Bringing More Offences to Justice

Number of offences brought to justice, across Local Criminal Justice Board Areas; latest data: year ending December 2004



Offences Brought to Justice
Baseline Year ending % Change c
CJS Areas March 2002 a December 2004 b
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
1,002,204
1,130,612
12.8%
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
25,862
26,288
1.6%
Bedfordshire
11,140
11,903
6.8%
Cambridgeshire
10,828
12,126
12.0%
Cheshire
14,759
17,193
16.5%
Cleveland
14,464
14,787
2.2%
Cumbria
10,059
11,787
17.2%
Derbyshire
17,436
18,565
6.5%
Devon & Cornwall
25,077
27,903
11.3%
Dorset
11,726
15,799
34.7%
Co. Durham & Darlington
13,592
12,293
-9.6%
Dyfed Powys
11,068
10,609
-4.1%
Essex
21,709
25,331
16.7%
Gloucestershire
13,031
12,127
-6.9%
Greater Manchester
55,597
67,526
21.5%
Gwent
17,253
15,361
-11.0%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
31,150
34,866
11.9%
Hertfordshire
13,617
19,030
39.8%
Humberside
17,178
21,846
27.2%
Kent
24,142
29,119
20.6%
Lancashire
30,357
34,517
13.7%
Leicestershire
19,059
22,152
16.2%
Lincolnshire
10,331
10,877
5.3%
London
122,455
144,783
18.2%
Merseyside
28,462
33,830
18.9%
Norfolk
12,568
14,894
18.5%
Northamptonshire
13,021
13,445
3.3%
Northumbria
40,525
38,317
-5.4%
North Wales
13,090
15,021
14.8%
North Yorkshire
12,171
14,942
22.8%
Nottinghamshire
24,314
27,417
12.8%
South Wales
30,099
31,634
5.1%
South Yorkshire
24,335
29,174
19.9%
Staffordshire
20,623
22,711
10.1%
Suffolk
11,708
15,024
28.3%
Surrey
11,974
17,761
48.3%
Sussex
22,470
26,670
18.7%
Thames Valley
31,014
35,870
15.7%
Warwickshire
8,080
9,162
13.4%
West Mercia
22,064
24,141
9.4%
West Midlands
77,332
70,620
-8.7%
West Yorkshire
45,810
61,693
34.7%
Wiltshire
10,654
11,430
7.3%

a: Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
b: Current Offences Brought to Justice figure for South Wales is for November 2004 - England & Wales total for December 2004 includes an estimate of the South Wales December 2004 figure
c: 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. Data on recorded crime for the year ending March 05 will be published in June.

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