Bringing More Offences to Justice

Number of offences brought to justice, across Local Criminal Justice Board Areas; latest data: year ending March 2005



Offences Brought to Justice
Baseline Year ending % Change b
CJS Areas March 2002 a March 2005
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
1,002,204
1,151,372
14.9%
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
25,862
27,673
7.0%
Bedfordshire
11,140
12,283
10.3%
Cambridgeshire
10,828
12,854
18.7%
Cheshire
14,759
17,824
20.8%
Cleveland
14,464
14,764
2.1%
Cumbria
10,059
11,603
15.3%
Derbyshire
17,436
19,270
10.5%
Devon & Cornwall
25,077
28,449
13.4%
Dorset
11,726
14,926
27.3%
Co. Durham & Darlington
13,592
12,684
-6.7%
Dyfed Powys
11,068
11,155
0.8%
Essex
21,709
27,134
25.0%
Gloucestershire
13,031
12,191
-6.4%
Greater Manchester
55,597
67,811
22.0%
Gwent
17,253
14,429
-16.4%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
31,150
38,202
22.6%
Hertfordshire
13,617
18,759
37.8%
Humberside
17,178
22,524
31.1%
Kent
24,142
29,024
20.2%
Lancashire
30,357
35,061
15.5%
Leicestershire
19,059
22,973
20.5%
Lincolnshire
10,331
11,836
14.6%
London
122,455
151,100
23.4%
Merseyside
28,462
33,696
18.4%
Norfolk
12,568
15,112
20.2%
Northamptonshire
13,021
12,790
-1.8%
Northumbria
40,525
37,913
-6.4%
North Wales
13,090
14,459
10.5%
North Yorkshire
12,171
15,308
25.8%
Nottinghamshire
24,314
27,674
13.8%
South Wales
30,099
30,582
1.6%
South Yorkshire
24,335
28,918
18.8%
Staffordshire
20,623
22,704
10.1%
Suffolk
11,708
15,096
28.9%
Surrey
11,974
16,780
40.1%
Sussex
22,470
27,294
21.5%
Thames Valley
31,014
41,518
33.9%
Warwickshire
8,080
9,511
17.7%
West Mercia
22,064
24,921
12.9%
West Midlands
77,332
66,985
-13.4%
West Yorkshire
45,810
64,602
41.0%
Wiltshire
10,654
10,980
3.1%

a: Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
b: In a number of areas, especially some of the large Metropolitan areas, for example Northumbria and West Midlands, their success in reducing crime has impacted on their ability to bring more offences to justice. The target for 05/06 will take account of this.

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