§ Mr. McWilliamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by English police authority(a) the population covered by that authority,(b)the authorised police establishment for that authority, (c)the actual police establishment for that authority,(d)the total arrests made in that authority, (e) the number of arrests made per actual police officer, (f) the total number of reported crimes, (g) the number of crimes per officer, (h) the total number of crimes per thousand population and (i) the total number of reported crimes unsolved per thousand population for the last 10 years for which figures are available and for 1978–79.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 15 April 1993]: The information for items (a) to (c) can be found in the appendix to the annual report of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary and information for items (f) and (h) are published annually in chapter 2 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"; copies of these publications are available in the Library. The other information requested is given in the tables, with the exception of item (i) which is available only at disproportionate cost.
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Arrests for all types of offences Police force area 11978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset 13,777 29,474 32,054 35,891 38,350 37,930 39,796 40,687 34,190 36,290 37,592 39,852 42,421 39,216 Bedfordshire 6,559 14,539 15,629 15,831 16,679 16,068 16,699 17,147 14,232 15,694 15,864 14,886 17,705 17,543 Cambridgeshire 7,523 14,947 11,483 17,757 16,544 16,303 15,702 16,187 15,552 17.239 16,388 16,466 18,389 17,699 Cheshire 8,544 17,422 17,610 18,511 19,526 19,730 19,824 21,265 21,207 23,310 24,068 25,103 27,823 29,684 Cleveland 9,819 22,679 21,411 24,565 24,181 27,560 25,982 27,049 24,226 24,670 24,351 25,527 26,584 28,061 Cumbria 5,222 10,693 12,230 12,434 13,612 13,379 14,430 15,959 14,446 14,591 16,346 18,244 19,479 21,275 Derbyshire 6,925 16,363 18,039 17,850 19,253 20,167 22,120 21,687 19,044 20,126 20,751 22,781 23,079 23,708 Devon and Cornwall 9,187 19,414 20,933 21,499 23,336 25,819 26,679 28,999 25,342 27,704 28,717 30,786 31,404 34,024 Dorset 5,276 10,836 11,990 13,068 14,197 14,356 13,332 13,554 12,880 13,478 13,981 16,048 17,487 18,382 Durham 6,930 13,586 15,224 16,616 18,427 18,274 19,712 18,943 18,286 21,762 23,303 25,415 25,965 25,125 Essex 13,249 26,541 30,279 31,138 33,792 34,805 37,965 38,184 32,398 35,140 35,607 37,913 39,990 40,100 Gloucestershire 4,225 9,716 10,242 11,758 12,559 12,438 12,078 12,814 11,557 12,428 12,787 14,409 17,043 17,020 Greater Manchester 39,333 88,309 92,407 102,118 110,537 107,746 110,213 116,647 101,804 109,963 110,307 115,248 116,678 116,916 Hampshire 18,951 40,895 42,015 42,551 45,063 44,325 44,022 50,194 49,796 52,052 54,419 61,063 63,171 62,330 Hertfordshire 6,733 16,127 17,743 19,092 19,463 20,129 18,963 18,487 16,405 20,538 20,114 22,868 22,648 23,191 Humberside 13,664 27,186 28,174 30,662 34,081 35,095 33,480 35,997 34,807 35,106 32,981 35,568 36,066 35,847 Kent 15,828 33,682 35,484 37,003 39,173 38,491 38,236 41,520 41,428 46,808 47,806 47,253 47,007 47,992 Lancashire 16,090 33,859 39,459 39,844 39,984 45,261 49,848 48,666 46,197 47,881 51,053 53,129 57,235 62,104 Leicestershire 9,787 19,822 20,472 21,202 21,293 20,660 19,952 22,159 20,262 20,945 22,181 24,604 24,949 26,417 Lincolnshire 5,426 11,460 12,359 13,203 13,938 14,747 11,987 13,010 13,797 17,282 16,550 18,089 21,474 22,680 London, City of 1,761 3,516 3,276 3,390 3,577 3,582 3,596 3,511 3,558 3,702 4,248 4,489 4,809 4,688 Merseyside 28,349 59,361 60,372 57,139 57,165 60,452 60,554 59,216 51,487 54,088 56,914 62,559 69,207 72,930 Metropolitan Police2 154,622 330,419 349,993 340,809 362,131 364,703 349,941 109,786 103,084 109,587 108,706 111,420 116,865 113,586 Norfolk 3,738 8,103 9,347 10,155 13,951 16,010 16,292 16,448 14,812 17,232 17,765 19,131 22,727 20,898 Northamptonshire 6,468 12,865 13,929 15,151 15,505 15,407 15,868 14,572 13,382 14,193 16,088 16,993 18,242 19,353 Northumbria 27,280 59,068 61,635 62,121 61,180 56,764 53,704 57,203 54,999 60,206 59,302 62,415 65,694 68,847 North Yorkshire 5,426 10,025 11,583 11,829 12,370 12,532 13,780 14,308 14,216 16,656 17,541 17,531 20,221 20,936 Nottinghamshire 13,245 27,658 29,701 32,625 