.8% West Yorkshire + 11.1% Nil Wiltshire + 15.8% +/- 2.3% Dyfed-Powys + 37.7% +/- 3.4% Gwent + 24.0% +/- 2.8% North Wales + 19.9% Nil South Wales + 11.5% Nil All police force areas + 14.0% +/- 0.7% “Nil” denotes that the police force double counted all crimes during <strong>1998</strong>/99 and therefore is not subject to sampling error.
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