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<p>Protecting children from harm is a Government priority and all children should be able to grow up in a safe, happy environment. The focus must be on early intervention as we know that the earlier that help and support is given to vulnerable children and families, the more chance there is of turning their lives around, protecting children from harm and aiming to prevent problems escalating into child cruelty.</p><p>However in order to deal with situations where that is not possible it is important that we have legislation in place to punish offenders for this intolerable behaviour. This is why we have an offence of child cruelty (which includes neglect) at section 1 of the Children and Young Person's Act 1933. The offence carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.</p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for cruelty to or neglect of children, by police force area in England, from 1995 to 2012 (latest available), can be viewed in the tables.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Defendantsproceeded against at magistrates courts for cruelty and neglect ofchildren1, by police force area, England, 1995to 20122,3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Offenceand Police forcearea<br /></td><td valign="top">1995<br /></td><td valign="top">1996<br /></td><td valign="top">1997<br /></td><td valign="top">1998<br /></td><td valign="top">1999<br /></td><td valign="top">2000<br /></td><td valign="top">2001<br /></td><td valign="top">2002<br /></td><td valign="top">2003<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Cruelty or neglect of achild1<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avon and Somerset<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">35<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">21<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">30<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Bedfordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cambridgeshire<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cheshire<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">City of London<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cleveland<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cumbria<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Derbyshire<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Devon and Cornwall<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Dorset<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Durham<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Essex<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Gloucestershire<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Greater Manchester<br /></td><td valign="top">27<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">30<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td><td valign="top">49<br /></td><td valign="top">34<br /></td><td valign="top">42<br /></td><td valign="top">35<br /></td><td valign="top">47<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hampshire<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">39<br /></td><td valign="top">48<br /></td><td valign="top">35<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">62<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hertfordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Humberside<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Kent<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">41<br /></td><td valign="top">38<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lancashire<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Leicestershire<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lincolnshire<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Merseyside<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Metropolitan Police<br /></td><td valign="top">60<br /></td><td valign="top">62<br /></td><td valign="top">75<br /></td><td valign="top">84<br /></td><td valign="top">95<br /></td><td valign="top">91<br /></td><td valign="top">81<br /></td><td valign="top">120<br /></td><td valign="top">140<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Norfolk<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">North Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Northamptonshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Northumbria<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">45<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Nottinghamshire<br /></td><td valign="top">41<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">South Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Staffordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Suffolk<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Surrey<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Sussex<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Thames Valley<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Warwickshire<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">West Mercia<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">West Midlands<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td><td valign="top">39<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td><td valign="top">42<br /></td><td valign="top">63<br /></td><td valign="top">81<br /></td><td valign="top">127<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">West Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">40<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">35<br /></td><td valign="top">64<br /></td><td valign="top">58<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td><td valign="top">41<br /></td><td valign="top">33<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Wiltshire<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">England<br /></td><td valign="top">465<br /></td><td valign="top">446<br /></td><td valign="top">558<br /></td><td valign="top">615<br /></td><td valign="top">741<br /></td><td valign="top">657<br /></td><td valign="top">593<br /></td><td valign="top">708<br /></td><td valign="top">856<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Offenceand Police forcearea<br /></td><td valign="top">2004<br /></td><td valign="top">2005<br /></td><td valign="top">2006<br /></td><td valign="top">2007<br /></td><td valign="top">2008<br /></td><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">2012<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Cruelty or neglect of achild1<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avon and Somerset<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Bedfordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cambridgeshire<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cheshire<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">39<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">City of London<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cleveland<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cumbria<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">21<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">21<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Derbyshire<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Devon and Cornwall<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">49<br /></td><td valign="top">48<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Dorset<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Durham<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">27<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Essex<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Gloucestershire<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Greater Manchester<br /></td><td valign="top">40<br /></td><td valign="top">36<br /></td><td valign="top">43<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">56<br /></td><td valign="top">58<br /></td><td valign="top">78<br /></td><td valign="top">66<br /></td><td valign="top">47<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hampshire<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">36<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">40<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hertfordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Humberside<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Kent<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">34<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lancashire<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">27<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">33<br /></td><td valign="top">63<br /></td><td valign="top">56<br /></td><td valign="top">45<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Leicestershire<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lincolnshire<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Merseyside<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Metropolitan Police<br /></td><td valign="top">106<br /></td><td valign="top">106<br /></td><td valign="top">85<br /></td><td valign="top">68<br /></td><td valign="top">124<br /></td><td valign="top">121<br /></td><td valign="top">171<br /></td><td valign="top">145<br /></td><td valign="top">145<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Norfolk<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">North Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">27<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Northamptonshire<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Northumbria<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">41<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">29<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Nottinghamshire<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">South Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Staffordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">43<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Suffolk<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Surrey<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Sussex<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">13<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Thames Valley<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">27<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Warwickshire<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">West Mercia<br /></td><td valign="top">21<br /></td><td valign="top">14<br /></td><td valign="top">17<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">31<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">West Midlands<br /></td><td valign="top">172<br /></td><td valign="top">108<br /></td><td valign="top">131<br /></td><td valign="top">107<br /></td><td valign="top">140<br /></td><td valign="top">186<br /></td><td valign="top">123<br /></td><td valign="top">93<br /></td><td valign="top">54<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">West Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">36<br /></td><td valign="top">22<br /></td><td valign="top">26<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">35<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td><td valign="top">34<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Wiltshire<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">England<br /></td><td valign="top">828<br /></td><td valign="top">747<br /></td><td valign="top">720<br /></td><td valign="top">716<br /></td><td valign="top">837<br /></td><td valign="top">999<br /></td><td valign="top">956<br /></td><td valign="top">854<br /></td><td valign="top">797<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1An offence under Children and Young Persons Act 1933,S.1<br />2The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate topersons for whom these offences were the principal offences for whichthey were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two ormore offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty isimposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences,the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximumpenalty is the mostsevere.<br />3Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurateand complete. However, it is important to note that these data havebeen extracted from large administrative data systems generated by thecourts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken toensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations aretaken into account when those data areused.<br />Source:<br />Justice StatisticsAnalytical Services—Ministry ofJustice.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p> |