§ Lord Hardy of Wathasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many criminal offences were recorded in each police force area in England in both 1978 and 1998. [HL3564]
§ Lord Williams of MostynFigures for the calendar year 1998 are not yet available. The figures for 1978 and the year ending 31 March 1998 are given in the table. They represent notifiable offences recorded by the police, and include most indictable and triable either way offences, together with certain summary offences.
Notifiable Offences Recorded by the Police by Police Force Area All offences Police Force January 1978 to December 1978 April 1997 to March 1998 Avon and Somerset 56,018 144,556 Bedfordshire 26,192 45,250 Cambridgeshire 29,507 58,864 Cheshire 28,756 60,716 Cleveland 35,235 63,634 Cumbria 19,761 35,777 Derbyshire 39,451 74,436 Devon and Cornwall 44,600 92,800 Dorset 25,667 43,536 Durham 29,021 47,311 Essex 53,276 89,380 Gloucestershire 17,369 46,044 Greater Manchester 159,477 315,000 Hampshire 68,179 121,042 Hertfordshire 38,598 49,426 Humberside 46,595 123,722 Kent 57,468 118,892 Lancashire 54,387 116,947 Leicestershire 30,874 81,183 Lincolnshire 17,892 41,792 City of London 6,008 5,137 Merseyside 110,381 125,312 Metropolitan Police District 567,387 778,279 Norfolk 23,825 52,580 Northamptonshire 23,236 53,645 Northumbria 98,324 134,457 North Yorkshire 23,236 50,297 Nottinghamshire 71,869 125,097 South Yorkshire 57,111 125,907 Staffordshire 36,129 89,820 Suffolk 19,085 35,262 Surrey 26,364 38,015 Sussex 46,665 110,320 Thames Valley 76,238 154,014 Warwickshire 14,306 35,604 West Mercia 36,271 75,330 West Midlands 161,192 277,970 West Yorkshire 132,983 242,646 Wiltshire 21,890 32,831 England total 2,430,823 4,312,831