§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made on average per police officer for each force area in England in each year since 1990. [150104]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation given in the table is for arrests for notifiable offences and for the year 1999–2000 only. Information for earlier years is not available on a consistent basis.
Number of arrests for notifiable offences and average arrests per police officer by police force area in England, 1999–2000 Police force area Total arrests Total police officers1 Average arrests Avon and Somerset 21,856 2,934 7 Bedfordshire 13,011 1,028 13 Cambridgeshire 12,418 1,237 10 Cheshire 18,202 2,011 9 Cleveland 20,521 1,404 15 Cumbria 15,568 1,084 14 Derbyshire 18,499 1,777 10 Devon and Cornwall 24,609 2,841 9 Dorset 12,472 1,306 10 Durham 2— 1,558 2— Essex 24,405 2,806 9 Gloucestershire 11,352 1,114 10 Greater Manchester 69,317 6,795 10 Hampshire 42,598 3,419 12 Hertfordshire 14,111 1,767 8 Humberside 2— 1,932 2— 244W
Borough September October November December Total Barking and Dagenham 0 4 5 3 12 Barnet 4 6 1 3 14 Bexley 3 2 2 1 8 Brent 8 3 4 1 16 Bromley 2 1 3 4 10 Camden 7 3 1 0 11 Croydon 2 3 3 2 10 Ealing 6 2 2 7 17 Enfield 5 1 4 9 19 Greenwich 2 1 1 2 6 Hackney 5 2 5 3 15 Hammersmith and Fulham 2 3 1 2 8 Haringey 6 10 5 4 25 Harrow 1 2 1 0 4 Havering 1 2 4 2 9 Heathrow Airport 0 2 0 0 2 Hillingdon 2 6 6 1 15 Hounslow 2 3 3 4 12 Islington 4 7 0 1 12 Kensington and Chelsea 4 5 3 1 13 Kingston-Upon-Thames 0 3 1 2 6 Lambeth 2 3 2 3 10 Lewisham 2 1 5 5 13 Merton 1 2 1 0 4 Newham 1 6 3 5 15 Redbridge 6 4 4 6 20
Number of arrests for notifiable offences and average arrests per police officer by police force area in England, 1999–2000 Police force area Total arrests Total police officers1 Average arrests Kent 34,684 3,204 11 Lancashire 37,535 3,179 12 Leicestershire 18,000 1,993 9 Lincolnshire 20,700 1,115 19 London, City of 4,726 732 6 Merseyside 44,315 4,085 11 Metropolitan police 202,218 25,485 8 Norfolk 16,313 1,381 12 Northamptonshire 12,730 1,117 11 Northumbria 47,295 3,788 12 North Yorkshire 20,353 1,283 16 Nottinghamshire 33,001 2,204 15 South Yorkshire 34,727 3,163 11 Staffordshire 2— 2,170 2— Suffolk 10,787 1,145 9 Surrey 12,993 1,785 7 Sussex 24,183 2,822 9 Thames Valley 43,605 3,740 12 Warwickshire 8,376 900 9 West Mercia 21,172 1,887 11 West Midlands 78,592 7,194 11 West Yorkshire 44,800 4,822 9 Wiltshire 10,498 1,118 9 1 Police officer strength as at 31 March 2000. 2 Not available