HC Deb 29 March 1993 vol 222 cc96-101W
Mr. John Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what records there are of the level of cautions administered in each police area for the last quarter and for a similiar period one and two years before; and what proportion these are of detected crime.

Mr. Jack

Figures for persons cautioned by the police for the fourth quarters of 1989,1990 and 1991 (the latest available period) are shown in the following tables.

Figures for the proportion of detected notifiable offences that were cleared up by means of a caution are provided separately as they relate to offences rather than offenders and to a different coverage of offences (broadly all indictable offences and some summary eon-motoring offence).

Persons cautioned by police force area and offence type—1991 (Quarter 4)
Indictable offences (excluding motoring) Summary non-motoring offences All offences (excluding motoring)
Avon and Somerset 710 35 745
Bedfordshire 605 105 710
Cambridgeshire 613 95 708
Cheshire 888 329 1,217
Cleveland 805 239 1,044
Cumbria 383 240 623
Derbyshire 780 277 1,057
Devon and Cornwall 1,212 467 1,679
Dorset 408 105 513
Durham 280 150 430
Essex 1,114 299 1,413
Gloucester 402 78 480
Greater Manchester 2,608 1,003 3,611
Hampshire 1,634 578 2,212
Hertfordshire 587 41 628
Humberside 1,244 402 1,646
Kent 1,549 231 1,780
Lancashire 1,238 425 1,663
Leicestershire 796 297 1,093
Lincolnshire 418 60 478
City of London 102 63 165
Merseyside 1,546 1,377 2,923
Metropolitan Police 7,639 10,631 18,270
Norfolk 624 264 888
Northamptonshire 358 245 603
Northumbria 1,336 492 1,828
North Yorkshire 815 160 975
Nottinghamshire 1,632 289 1,921
South Yorkshire 1,403 563 1,966
Staffordshire. 1,058 381 1,439
Suffolk 717 194 911
Surrey 541 37 578
Sussex 1,043 338 1,381
Thames Valley 1,727 568 2,295
Warwickshire 520 117 637
West Mercia 1,206 429 1,635
West Midlands 3,377 1,391 4,768
West Yorkshire 1,997 546 2,543
Wiltshire 464 173 637
Dyfed Powys 438 82 520
Gwent 630 318 948
North Wales 517 125 642
South Wales 962 487 1,449
England 46,379 23,714 70,093
Wales 2,547 1,012 3,559
England and Wales 48,926 24,726 73,652

Persons cautioned by police force area and offence type—1990 (Quarter 4)
Indictable offences (excluding motoring) Summary non-motoring offences All offences (excluding motoring)
Avon and Somerset 606 137 743
Bedfordshire 434 134 568
Cambridgeshire 488 172 660
Cheshire 929 483 1,412
Cleveland 607 280 887
Cumbria 314 219 533
Derbyshire 635 346 981
Devon and Cornwall 918 446 1,364
Dorset 304 177 481
Durham 208 168 376
Essex 944 362 1,306
Gloucester 433 111 544
Greater Manchester 2,638 1,212 3,850
Hampshire 2,569 1,133 3,702
Hertfordshire 614 56 670
Humberside 1,201 514 1,715
Kent 1,127 246 1,373
Lancashire 987 371 1,358
Leicestershire 605 253 858
Lincolnshire 323 128 451
City of London 74 68 142

Indictable offences (excluding motoring) Summary non-motoring offences All offences (excluding motoring)
Merseyside 1,402 1,006 2,408
Metropolitan Police 7,167 11,504 18,671
Norfolk 516 227 743
Northamptonshire 346 229 575
Northumbria 1,113 525 1,638
North Yorkshire 316 118 434
Nottinghamshire 1,117 274 1,391
South Yorkshire 1,028 545 1,573
Staffordshire 900 143 1,043
Suffolk 270 201 471
Surrey 456 45 501
Sussex 867 170 1,037
Thames Valley 1,205 523 1,728
Warwickshire 271 67 338
West Mercia 960 371 1,331
West Midlands 2,140 572 2,712
West Yorkshire 1,936 686 2,622
Wiltshire 583 181 764
Dyfed Powys 266 69 335
Gwent 330 295 625
North Wales 439 120 559
South Wales 824 561 1,385
England 39,551 24,403 63,954
Wales 1,859 1,045 2,904
England and Wales 41,410 25,448 66,858

