§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of offences recorded in each police authority area in 1991–92; what was the percentage change compared with the preceding year; how many offences were notified for each uniformed officer in each police authority area for 1991–92; and what was the percentage change compared with the preceding year.
§ Mr. JackThe requested information on notifiable offences recorded by the police is published in table 2 of Home Office statistical bulletin 14/92, a copy of which is in the Library. The figures for the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police per police officer and the percentage change are contained in the following table:
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police per police officer Police force area Notifiable offences per officer in 12 months to March 1992 Percentage change from previous 12 months Avon and Somerset 49 10 Bedfordshire 53 -5 Cambridgeshire 49 25 Cheshire 37 22 Cleveland 55 9 Cumbria 39 25 Derbyshire 47 30 Devon and Cornwall 37 10 Dorset 39 1 Durham 48 15 Essex 39 13 Gloucestershire 50 31 Greater Manchester 56 12 Hampshire 47 18 Hertfordshire 34 16 Humberside 60 12 Kent 49 33 Lancashire 40 17 Leicestershire 50 17 Lincolnshire 38 11 London, City of 9 -1 Merseyside 33 9
Police force area Notifiable offences per officer in 12 months to March 1992 Percentage change from previous 12 months Metropolitan Police 34 11 Norfolk 47 16 Northamptonshire 52 15 Northumbria 65 11 North Yorkshire 38 12 Nottinghamshire 67 13 South Yorkshire 43 16 Staffordshire 40 19 Suffolk 35 10 Surrey 31 13 Sussex 38 13 Thames Valley 52 24 Warwickshire 41 20 West Mercia 37 14 West Midlands 45 15 West Yorkshire 59 25 Wiltshire 33 6 Dyfed-Powys 30 26 Gwent 40 20 North Wales 34 15 South Wales 52 12