§ Mr. SweeneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answers of 9 November 1992,Official Report, columns 636–66, if he will list in descending order for each police force in England and Wales the percentage changes in notifiable offences since 1979 together with the total resident population of each force area in 1981 and 1991, the number of police officers in 1981 and 1991 and the percentage clear-up rate in 1979 and 1992.
§ Mr. JackThe available statistics are provided in the tables. Figures for percentage clear-up rate are not yet available for 1992. Population figures are a matter for the Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment.
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Police force strength England and Wales Police strength (Actual) Police force area 1981 1991 Avon and Somerset 3,014 3,072 Bedfordshire 983 1,090 Cambridgeshire 1,120 1,239 Cheshire 1,850 1,867 Cleveland 1,475 1,477 Cumbria 1,113 1,183 Derbyshire 1,779 1,706 Devon and Cornwall 2,694 2,876 Dorset 1,162 1,280 Durham 1,344 1,378 Essex 2,612 2,878 Gloucestershire 1,126 1,178 Greater Manchester 6,928 6,975 Hampshire 3,048 3,177 Hertfordshire 1,568 1,679 Humberside 1,955 2,016 Kent 2,868 3,039 Lancashire 3,153 3,205 Leicestershire 1,728 1,808 Lincolnshire 1,182 1,198 London, City of 863 809 Merseyside 4,647 4,605 Metropolitan Police District 25,075 28,126 Norfolk 1,263 1,419 Northamptonshire 1,003 1,156
Police strength (Actual) Police force area 1981 1991 Northumbria 3,331 3,460 North Yorkshire 1,353 1,382 Nottinghamshire 2,259 2,334 South Yorkshire 2,874 2,989 Staffordshire 2,095 2,185 Suffolk 1,114 1,203 Surrey 1,593 1,681 Sussex 2,824 2,969 Thames Valley 3,091 3,722 Warwickshire 925 1,005 West Mercia 1,933 2,028 West Midlands 6,689 6,893 West Yorkshire 5,147 5,143 Wiltshire 1,042 1,212 Dyfed-Powys 925 944 Gwent 963 995 North Wales 1,288 1,343 South Wales 3,082 3,142 Total 118,081 125,066 289W
Percentage change in notifiable offences and percentage of offences cleared up England and Wales Percentage cleared up1 Police force area Percentage change 1991 over 19791 1979 1991 Gloucestershire 260 51 35 Avon and Somerset 212 43 24 Leicestershire 207 54 29 Warwickshire 205 46 24 Norfolk 200 47 37 Lincolnshire 169 60 46 Northamptonshire 168 48 31 Kent 163 50 23 Humberside 161 45 32 Devon and Cornwall 159 46 29 Thames Valley 158 45 22 North Yorkshire 146 51 36 Cambridgeshire 145 47 36 West Yorkshire 144 37 28 Durham 143 52 30 Sussex 141 53 23 South Wales 138 46 29 Cumbria 135 56 40 Staffordshire 136 51 37 Dyfed-Powys 132 62 50 Dorset 129 46 41 West Mercia 129 49 35 Cleveland 127 51 33 Hampshire 126 46 28 South Yorkshire 125 51 36 Northumbria 123 53 35 Greater Manchester 120 45 36 Cheshire 119 58 41 Bedfordshire 114 48 19 Nottinghamshire 109 51 27 Suffolk 108 57 37 Essex 108 42 32 Derbyshire 104 50 28 Lancashire 105 56 40 Wiltshire 103 42 40 West Midlands 100 37 31
Percentage cleared up1 Police force area Percentage change 1991 over 19791 1979 1991 Gwent 98 60 47 Surrey 94 47 23 North Wales 91 59 36 Metropolitan Police District 69 21 17 Hertfordshire 53 54 33 Merseyside 37 42 45 London, City of 13 21 20 Total 114 41 29 1 Excluding offences of Criminal Damage value £20 and under.
