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        | 1984 | 
        
        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 654 | 597 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 256 | 195 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 374 | 344 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 465 | 458 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 365 | 341 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 196 | 182 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 406 | 361 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 673 | 605 | 
        
        | Dorset | 391 | 350 | 
        
        | Durham | 243 | 217 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 220 | 184 | 
        
        | Essex | 542 | 466 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 287 | 286 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 1,864 | 1,761 | 
        
        | Gwent | 293 | 249 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 906 | 818 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 342 | 308 | 
        
        | Humberside | 448 | 413 | 
        
        | Kent | 535 | 535 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 1,102 | 1,028 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 302 | 281 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 287 | 251 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 1,058 | 901 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 303 | 274 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 267 | 246 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 647 | 556 | 
        
        | North Wales | 319 | 305 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 293 | 265 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 503 | 450 | 
        
        | South Wales | 947 | 814 | 
        
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        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 612 | 552 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 449 | 423 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 264 | 236 | 
        
        | Surrey | 324 | 300 | 
        
        | Sussex | 632 | 617 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 651 | 617 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 158 | 148 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 403 | 395 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 1,504 | 1,306 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 1,337 | 1,126 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 176 | 174 | 
        
        | City of London | 138 | 90 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 6,516 | 5,696 | 
        
        | Total | 28,652 | 25,721 | 
        
        
        
        | 1985 | 
        
        |  | Proceeded Against | Found Guilty | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 709 | 613 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 306 | 267 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 351 | 310 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 483 | 465 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 359 | 326 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 237 | 204 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 540 | 439 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 662 | 591 | 
        
        | Dorset | 340 | 315 | 
        
        | Durham | 226 | 203 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 171 | 166 | 
        
        | Essex | 541 | 501 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 267 | 256 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 1,998 | 1,864 | 
        
        | Gwent | 230 | 230 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 894 | 780 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 365 | 321 | 
        
        | Humberside | 380 | 342 | 
        
        | Kent | 514 | 517 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 1,065 | 989 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 415 | 360 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 277 | 247 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 1,024 | 851 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 322 | 284 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 250 | 225 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 674 | 613 | 
        
        | North Wales | 284 | 273 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 276 | 255 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 601 | 583 | 
        
        | South Wales | 918 | 791 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 640 | 586 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 421 | 393 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 223 | 210 | 
        
        | Surrey | 269 | 230 | 
        
        | Sussex | 568 | 547 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 598 | 588 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 184 | 174 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 445 | 422 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 1,490 | 1,341 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 1,179 | 1,003 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 184 | 170 | 
        
        | City of London | 119 | 86 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 6,307 | 5,573 | 
        
        | Total | 28,306 | 25,504 | 
        
        
        
        | 1986 | 
        
        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 725 | 603 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 224 | 179 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 333 | 301 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 403 | 391 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 410 | 392 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 256 | 211 | 
        
        
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        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 351 | 283 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 613 | 548 | 
        
        | Dorset | 270 | 252 | 
        
        | Durham | 269 | 230 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 177 | 142 | 
        
        | Essex | 465 | 422 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 224 | 186 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 1,535 | 1,456 | 
        
        | Gwent | 268 | 205 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 866 | 751 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 322 | 326 | 
        
        | Humberside | 364 | 320 | 
        
        | Kent | 532 | 518 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 956 | 828 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 394 | 369 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 264 | 217 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 1,044 | 817 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 296 | 273 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 272 | 255 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 697 | 609 | 
        
        | North Wales | 286 | 265 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 282 | 238 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 512 | 471 | 
        
        | South Wales | 842 | 674 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 686 | 538 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 287 | 239 | 
        
        | Surrey | 256 | 243 | 
        
        | Sussex | 579 | 527 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 634 | 589 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 151 | 137 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 442 | 382 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 1,322 | 1,107 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 1,017 | 864 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 181 | 151 | 
        
        | City of London | 133 | 108 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 5,340 | 4,899 | 
        
        | Total | 25,885 | 22,845 | 
        
        
        
        | 1987 | 
        
        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 595 | 486 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 334 | 228 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 317 | 257 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 419 | 355 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 265 | 224 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 372 | 336 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 615 | 553 | 
        
        | Dorset | 250 | 195 | 
        
        | Durham | 233 | 199 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 214 | 172 | 
        
        | Essex | 601 | 468 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 310 | 258 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 1,605 | 1,378 | 
        
        | Gwent | 394 | 291 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 830 | 719 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 366 | 322 | 
        
        | Humberside | 379 | 321 | 
        
        | Kent | 598 | 540 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 1,015 | 820 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 338 | 295 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 310 | 268 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 933 | 687 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 363 | 323 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 248 | 201 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 698 | 631 | 
        
        | North Wales | 281 | 255 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 334 | 277 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 627 | 579 | 
        
        | South Wales | 871 | 687 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 664 | 534 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 438 | 359 | 
        