Persons cautioned by police force area and offence type—1989 (Quarter 4)
Indictable offences (excluding motoring) Summary non-motoring offences All offences (excluding motoring)
Avon and Somerset 581 86 667
Bedfordshire 237 98 335
Cambridgeshire 370 218 588
Cheshire 77 25 102
Cleveland 923 391 1,314
Cumbria 337 255 592
Derbyshire 499 352 851
Devon and Cornwall 724 470 1,194
Dorset 436 168 604
Durham 356 139 495
Essex 884 314 1,198
Gloucester 285 75 360
Greater Manchester 2,408 1,423 3,831
Hampshire 396 264 660
Hertfordshire 328 74 402
Humberside 883 466 1,349
Kent 861 199 1,060
Lancashire 735 198 933
Leicestershire 527 196 723
Lincolnshire 273 182 455
City of London 75 77 152
Merseyside 1,204 915 2,119
Metropolitan Police 6,162 11,617 17,779
Norfolk 486 221 707
Northamptonshire 264 285 549
Northumbria 1,270 609 1,879
North Yorkshire 240 139 379
Nottinghamshire 1,033 329 1,362
South Yorkshire 1,252 601 1,853
Staffordshire 961 215 1,176
Suffolk 297 160 457
Surrey 330 60 390
Sussex 630 248 878
Thames Valley 1,062 564 1,626
Warwickshire 285 82 367
West Mercia 779 403 1,182
West Midlands 2,014 429 2,443
West Yorkshire 2,036 601 2,637
Wiltshire 435 177 612
Dyfed Powys 205 69 274
Gwent 316 319 635
North Wales 367 210 577
South Wales 743 514 1,257

Indictable offences (excluding motoring) Summary non-motoring offences All offences (excluding motoring)
England 32,935 23,325 56,260
Wales 1,631 1,112 2,743
England and Wales 34,566 24,437 59,003
Cautions as a proportion of all notifiable offences cleared up by police force area
Percentages
Police force area 1989 1990 1991
Avon and Somerset 9 10 9
Bedfordshire 16 10 14
Cambridgeshire 11 15 13
Cheshire 5 10 11
Cleveland 16 21 14
Cumbria 14 15 16
Derbyshire 14 17 16
Devon and Cornwall 7 9 13
Dorset 7 7 8
Durham 7 7 6
Essex 13 15 12
Gloucestershire 10 13 12
Greater Manchester 10 10 9
Hampshire 15 15 18
Hertfordshire 12 17 13
Humberside 13 12 13
Kent 14 14 19
Lancashire 8 8 8
Leicestershire 16 15 17
Lincolnshire 20 13 13
London, City of 16 15 14
Merseyside 6 7 7
Metropolitan Police 9 9 9
Norfolk 9 10 9
Northamptonshire 9 9 10
Northumbria 14 11 9
North Yorkshire 13 10 11
Nottinghamshire 11 15 17
South Yorkshire 10 9 10
Staffordshire 13 12 12
Suffolk 15 14 19
Surrey 14 17 18
Sussex 11 13 13
Thames Valley 11 13 15
Warwickshire 10 9 13
West Mercia 14 15 14
West Midlands 8 8 10
West Yorkshire 12 11 11
Wiltshire 17 16 IS
Dyfed-Powys 8 9 9
Gwent 2 3 8
North Wales 12 10 11
South Wales 7 7 6
England and Wales 11 11 11

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