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<p>The number of female offenders sentenced to immediate custody in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2010 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data, including sentencing outcomes, for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the distinct needs of female offenders, we are developing a female offender strategy to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Female offenders sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by Police Force Area, 2010 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Force</strong></p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td><td><p>1,822</p></td><td><p>1,566</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,196</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,418</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,138</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,525</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,323</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,313</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) The sentence shown is the most severe sentence given for the principal offence (i.e. the principal sentence), secondary sentences given for the principal offence and sentences for non-principal offences are not counted in the tables.</p><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>(3) Includes the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force Areas.</p> |