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        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | Suffolk | 243 | 214 | 
        
        | Surrey | 240 | 203 | 
        
        | Sussex | 613 | 598 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 581 | 548 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 159 | 156 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 478 | 393 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 1,379 | 1,131 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 970 | 819 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 167 | 169 | 
        
        | City of London | 192 | 99 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 5,124 | 4,572 | 
        
        | Total | 26,371 | 22,473 | 
        
        
        
        | 1988 | 
        
        |  | Proceeded against | Found guilty | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 727 | 556 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 291 | 209 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 273 | 251 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 456 | 391 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 347 | 278 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 254 | 205 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 453 | 381 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 642 | 571 | 
        
        | Dorset | 306 | 243 | 
        
        | Durham | 275 | 199 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 197 | 161 | 
        
        | Essex | 59l | 446 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 311 | 292 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 1,591 | 1,501 | 
        
        | Gwent | 324 | 267 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 1,018 | 811 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 332 | 283 | 
        
        | Humberside | 468 | 404 | 
        
        | Kent | 552 | 504 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 1,070 | 869 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 394 | 324 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 286 | 263 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 998 | 713 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 372 | 309 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 258 | 202 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 646 | 531 | 
        
        | North Wales | 323 | 282 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 339 | 271 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 546 | 503 | 
        
        | South Wales | 966 | 738 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 703 | 564 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 444 | 372 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 258 | 210 | 
        
        | Surrey | 306 | 242 | 
        
        | Sussex | 740 | 579 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 621 | 523 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 194 | 152 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 514 | 414 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 1,364 | 1,155 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 1,189 | 945 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 219 | 184 | 
        
        | City of London | 134 | 107 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 4,860 | 4,285 | 
        
        | Total | 27,152 | 22,690 | 
        
        
        
        | Fraud Squad Strengths | 
        
        | 1985 | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 10 | 0.34 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 6 | 0.61 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 5 | 0.44 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 4 | 0.22 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 9 | 0.62 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 4 | 0.36 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 8 | 0.45 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 10 | 0.36 | 
        
        
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        |  | Strength | Per cent. | 
        
        | Dorset | 5 | 0.42 | 
        
        | Durham | 8 | 0.62 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 2 | 0.22 | 
        
        | Essex | 11 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 5 | 0.43 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 19 | 0.28 | 
        
        | Gwent | 4 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 21 | 0.68 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 7 | 0.44 | 
        
        | Humberside | 12 | 0.62 | 
        
        | Kent | 12 | 0.42 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 11 | 0.37 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 7 | 0.40 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 6 | 0.53 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 16 | 0.35 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 6 | 0.48 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 3 | 0.29 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 12 | 0.36 | 
        
        | North Wales | 4 | 0.32 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 4 | 0.30 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 11 | 0.50 | 
        
        | South Wales | 13 | 0.42 | 
        
        | South Staffordshire | 9 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 7 | 0.33 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 6 | 0.53 | 
        
        | Surrey | 2 | 0.12 | 
        
        | Sussex | 10 | 0.36 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 11 | 0.34 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 7 | 0.75 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 8 | 0.42 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 34 | 0.52 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 26 | 0.551 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 4 | 0.39 | 
        
        | City of London | 62 | 7.93 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 147 | 0.55 | 
        
        | Total | 588 | 0.49 | 
        
        
        
        | 1987 | 
        
        |  | Strength | Percentage | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 15 | 0.50 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 6 | 0.60 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 5 | 0.43 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 4 | 0.22 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 10 | 0.68 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 3 | 0.26 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 15 | 0.84 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 10 | 0.36 | 
        
        | Dorset | 5 | 0.40 | 
        
        | Durham | 5 | 0.37 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 3 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Essex | 13 | 0.48 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 5 | 0.43 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 28 | 0.40 | 
        
        | Gwent | 4 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 21 | 0.67 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 7 | 0.44 | 
        
        | Humberside | 11 | 0.56 | 
        
        | Kent | 11 | 0.38 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 10 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 6 | 0.34 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 6 | 0.51 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 18 | 0.39 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 6 | 0.46 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 4 | 0.37 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 12 | 0.35 | 
        
        | North Wales | 4 | 0.31 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 4 | 0.29 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 13 | 0.58 | 
        
        | South Wales | 16 | 0.51 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 11 | 0.37 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 7 | 0.33 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 4 | 0.34 | 
        
        | Surrey | 1 | 0.06 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 10 | 0.29 | 
        