Notifiable offences1 cleared up by the police by method of clear up England and Wales 1991 Police force area Charged or summonsed Caution Taken into consideration (previously recorded) Taken into consideration (not previously recorded) Interview of convicted prisoner Other Total cleared up Clear up rate Number Percentage of total cleared up Number Percentage of total cleared up Number Percentage of total cleared up Number Percentage of total cleared up Number Percentage of total cleared up Number Percentage of total cleared up Number of notifiable offences Percentage of total notifiable offences cleared up Avon and Somerset 18,843 53 3,328 9 2,283 6 3,151 9 5,234 15 2,736 8 35,575 24 Bedfordshire 6,655 61 1,564 14 980 9 749 7 176 2 824 8 10,948 19 Cambridgeshire 7,386 36 2,611 13 2,806 14 2,989 15 2,477 12 2,319 11 20,588 36 Cheshire 13,699 54 2,710 11 2,643 10 1,084 4 4,230 17 806 3 25,172 41 Cleveland 8,654 35 3,488 14 7,597 31 567 2 4,139 17 372 1 24,817 33 Cumbria 7,767 45 2,771 16 1,492 9 1,646 10 2,335 14 1,184 7 17,195 40 Derbyshire 9,256 46 3,229 16 2,456 12 1,549 8 1,380 7 2,196 11 20,066 28 Devon and Cornwall 18,134 58 4,081 13 2,568 8 2,267 7 2,086 7 1,883 6 31,019 29 Dorset 9,586 45 1,624 8 2,532 12 433 2 5,977 28 939 4 21,091 41 Durham 11,896 65 1,121 6 946 5 1,268 7 1,937 11 1,160 6 18,328 30 Essex 13,526 40 3,992 12 6,075 18 5,373 16 1,929 6 2,623 8 33,518 32 Gloucestershire 6,345 32 2,322 12 1,461 7 2,021 10 6,330 32 1,096 6 19,575 35 Greater Manchester 40,699 32 10,867 9 25,262 20 7,460 6 40,629 32 1,547 1 126,464 36 Hampshire 19,565 49 7,194 18 4,805 12 2,244 6 4,044 10 1,889 5 39,741 28 Hertfordshire 9,121 50 2,304 13 2,932 16 2,035 11 527 3 1,320 7 18,239 33 Humberside 15,527 42 4,882 13 5,699 16 2,019 6 4,676 13 3,800 10 36,648 32 Kent 15,128 49 5,847 19 2,539 8 3,644 12 583 2 2,847 9 30,608 23 Lancashire 17,903 42 3,424 8 6,396 15 2,702 6 9,465 22 2,673 6 42,563 40 Leicestershire 9,576 37 4,442 17 4,572 18 2,581 10 2,889 11 1,514 6 25,574 29 Lincolnshire 8,786 44 2,624 13 3,180 16 1,142 6 2,385 12 2,035 10 20,152 46 London, City of 1,022 67 209 14 133 9 53 3 35 2 74 5 1,526 20 Merseyside 22,750 36 4,582 7 7,332 11 2,440 4 25,589 40 1,111 2 63,804 45 Metropolitan Police 92,669 62 14,035 9 10,388 7 0 0 1,679 1 30,245 20 149,016 17 Norfolk 10,974 47 2,045 9 2,626 11 2,476 11 4,612 20 548 2 23,281 37 Northamptonshire 7,212 41 1,694 10 2,589 15 543 3 3,458 19 2,286 13 17,782 31 Northumbria 21,318 29 6,870 9 11,988 16 2,851 4 18,790 25 11,979 16 73,796 35 North Yorkshire 8,298 46 2,007 11 1,745 10 2,779 15 1,972 11 1,214 7 18,015 36 Nottinghamshire 21,871 57 6,615 17 4,794 12 4,370 11 745 2 300 1 38,695 27 South Yorkshire 21,634 51 4,214 10 1,568 4 1,036 2 10,428 24 3,702 9 42,582 36 Staffordshire 14,259 45 3,669 12 3,612 11 1,385 4 7,242 23 1,367 4 31,534 37 Suffolk 10,377 71 2,753 19 89 1 43 0 188 1 1,176 8 14,626 37 Surrey 5,946 53 2,011 18 927 8 928 8 411 4 1,026 9 11,249 23 Sussex 13,861 55 3,377 13 1,735 7 3,672 15 268 1 2,164 9 25,077 23 Thames Valleky 19,623 49 6,089 15 5,770 14 4,713 12 1,553 4 2,537 6 40,285 22 Warwickshire 4,791 50 1,206 13 1,173 12 866 9 1,230 13 375 4 9,641 24 West Mercia 11,776 47 3,555 14 2,684 11 717 3 4,419 18 2,081 8 25,232 35 West Midlands 37,113 41 9,433 10 12,056 13 2,591 3 23,037 25 6,114 7 90,344 31 West Yorkshire 35,269 44 8,864 11 11,461 14 3,131 4 15,280 19 5,658 7 79,663 28 Wiltshire 8,798 57 2,300 15 1,846 12 264 2 530 3 1,722 11 15,460 40 Dyfed-Powys 6,619 54 1,077 9 175 1 370 3 2,424 20 1,596 13 12,261 50 Gwent 12,843 73 1,379 8 555 3 1,166 7 1,412 8 132 1 17,487 47 North Wales 8,735 56 1,679 11 1,985 13 638 4 1,676 11 810 5 15,523 36 South Wales 24,772 55 2,760 6 1,474 3 285 1 15,148 34 292 1 44,731 29 England and Wales 690,627 47 166,848 11 177,929 12 84,261 6 245,554 17 114,272 8 1,479,491 29 1 Excluding offences of Criminal Damage value £20 and under.