HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 cc376-9W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) serving police officers, (b) civilian staff assisting the police and (c) crimes there were in the latest available 15 years for each police authority in the United Kingdom; and what was the ratio of crimes to police officers in each case. [1529]

Mr. Maclean

Information about police strength and criminal offences recorded by the police for each force in England and Wales for the last 15 years can be found in the appendix to the annual reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary and in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". Copies of these reports are in the Library.

The table gives the number of notifiable offences, excluding criminal damage valued at £20 and under, recorded per police officer for each force area in England and Wales for the years 1980 to 1994. Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Notifiable offences recorded per police officer
Force area 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Avon and Somerset 18 20 22 22 24
Bedfordshire 27 29 30 31 34
Cambridgeshire 26 28 26 26 26
Cheshire 17 19 21 22 23
Cleveland 23 26 29 28 32
Cumbria 15 16 18 19 21
Derbyshire 19 23 25 24 26
Devon and Cornwall 17 19 20 21 22
Dorset 20 21 24 25 26
Durham 20 22 25 26 30
Essex 20 21 23 23 23
Gloucestershire 16 18 20 19 21
Greater Manchester 26 30 32 33 37
Hampshire 20 23 25 25 27
Hertfordshire 21 22 24 22 24
Humberside 17 27 30 29 32
Kent 17 18 21 21 23
Lancashire 16 18 20 20 22
Leicestershire 19 21 24 24 25
Lincolnshire 15 17 20 20 22
London, City of 7 7 8 8 8
Merseyside 24 27 29 29 32
MPD 23 24 25 24 26
Norfolk 19 23 26 26 26
Northamptonshire 24 25 29 29 31
Northumbria 30 33 38 38 43
North Yorkshire 15 18 20 20 22
Nottinghamshire 33 37 37 36 38
South Yorkshire 20 22 25 26 30
Staffordshire 17 19 20 22 23
Suffolk 16 18 19 20 21
Surrey 14 15 17 17 17
Sussex 16 17 20 21 22
Thames Valley 23 25 28 28 30
Warwickshire 15 18 20 21 23
West Mercia 17 20 23 23 24
West Midlands 25 28 31 31 34
West Yorkshire 25 27 29 28 31
Wiltshire 18 20 22 22 24
Dyfed-Powys 15 12 13 14 16
Gwent 33 20 23 24 25
North Wales 20 20 21 22 24
South Wales 23 24 27 27 29
England and Wales 21 23 26 25 27
Force area 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Avon and Somerset 26 30 32 31 31
Bedfordshire 34 38 39 37 38
Cambridgeshire 27 27 28 28 30
Cheshire 23 24 26 24 23
Cleveland 32 36 38 37 38
Cumbria 22 25 23 22 23
Derbyshire 25 24 24 22 25
Devon and Cornwall 23 25 25 25 26
Force area 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Dorset 27 29 30 28 30
Durham 30 30 30 29 30
Essex 24 26 26 25 26
Gloucestershire 23 24 28 28 29
Greater Manchester 39 43 41 39 38
Hampshire 28 30 30 28 30
Hertfordshire 24 26 25 24 24
Humberside 36 39 43 41 43
Kent 24 24 25 25 26
Lancashire 22 24 25 26 24
Leicestershire 26 27 28 28 30
Lincolnshire 25 25 28 26 28
London, City of 8 10 9 8 9
Merseyside 32 35 33 29 27
MPD 26 28 26 25 26
Norfolk 28 30 30 30 32
Northamptonshire 34 35 36 33 34
Northumbria 45 46 47 43 48
North Yorkshire 25 25 25 24 24
Nottinghamshire 38 40 40 39 43
South Yorkshire 28 30 31 28 30
Staffordshire 24 26 25 25 26
Suffolk 23 25 25 24 26
Surrey 17 19 19 19 20
Sussex 23 23 22 22 25
Thames Valley 31 33 32 29 32
Warwickshire 22 23 25 23 25
West Mercia 24 25 24 23 24
West Midlands 35 38 38 33 32
West Yorkshire 31 32 33 31 34
Wiltshire 25 25 23 22 23
Dyfed-Powys 16 17 18 19 17
Gwent 27 25 26 23 23
North Wales 25 26 27 25 25
South Wales 30 33 33 35 35
England and Wales 28 30 30 28 29
Force area 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Avon and Somerset 40 48 55 56 55
Bedfordshire 48 51 51 49 47
Cambridgeshire 36 45 51 51 48
Cheshire 27 32 39 41 38
Cleveland 47 49 53 51 52
Cumbria 26 35 35 34 34
Derbyshire 32 41 45 48 47
Devon and Cornwall 31 37 38 41 38
Dorset 36 39 38 39 42
Durham 36 43 44 44 44
Essex 32 36 38 37 35
Gloucestershire 35 46 52 52 52
Greater Manchester 44 50 51 48 45
Hampshire 36 43 45 43 42
Hertfordshire 27 32 34 33 32
Humberside 50 57 61 68 66
Kent 32 43 49 49 49
Lancashire 29 33 35 36 34
Leicestershire 40 48 52 53 53
Lincolnshire 31 36 39 42 38
London, City of 9 9 8 6 6
Merseyside 27 31 30 29 29
MPD 29 31 32 30 28
Norfolk 38 44 46 44 40
Northamptonshire 41 49 48 50 49
Northumbria 53 59 56 53 50
North Yorkshire 32 35 37 41 45
Nottinghamshire 54 61 67 65 62
South Yorkshire 34 39 43 50 50
Staffordshire 32 38 44 44 42
Suffolk 30 32 35 34 32
Surrey 25 29 31 31 28
Sussex 31 37 39 35 35
Thames Valley 39 49 50 50 48
Warwickshire 31 39 44 43 41
West Mercia 29 35 37 39 40
West Midlands 37 42 45 46 46
Force area 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
West Yorkshire 42 55 58 59 57
Wiltshire 27 31 32 31 30
Dyfed-Powys 20 25 27 23 20
Gwent 29 36 39 38 37
North Wales 27 31 35 34 31
South Wales 42 49 51 50 52
England and Wales 34 40 40 42 40