Offences Brought to Justice - by offence group

Number of offences brought to justice, across Local Criminal Justice Board areas; latest data year ending June 2009.

Burglary and Robbery figures | Vehicle and Violence figures


  12 months ending September
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
Area All notifiable offences Burglary Robbery
Avon & Somerset
40,718
37,183
2,115
1,848
424
463
Bedfordshire
13,226
12,123
713
711
354
342
Cambridgeshire
19,281
18,176
1,028
1,011
274
388
Cheshire
22,796
21,451
1,117
1,148
483
354
Cleveland
22,099
21,597
1,165
1,065
393
320
Cumbria
13,604
12,071
468
358
130
136
Derbyshire
22,032
19,799
1,413
1,064
389
308
Devon & Cornwall
31,906
32,635
1,452
1,461
400
418
Dorset
14,703
12,784
475
525
191
143
Durham & Darlington
14,477
14,202
658
747
246
209
Dyfed Powys
11,806
11,133
513
495
263
179
Essex
37,402
37,618
1,573
1,780
775
750
Gloucestershire
14,377
12,992
952
885
191
166
Greater Manchester
77,014
65,400
3,976
4,032
1,770
1,460
Gwent
16,472
15,479
527
536
126
81
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
42,204
38,941
1,610
1,660
517
527
Hertfordshire
24,560
24,741
1,339
1,394
346
397
Humberside
28,662
25,469
1,490
1,350
364
342
Kent
39,573
40,209
1,970
2,254
693
562
Lancashire
45,311
40,618
2,697
2,244
945
666
Leicestershire
24,646
19,590
1,507
1,328
488
449
Lincolnshire
15,411
13,897
903
680
142
163
London
233,723
218,741
11,792
10,208
7,869
7,071
Merseyside
47,104
43,464
1,983
1,895
724
543
Norfolk
20,166
16,705
982
999
161
245
North Wales
18,588
18,737
761
626
172
319
North Yorkshire
16,090
16,683
571
812
183
229
Northamptonshire
14,988
13,510
1,104
660
335
281
Northumbria
45,663
44,251
2,117
1,584
475
586
Nottinghamshire
27,274
27,420
2,111
1,814
522
591
South Wales
32,883
35,207
1,797
1,638
897
685
South Yorkshire
43,273
42,010
3,132
2,749
680
723
Staffordshire
23,634
18,766
1,185
952
358
302
Suffolk
17,200
16,099
615
508
234
158
Surrey
17,263
15,467
547
548
381
353
Sussex
34,353
34,453
1,084
1,109
549
538
Thames Valley
51,496
42,214
2,184
1,775
990
856
Warwickshire
10,668
9,388
483
513
133
99
West Mercia
26,462
23,943
1,062
1,033
377
302
West Midlands
71,053
66,935
3,059
3,358
2,010
1,960
West Yorkshire
57,856
57,855
5,952
6,296
1,729
1,436
Wiltshire
13,415
12,871
666
696
265
242
England & Wales
1,415,432
1,322,827
72,848
68,349
28,948
26,342



