§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police force areas in rank order according to the number of notifiable offences of violence against the person per 100,000 population in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Notifiable offences of violence against the person recorded by the police per 100,000 population
England and Wales 1989 Police force area Number of offences per 100,000 population Lancashire 206 Dorset 214 Hertfordshire 224 Thames Valley 228 Sussex 233 Warwickshire 236 Surrey 237 Gloucestershire 245 Hampshire 245 Norfolk 245 Kent 247 North Yorkshire 253 Devon and Cornwall 259 Essex 263 Cheshire 269 Suffolk 271 West Mercia 296 Dyfed-Powys 312 Lincolnshire 317 Leicestershire 318 Cambridgeshire 328 South Wales 348 North Wales 350 Avon and Somerset 352 Derbyshire 355 Merseyside 355 Wiltshire 357 Cumbria 362 West Midlands 364 Greater Manchester 371 Northamptonshire 371 South Yorkshire 375 Northumbria 380 Bedfordshire 401 Durham 405 West Yorkshire 435 Gwent 444 Cleveland 445 Metropolitan Police District and City of London 451 Staffordshire 501
Police force area Number of offences per 100,000 population Humberside 678 Nottinghamshire 716 England and Wales 351
§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police force areas in rank order according to the number of notifiable offences per 100,000 population in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is given in the following table.
Notifiable offences recorded by the police per 100,000 population by police force area
England and Wales 1989 Police force area Number of offences per 100,000 population Dyfed-Powys 3,817 West Mercia 4,903 Surrey 4,542 Hertfordshire 4,975 Wiltshire 4,978 Suffolk 5,016 Cheshire 5,016 North Yorkshire 5,017 Devon and Cornwall 5,196 Warwickshire 5,234 Derbyshire 5,284 Essex 5,299 Sussex 5,330 North Wales 5,370 Kent 5,501 Cambridgeshire 5,668 Gwent 5,672 Staffordshire 5,748 Cumbria 5,762 Hampshire 5,942 Norfolk 5,995 Dorset 6,077 Lincolnshire 6,102 Thames Valley 6,180 Leicestershire 6,185 Lancashire 6,507 Gloucestershire 6,671 Northamptonshire 6,837 Avon and Somerset 7,087 South Yorkshire 7,305 Bedfordshire 7,704 Durham 7,723 West Midlands 8,749 South Wales 9,079 West Yorkshire 9,178 Merseyside 9,381 Nottinghamshire 10,484 MPD and City of London 10,595 Humberside 10,742 Cleveland 10,984 Greater Manchester 11,414 Northumbria 12,684 England and Wales 7,681
§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police force areas in rank order according to the number of police per 100,000 population in the last year for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is set out in the table.
Officers per 100,000 of population1 Number City of London 2 Metropolitan Police 396.7 Merseyside 324.6 Greater Manchester 273.2 Cleveland 271.6 West Midlands 263.4 West Yorkshire 256.7 Northumbria 248.1 South Wales 243.3 Cumbria 240.2 Humberside 236.0 Nottinghamshire 232.6 South Yorkshire 231.9 Lancashire 231.6 Durham 230.4 Gwent 226.5 Surrey 222.8 Gloucestershire 220.7 Avon and Somerset 218.1 Staffordshire 213.2 Sussex 209.2 North Wales 209.1 Warwickshire 207.8 Lincolnshire 205.5 Leicestershire 204.7 Bedfordshire 202.0 Dyfed Powys 201.8 Northamptonshire 200.1 Hertfordshire 198.9 Kent 198.5 Cheshire 197.5 North Yorkshire 197.4 Wiltshire 197.1 Essex 195.6 Derbyshire 194.0 Dorset 193.8 Devon and Cornwall 193.2 Hampshire 189.7 Norfolk 189.2 Thames Valley 188.7 West Mercia 188.7 Suffolk 188.5 Cambridgeshire 184.9 1 Based on mid-1988 population figures from OPCS (latest available) and latest 1990 establishments. 2 Resident population of City of London is 5,000.