33,532 34,106 29,835 35,485 35,970 37,423 38,481 42,679 45,468 46,487 South Yorkshire 17,288 38,545 40,430 44,550 46,653 46,097 48,903 49,681 32,791 35,859 37,731 39,914 43,979 45,722 Staffordshire 11,669 23,983 26,700 31,833 33,719 34,782 38,118 36,405 31,831 34,585 32,351 36,481 36,861 39,142 Suffolk 5,244 11,518 12,176 12,452 12,509 12,434 13,134 13,778 10,450 12.010 12,574 13,053 13,905 15,796 Surrey 7,733 16,687 17,730 17,536 18,255 19,357 18,622 17,101 16,569 18,582 18,495 19,468 20,920 19,940 Sussex 15,285 32,060 33,955 35,294 36,492 35,817 34,174 33,348 29,872 32,448 31,329 35,574 37,358 39,247 Thames Valley 17,291 37,304 39,314 42,076 46,950 49,254 48,136 51,817 47,686 48,199 50,225 57,246 59,098 59,458 Warwickshire 2,788 5,405 6,203 7,050 8,846 8,671 8,667 9,379 10,112 10,625 10,998 12,812 13,161 14,138 West Mercia 9,675 19,934 21,973 22,692 24,104 24,522 25,525 26,123 25,004 25,027 26,114 28,590 32,285 32,048 West Midlands 35,177 73,368 83,631 87,376 91,158 91,933 90,816 97,329 86,602 93,562 104,116 119,069 123,868 131,062 West Yorkshire 25,131 52,699 56,942 56,702 59,504 58,277 55,609 60,577 67,103 70,640 70,093 78,215 84,172 85,867 Wiltshire 3,191 7,026 8,222 8,857 9,029 9,388 10,759 10,876 8,586 9,846 11,187 13,195 14,507 13,670 1 Figures for July to December only. 2 Arrest figures for notifiable offences only from 1985 onwards. 758W759W
Arrests per police officer Police force area 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset n/a 10 11 12 13 12 13 13 11 12 12 13 14 12 Bedfordshire n/a 15 16 16 17 16 17 17 14 15 15 14 16 16 Cambridgeshire n/a 14 16 16 14 14 14 14 13 15 14 14 15 14 Cheshire n/a 10 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 16 Cleveland n/a 16 14 16 16 19 17 18 16 16 16 17 18 19 Cumbria n/a 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 13 12 14 15 16 18 Derbyshire n/a 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 12 13 14 Devon and Cornwall n/a 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 9 10 10 11 11 12 Dorset n/a 9 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 13 14 Durham n/a 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 14 16 17 18 19 18 Essex n/a 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 12 13 13 13 14 14 Gloucestershire n/a 9 9 10 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 12 14 14 Greater Manchester n/a 13 13 15 16 15 16 17 15 15 16 16 16 16 Hampshire n/a 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 16 17 19 20 19 Hertfordshire n/a 11 12 12 12 13 12 11 10 13 12 14 13 14 Humberside n/a 14 14 15 17 18 17 18 17 18 16 18 18 18 Kent n/a 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 15 15 Lancashire n/a 11 12 12 12 14 16 16 15 15 16 16 18 19 Leicestershire n/a 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 14 14 14 Lincolnshire n/a 10 10 11 12 12 10 11 12 14 14 15 17 19 London, City of n/a 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 Merseyside n/a 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 11 11 12 13 15 16 Metropolitan Police n/a 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 4 4 4 4 4 4 Norfolk n/a 6 7 8 11 12 13 13 11 13 13 14 16 15 Northamptonshire n/a 14 14 15 15 15 16 14 13 13 14 15 16 16 Northumbria n/a 17 18 18 18 17 16 17 16 17 17 17 18 20 North Yorkshire n/a 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 12 13 12 14 15 Nottinghamshire n/a 13 13 14 15 15 13 16 16 16 17 18 19 20 South Yorkshire n/a 14 14 15 16 16 17 17 11 12 13 13 15 15 Staffordshire n/a 12 13 15 16 16 18 17 15 16 15 17 17 18 Suffolk n/a 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 9 10 10 11 11 13 Surrey n/a 11 11 11 11 12 11 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 Sussex n/a 11 12 12 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 13 Thames Valley n/a 13 13 13 15 15 14 16 14 14 14 15 16 16 Warwickshire n/a 6 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 13 13 14 West Mercia n/a 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 16 16 West Midlands n/a 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 13 14 15 17 18 19 West Yorkshire n/a 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 13 13 13 15 16 16 Wiltshire n/a 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 8 9 10 11 12 11 1 Arrest figures for notification offences only from 1985 onwards. n/a = Not available.