  12 months ending September
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
Area All notifiable offences Vehicle Violence
Avon & Somerset
40,718
37,183
1,693
1,434
2,128
1,903
Bedfordshire
13,226
12,123
460
329
1,460
1,328
Cambridgeshire
19,281
18,176
796
740
1,075
1,029
Cheshire
22,796
21,451
670
935
1,278
1,255
Cleveland
22,099
21,597
595
759
1,400
1,337
Cumbria
13,604
12,071
252
156
833
780
Derbyshire
22,032
19,799
914
758
1,481
1,290
Devon & Cornwall
31,906
32,635
960
1,117
1,712
1,789
Dorset
14,703
12,784
303
256
651
736
Durham & Darlington
14,477
14,202
294
276
1,263
1,261
Dyfed Powys
11,806
11,133
126
149
670
603
Essex
37,402
37,618
1,218
1,382
2,441
2,032
Gloucestershire
14,377
12,992
1,055
688
731
736
Greater Manchester
77,014
65,400
3,103
2,275
5,847
5,223
Gwent
16,472
15,479
598
380
1,059
988
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
42,204
38,941
713
678
2,279
2,159
Hertfordshire
24,560
24,741
581
985
1,931
1,892
Humberside
28,662
25,469
926
775
1,774
1,693
Kent
39,573
40,209
1,599
1,791
2,478
2,384
Lancashire
45,311
40,618
2,098
1,905
2,914
2,750
Leicestershire
24,646
19,590
1,059
1,086
1,412
1,218
Lincolnshire
15,411
13,897
210
223
1,097
961
London
233,723
218,741
7,529
5,780
20,099
12,651
Merseyside
47,104
43,464
1,458
1,318
2,424
2,396
Norfolk
20,166
16,705
1,155
763
895
777
North Wales
18,588
18,737
454
416
1,080
988
North Yorkshire
16,090
16,683
308
467
829
909
Northamptonshire
14,988
13,510
1,006
412
1,787
1,723
Northumbria
45,663
44,251
1,897
1,465
3,514
3,412
Nottinghamshire
27,274
27,420
1,001
991
3,161
3,322
South Wales
32,883
35,207
1,149
1,689
2,170
2,164
South Yorkshire
43,273
42,010
4,297
4,441
4,794
4,401
Staffordshire
23,634
18,766
758
486
2,582
1,803
Suffolk
17,200
16,099
400
359
1,493
1,468
Surrey
17,263
15,467
363
251
882
823
Sussex
34,353
34,453
596
477
2,031
2,580
Thames Valley
51,496
42,214
1,974
1,243
2,476
2,079
Warwickshire
10,668
9,388
496
326
935
889
West Mercia
26,462
23,943
737
621
1,714
1,676
West Midlands
71,053
66,935
1,535
1,909
6,803
6,964
West Yorkshire
57,856
57,855
4,205
4,584
4,273
3,769
Wiltshire
13,415
12,871
518
541
742
765
England & Wales
1,415,432
1,322,827
52,059
47,616
102,598
90,906

(1) The count of Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ) was introduced in 2000 to measure the performance of the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales. An offence is considered to have been brought to justice when a notifiable (recorded) offence results in an offender being cautioned, convicted, receiving a penalty notices for disorder or a cannabis warning, or has the offence taken into consideration.

(2) The number of Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ) is in part affected by the number of recorded crimes in an area. If recorded crime in an area falls there will be fewer offences which can potentially be brought to justice.

(3) It is important to note that there is a difference in the method of counting offences between the recorded crime figures and the Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ) measure. A single recorded crime can result in more than one conviction or caution and can therefore lead to more than one offence being counted as brought to justice. For example; if a crime is recorded and as result three offenders are convicted each for two offences against the same victim, this counts as a single recorded crime but as six offences brought to justice. In addition, for most offences there will be a delay between the offence being recorded and it being brought to justice; this may result in it being included in the recorded crime figures for one period and the OBTJ figures for a later period. Thirdly, a crime may be brought to justice as a different offence to the offence which was recorded originally. E.g. an offence which was recorded as Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) could, following investigation, result in a conviction for common assault, which would put it outside the violence category. These factors should be borne in mind when the two series are being compared.

(4) The numbers of Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ) for 2008 and 2009 are un-validated data from the courts service and police administrative systems, therefore provided as management information only as they are provisional and likely to change. All administrative systems by their nature can update information previously held; business process means that some information relating to a period already published can be subsequently included or amended. Specifically, these counts of OBTJ are updated from the figures previously published in the quarterly Criminal Justice System Performance Information bulletin. The final OBTJ counts will be published as 'National Statistics' in Criminal Statistics England & Wales, available annually on the Ministry of Justice website.

(5) Both the Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ) and recorded crime data included in the crime maps cover the same offence groups. It should be noted these offence groups are aggregates of offences published elsewhere in 'Criminal Statistics England & Wales' and 'Crime in England & Wales'.

(6) Data shown as available at 19/01/2010.

(7) Excludes prosecutions/convictions/remands data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008. During 2008, data from Cardiff Magistrates' court for April, July and August were corrupted during the transmission to the Ministry of Justice. Despite all efforts by the court staff and IT departments it has proved impossible to retrieve the information and has subsequently been excluded from this table.

(8) Violence includes murder, attempted murder, manslaughter and wounding (including malicious wounding).

(9) Robbery includes theft from the person.

(10) Hertfordshire cautions data for September 2009 is an estimate based on the previous month as these data are not yet available.

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