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        |  | Strength | Percentage | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 11 | 1.13 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 9 | 0.46 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 49 | 0.74 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 35 | 0.67 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 4 | 0.36 | 
        
        | City of London | 52 | 6.66 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 143 | 0.52 | 
        
        | Total | 624 | 0.51 | 
        
        
        
        | 1988 | 
        
        |  | Strength | Percentage | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 23 | 0.77 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 8 | 0.78 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 5 | 0.42 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 6 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 8 | 0.54 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 3 | 0.26 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 17 | 0.95 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 10 | 0.36 | 
        
        | Dorset | 5 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Durham | 5 | 0.37 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 3 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Essex | 14 | 0.51 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 5 | 0.43 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 28 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Gwent | 5 | 0.51 | 
        
        | Hampshire | 20 | 0.65 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 7 | 0.43 | 
        
        | Humberside | 11 | 0.56 | 
        
        | Kent | 16 | 0.54 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 10 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 6 | 0.34 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 6 | 0.50 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 35 | 0.75 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 6 | 0.45 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 7 | 0.64 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 12 | 0.35 | 
        
        | North Wales | 4 | 0.31 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 4 | 0.29 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 13 | 0.57 | 
        
        | South Wales | 16 | 0.51 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 12 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 7 | 0.33 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 5 | 0.42 | 
        
        | Surrey | 3 | 0.18 | 
        
        | Sussex | 10 | 0.35 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 12 | 0.34 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 7 | 0.72 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 8 | 0.41 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 44 | 0.65 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 36 | 0.69 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 5 | 0.46 | 
        
        | City of London | 64 | 8.02 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 135 | 0.48 | 
        
        | Total | 666 | 0.54 | 
        
        
        
        | 1989 | 
        
        |  | Strength | Percentage | 
        
        | Avon and Somerset | 27 | 0.88 | 
        
        | Bedfordshire | 6 | 0.66 | 
        
        | Cambridgeshire | 6 | 0.50 | 
        
        | Cheshire | 6 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Cleveland | 8 | 0.54 | 
        
        | Cumbria | 4 | 0.35 | 
        
        | Derbyshire | 15 | 0.84 | 
        
        | Devon and Cornwall | 10 | 0.35 | 
        
        | Dorset | 12 | 0.95 | 
        
        | Durham | 6 | 0.44 | 
        
        | Dyfed Powys | 3 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Essex | 14 | 0.50 | 
        
        | Gloucestershire | 6 | 0.52 | 
        
        | Greater Manchester | 31 | 0.45 | 
        
        | Gwent | 6 | 0.60 | 
        
        
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        |  | Strength | Percentage | 
        
        | Hampshire | 22 | 0.71 | 
        
        | Hertfordshire | 7 | 0.43 | 
        
        | Humberside | 10 | 0.50 | 
        
        | Kent | 16 | 0.54 | 
        
        | Lancashire | 10 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Leicestershire | 9 | 0.51 | 
        
        | Lincolnshire | 11 | 0.93 | 
        
        | Merseyside | 29 | 0.62 | 
        
        | Norfolk | 6 | 0.44 | 
        
        | Northamptonshire | 7 | 0.63 | 
        
        | Northumbria | 12 | 0.34 | 
        
        | North Wales | 4 | 0.30 | 
        
        | North Yorkshire | 4 | 0.29 | 
        
        | Nottinghamshire | 13 | 0.56 | 
        
        | South Wales | 16 | 0.51 | 
        
        | South Yorkshire | 14 | 0.48 | 
        
        | Staffordshire | 7 | 0.32 | 
        
        | Suffolk | 6 | 0.51 | 
        
        | Surrey | 4 | 0.24 | 
        
        | Sussex | 12 | 0.41 | 
        
        | Thames Valley | 12 | 0.33 | 
        
        | Warwickshire | 8 | 0.82 | 
        
        | West Mercia | 8 | 0.41 | 
        
        | West Midlands | 54 | 0.79 | 
        
        | West Yorkshire | 39 | 0.75 | 
        
        | Wiltshire | 6 | 0.54 | 
        
        | City of London | 63 | 8.03 | 
        
        | Metropolitan | 143 | 0.51 | 
        
        | Total | 712 | 0.57 |