Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System

Proportion of those questioned in the British Crime Survey expressing confidence in the CJS bringing offenders to justice, across Local Criminal Justice Board areas.



Confidence in the CJS bringing offenders to justice
CJS Baseline Year ending Year ending Year ending
CJS Areas (Year ending Mar 2005)(a) September 2006 December 2006 March 2007
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
43%
43%
42% *
41% *
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
40%
43%
43%
41%
Bedfordshire
42%
45%
44%
44%
Cambridgeshire
46%
46%
44%
42%
Cheshire
45%
40%
41%
43%
Cleveland
37%
41%
37%
38%
Cumbria
52%
47%
44% *
42% *
Derbyshire
44%
45%
43%
41%
Devon & Cornwall
48%
43% *
43% *
44%
Dorset
47%
45%
45%
43%
Co. Durham & Darlington
45%
38% *
40%
40% *
Dyfed Powys
51%
48%
47%
44% *
Essex
41%
40%
40%
38%
Gloucestershire
41%
38%
38%
38%
Greater Manchester
39%
41%
40%
39%
Gwent
34%
36%
37%
36%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
49%
44% *
43% *
42% *
Hertfordshire
45%
46%
44%
45%
Humberside
31%
34%
32%
33%
Kent
44%
38% *
37% *
36% *
Lancashire
45%
40% *
39% *
38% *
Leicestershire
48%
46%
44%
40% *
Lincolnshire
41%
36%
34% *
35% *
London
45%
46%
48%
47%
Merseyside
45%
41%
38% *
39% *
Norfolk
39%
41%
40%
42%
North Wales
44%
46%
44%
43%
North Yorkshire
37%
42%
42%
42%
Northamptonshire
35%
39%
36%
35%
Northumbria
39%
41%
40%
40%
Nottinghamshire
36%
38%
38%
38%
South Wales
41%
43%
42%
41%
South Yorkshire
42%
39%
39%
40%
Staffordshire
44%
41%
41%
40%
Suffolk
50%
44% *
41% *
44% *
Surrey
48%
48%
48%
46%
Sussex
42%
42%
42%
42%
Thames Valley
45%
47%
46%
45%
Warwickshire
48%
44%
41% *
39% *
West Mercia
49%
43% *
44% *
41% *
West Midlands
40%
42%
40%
38%
West Yorkshire
39%
44% *
44% *
43%
Wiltshire
46%
47%
45%
43%

(a): Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
*: denotes a statistically significant change at the 95% level since the CJS baseline
Data are provisional and subject to change
Data shown as at 18th July 2007

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