PNDs and Cannabis Warnings

Number of penalty notices for disorder for notifiable offences and number of formal warnings for cannabis, across Local Criminal Justice Board areas; latest data, year ending December 2007.



Penalty Notice for Disorder Cannabis Warnings
Year ending Year ending Year ending Year ending
CJS Areas Sept 2007 Dec 2007 Sept 2007 Dec 2007
England & Wales
148,603
139,876
92,561
98,354
Avon & Somerset
2,882
2,413
3,138
2,802
Bedfordshire
1,030
994
385
337
Cambridgeshire
1,476
1,423
1,237
1,425
Cheshire
1,803
1,484
566
633
Cleveland
3,376
3,105
460
598
Cumbria
807
701
191
195
Derbyshire
1,846
1,622
596
568
Devon & Cornwall
4,214
3,598
1,418
1,443
Dorset
1,621
1,436
387
409
Co. Durham & Darlington
932
880
282
292
Dyfed Powys
730
650
910
902
Essex
3,861
3,706
1,008
1,138
Gloucestershire
2119
1913
429
426
Greater Manchester
9,429
8,468
5,179
5,296
Gwent
1,608
1,475
759
709
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
4,518
4,455
2,039
2,244
Hertfordshire
3,883
3,285
1,459
1,508
Humberside
7,291
7,103
812
857
Kent
5,516
5,361
843
880
Lancashire
8,462
8,002
359
437
Leicestershire
1,968
1,711
1,880
1,937
Lincolnshire
1,565
(tbc)
532
(tbc)
London
18,736
19,086
39,698
43,804
Merseyside
5,928
5,457
6,605
7,074
Norfolk
1317
1181
720
829
North Wales
4,592
4,058
937
968
North Yorkshire
2,388
2,370
760
720
Northamptonshire
1,948
1,862
268
288
Northumbria
2,310
2,198
1,280
1,287
Nottinghamshire
1,745
1,802
1,337
1,323
South Wales
5,299
5,029
1,743
2,118
South Yorkshire
4,413
4,449
1,188
1,256
Staffordshire
2,454
2,300
1,282
1,192
Suffolk
1,627
1,661
580
630
Surrey
3,586
3,225
954
980
Sussex
3,090
3,136
2,343
2,456
Thames Valley
7,599
7,564
2,865
2,933
Warwickshire
787
694
404
371
West Mercia
2,192
2,047
707
726
West Midlands
3,823
3,232
2,309
2,179
West Yorkshire
3,131
2,541
1,454
1,450
Wiltshire
701
771
258
201

Data shown as at 13/03/2008.
The numbers of Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ) for 2007 are un-validated data from the courts and police, therefore provided as management information as they are provisional and likely to change. The final validated OBTJ data for 2007 will be published as a National Statistic by the Ministry of Justice in "Criminal Statistics in England and Wales 2007" during the autumn 2008.

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