HC Deb 03 June 1992 vol 208 cc550-3W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the number of incidents recorded(a) per uniformed officer and (b) per head of population in each police authority area in Britain over the last five years including 1991–92 and an index of the increase in each area with year one as the base.

Mr. Jack

The available information relates to the number of offences recorded by the police per officer and per 100,000 population for the years 1987 to 1991 and is contained in the tables.

Offences per 100,000 population Offences per 100,000 population, index 1987 = 100
Police force area 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Essex 5,228 4,975 5,299 6,552 7,399 100 95 101 125 142
Gloucestershire 6,574 6,513 6,671 8,007 10,535 100 99 101 122 160
Greater Manchester 12,362 11,386 11,414 13,112 14,700 100 92 92 106 119
Hampshire 6,031 5,619 5,942 7,178 8,582 100 93 99 119 142
Hertfordshire 5,094 4,836 4,975 5,513 6,594 100 95 98 108 129
Humberside 10,438 10,054 10,742 12,201 13,831 100 96 103 117 133
Kent 5,239 5,223 5,501 6,780 9,075 100 100 105 129 173
Lancashire 6,816 6,986 6,507 7,785 8,778 100 102 95 114 129
Leicestershire 5,817 5,712 6,185 8,160 9,999 100 98 106 140 172
Lincolnshire 6,122 5,642 6,102 6,677 7,587 100 92 100 109 124
London, City of 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 —
Merseyside 11,346 9,882 9,381 9,614 10,309 100 87 83 85 91
Metropolitan Police 10,173 9,942 10,503 11,551 12,757 100 98 103 114 125
Norfolk 5,712 5,698 5,995 7,298 8,541 100 100 105 128 150
Northamptonshire 7,201 6,749 6,837 8,353 10,079 100 94 95 116 140
Northumbria 11,977 11,190 12,684 14,236 15,798 100 93 106 119 132
North Yorkshire 5,358 4,915 5,017 6,403 7,086 100 92 94 120 132
Nottinghamshire 9,733 9,591 10,484 13,122 14,810 100 99 108 135 152
South Yorkshire 7,348 6,892 7,305 8,286 9,687 100 94 99 113 132
Staffordshire 5,658 5,514 5,748 6,979 8,291 100 97 102 123 147
Suffolk 5,036 4,746 5,016 5,888 6,201 100 94 100 117 123
Surrey 4,390 4,331 4,542 5,724 6,704 100 99 103 130 153
Sussex 4,838 4,813 5,330 6,700 7,918 100 99 110 138 164
Thames Valley 6,131 5,631 6,180 7,551 9,437 100 92 101 123 154
Warwickshire 5,245 4,773 5,234 6,811 8,386 100 91 100 130 160
West Mercia 5,029 4,714 4,903 5,386 6,861 100 94 97 107 136
West Midlands 10,136 9,014 8,749 10,123 11,584 100 89 86 100 114
West Yorkshire 8,964 8,567 9,178 11,420 14,273 100 96 102 127 159
Wiltshire 5,038 4,854 4,978 6,013 6,998 100 96 99 119 139
Dyfed-Powys 4,133 4,321 3,817 4,427 5,508 100 105 92 107 133
Gwent 6,132 5,513 5,672 7,084 8,642 100 90 92 116 141
North Wales 5,900 5,525 5,370 5,805 6,804 100 94 91 98 115
South Wales 8,630 9,017 9,079 10,649 12,368 100 104 105 123 143
1 Not applicable.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police per police officer
Offences per police officer Offences per police officer, index 1987 = 100
Police force area 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Avon and Somerset 32 31 31 40 48 100 97 97 125 150
Bedfordshire 39 37 38 48 51 100 95 97 123 131
Cambridgeshire 28 28 30 36 45 100 100 107 129 161
Cheshire 26 24 23 27 32 100 92 88 104 123
Cleveland 38 37 38 47 49 100 97 100 124 129
Cumbria 23 22 23 26 35 100 96 100 113 152
Derbyshire 24 22 25 32 41 100 92 104 133 171
Devon and Cornwall 25 25 26 31 37 100 100 104 124 148
Dorset 30 28 30 36 39 100 93 100 120 130
Durham 30 29 30 36 43 100 97 100 120 143
Essex 26 25 26 32 36 100 96 100 123 138
Gloucestershire 28 28 29 35 46 100 100 104 125 164
Greater Manchester 41 39 38 44 50 100 95 93 107 122
Hampshire 30 28 30 36 43 100 93 100 120 143
Hertfordshire 25 24 24 27 32 100 96 96 108 128
Humberside 43 41 43 50 57 100 95 100 116 133
Kent 25 25 26 32 43 100 100 104 128 172
Lancashire 25 26 24 29 33 100 104 96 116 132
Leicestershire 28 28 30 40 48 100 100 107 143 171
Lincolnshire 28 26 28 31 36 100 93 100 111 129
London, City of 9 8 9 9 9 100 89 100 100 100
Merseyside 33 29 27 27 31 100 88 82 82 94
Metropolitan Police 26 25 26 29 31 100 96 100 112 119
Norfolk 30 30 32 38 44 100 100 107 127 147

Offences per police officer Offences per police officer, index 1987 = 100
Police force area 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Northamptonshire 36 33 34 41 49 100 92 94 114 136
Northumbria 47 43 48 53 59 100 91 102 113 126
North Yorkshire 25 24 24 32 35 100 96 96 128 140
Nottinghamshire 40 39 43 54 61 100 98 108 135 152
South Yorkshire 31 28 30 34 39 100 90 97 110 126
Staffordshire 25 25 26 32 38 100 100 104 128 152
Suffolk 25 24 26 30 32 100 96 104 120 128
Surrey 19 19 20 25 29 100 100 105 132 153
Sussex 22 22 25 31 37 100 100 114 141 168
Thames Valley 32 29 32 39 49 100 91 100 122 153
Warwickshire 25 23 25 31 39 100 92 100 124 156
West Mercia 24 23 24 29 35 100 96 100 121 146
West Midlands 38 33 32 37 42 100 87 84 97 111
West Yorkshire 33 31 34 42 55 100 94 103 127 167
Wiltshire 23 22 23 27 31 100 96 100 117 135
Dyfed-Powys 18 19 17 20 25 100 106 94 111 139
Gwent 26 23 23 29 36 100 88 88 112 138
North Wales 27 25 25 27 31 100 93 93 100 115
South Wales 33 35 35 42 49 100 106 106 127 148