Recorded crimes per police officer1 Police force area 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset 19 17 18 20 22 22 24 26 30 32 31 31 40 48 Bedfordshire 27 28 27 29 30 31 34 34 38 39 37 38 48 51 Cambridgeshire 27 21 26 28 26 26 26 27 27 28 28 30 36 45 Cheshire 15 15 17 19 21 22 23 23 24 26 24 23 27 32 Cleveland 25 23 23 26 29 28 32 32 36 38 37 38 47 49 Cumbria 18 17 15 16 18 19 21 22 25 23 22 23 26 35 Derbyshire 23 20 19 23 25 24 26 25 24 24 22 25 32 41 Devon and Cornwall 16 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 25 25 26 31 37 Dorset 22 18 20 21 24 25 26 27 29 30 28 30 36 39 Durham 19 18 20 22 25 26 30 30 30 30 29 30 36 43 Essex 21 20 20 21 23 23 23 24 26 26 25 26 32 36 Gloucestershire 15 14 16 18 20 19 21 23 24 28 28 29 35 46 Greater Manchester 24 24 26 30 32 33 37 39 43 41 39 38 44 50 Hampshire 21 21 20 23 25 25 27 28 30 30 28 30 36 43 Hertfordshire 24 24 21 22 24 22 24 24 26 25 24 24 27 32 Humberside 23 23 17 27 30 29 32 36 39 43 41 43 50 57 Kent 19 18 17 18 21 21 23 24 24 25 25 26 32 43 Lancashire 16 16 16 18 20 20 22 22 24 25 26 24 29 33 Leicestershire 17 17 19 21 24 24 25 26 27 28 28 30 40 48 Lincolnshire 14 14 15 17 20 20 22 25 25 28 26 28 31 36 London, City of 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 9 8 9 9 9 Merseyside 24 23 24 27 29 29 32 32 35 33 29 27 27 31 Metropolitan Police 24 23 23 24 25 24 26 26 28 26 25 26 29 31 Norfolk 18 17 19 23 26 26 26 28 30 30 30 32 38 44 Northamptonshire 24 23 24 25 29 29 31 34 35 36 33 34 41 49 Northumbria 28 28 30 33 38 38 43 45 46 47 43 48 53 59 North Yorkshire 16 15 15 18 20 20 22 25 25 25 24 24 32 35 Nottinghamshire 32 32 33 37 37 36 38 38 40 40 39 43 54 61 South Yorkshire 21 20 20 22 25 26 30 28 30 31 28 30 34 39 Staffordshire 17 17 17 19 20 22 23 24 26 25 25 26 32 38 Suffolk 17 17 16 18 19 20 21 23 25 25 24 26 30 32 Surrey 17 17 14 15 17 17 17 17 19 19 19 20 25 29 Sussex 16 16 16 17 20 21 22 23 23 22 22 25 31 37 Thames Valley 27 26 23 25 28 28 30 31 33 32 29 32 39 49 Warwickshire 16 15 15 18 20 21 23 22 23 25 23 25 31 39 West Mercia 19 17 17 20 23 23 24 24 25 24 23 24 29 35 West Midlands 25 23 25 28 31 31 34 35 38 38 33 32 37 42 West Yorkshire 26 24 25 27 29 28 31 31 32 33 31 34 42 55 Wiltshire 20 18 18 20 22 22 24 25 25 23 22 23 27 31 1 Excluding offences of criminal damage value £20 and under.