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| Table 2: Recorded offences of violence against the person without injury, 2002-03 to 2008-09 |
| Police force | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
12,153
|
14,159
|
17,365
|
16,797
|
17,587
|
14,086
|
15,101
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
3,667
|
3,781
|
4,519
|
4,192
|
4,026
|
3,153
|
3,166
|
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|
British Transport Police
|
7,945
|
8,632
|
9,872
|
10,864
|
13,291
|
12,963
|
12,971
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
8,536
|
7,519
|
7,163
|
4,957
|
5,573
|
5,773
|
5,224
|
|
Cheshire
|
6,575
|
9,558
|
10,153
|
7,348
|
8,144
|
7,428
|
7,244
|
|
Cleveland
|
3,580
|
5,320
|
4,941
|
6,958
|
7,813
|
7,447
|
5,740
|
|
Cumbria
|
2,679
|
3,146
|
4,201
|
4,536
|
4,020
|
4,219
|
3,843
|
|
Derbyshire
|
5,253
|
4,963
|
4,570
|
4,519
|
5,056
|
5,796
|
5,625
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
10,249
|
11,392
|
12,767
|
11,230
|
11,551
|
10,893
|
9,936
|
|
Dorset
|
5,436
|
4,843
|
5,556
|
6,058
|
6,659
|
6,425
|
5,430
|
|
Durham
|
5,367
|
4,222
|
4,352
|
4,342
|
4,826
|
3,850
|
3,756
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
3,039
|
3,700
|
4,172
|
3,869
|
4,102
|
3,076
|
2,998
|
|
Essex
|
9,551
|
12,033
|
11,792
|
10,626
|
10,870
|
12,284
|
12,246
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
4,893
|
4,015
|
4,190
|
5,245
|
6,256
|
5,572
|
5,083
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
17,892
|
20,776
|
23,498
|
24,960
|
29,471
|
26,430
|
23,605
|
|
Gwent
|
8,047
|
6,310
|
5,805
|
4,402
|
5,062
|
4,185
|
3,583
|
|
Hampshire
|
14,832
|
23,541
|
23,804
|
25,259
|
25,841
|
23,635
|
20,460
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
4,356
|
7,474
|
8,351
|
8,500
|
9,826
|
7,852
|
7,140
|
|
Humberside
|
7,201
|
12,613
|
11,215
|
9,285
|
10,999
|
10,269
|
9,334
|
|
Kent
|
10,310
|
10,613
|
9,987
|
12,011
|
13,194
|
12,470
|
12,141
|
|
Lancashire
|
7,285
|
11,725
|
15,918
|
13,815
|
12,838
|
11,784
|
11,097
|
|
Leicestershire
|
9,822
|
10,487
|
11,973
|
11,610
|
11,270
|
10,162
|
10,682
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
4,349
|
4,439
|
5,052
|
5,431
|
5,691
|
5,444
|
5,058
|
|
London, City of
|
630
|
563
|
693
|
679
|
694
|
583
|
510
|
|
Merseyside
|
9,975
|
9,663
|
15,605
|
17,769
|
12,896
|
10,930
|
10,801
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
134,395
|
141,036
|
129,965
|
111,242
|
102,656
|
99,428
|
102,949
|
|
Norfolk
|
6,298
|
6,021
|
7,082
|
6,633
|
6,353
|
5,349
|
4,901
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
4,681
|
4,060
|
4,590
|
3,798
|
4,361
|
5,194
|
4,618
|
|
Northumbria
|
17,261
|
9,628
|
8,791
|
9,222
|
10,891
|
8,512
|
8,659
|
|
North Wales
|
5,095
|
4,481
|
5,073
|
5,825
|
8,793
|
6,904
|
6,840
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
6,096
|
6,365
|
5,499
|
5,121
|
4,575
|
5,024
|
3,812
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
5,300
|
6,555
|
7,002
|
6,778
|
8,889
|
8,851
|
7,796
|
|
South Wales
|
9,769
|
10,072
|
9,539
|
9,213
|
9,446
|
11,671
|
11,074
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
7,264
|
7,894
|
14,033
|
12,963
|
11,225
|
9,754
|
7,985
|
|
Staffordshire
|
10,385
|
10,325
|
10,291
|
11,630
|
12,504
|
10,069
|
10,046
|
|
Suffolk
|
4,272
|
4,933
|
5,272
|
4,915
|
5,559
|
5,511
|
5,422
|
|
Surrey
|
3,879
|
4,668
|
5,378
|
5,325
|
8,206
|
8,957
|
8,262
|
|
Sussex
|
12,026
|
7,492
|
12,654
|
14,496
|
16,484
|
15,220
|
11,911
|
|
Thames Valley
|
14,555
|
15,889
|
18,662
|
20,368
|
26,657
|
28,101
|
26,269
|
|
Warwickshire
|
3,455
|
2,755
|
2,738
|
2,633
|
3,577
|
3,780
|
2,931
|
|
West Mercia
|
9,706
|
10,788
|
7,696
|
6,098
|
6,845
|
7,161
|
7,077
|
|
West Midlands
|
19,351
|
20,095
|
20,264
|
20,521
|
21,211
|
20,119
|
18,647
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
12,484
|
18,432
|
18,612
|
21,064
|
20,275
|
18,803
|
16,370
|
|
Wiltshire
|
3,060
|
2,430
|
2,174
|
2,871
|
3,510
|
3,664
|
4,134
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
472,954
|
509,406
|
532,829
|
515,978
|
539,573
|
508,781
|
482,477
|
