Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System - 2005 - Statewatch

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Table 3.2 Racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by police forces
by offence type, 2003/4 and 2004/5, with clear-up rates for England and Wales
Police force area Harassment Other wounding Criminal damage Common assault Total
2003/4 2004/5 2003/4 2004/5 2003/4 2004/5 2003/4 2004/5 2003/4 2004/5
Avon & Somerset 868 906 128 192 178 200 82 133 1,256 1,431
Bedfordshire 127 136 42 67 18 37 20 26 207 266
Cambridgeshire 248 234 90 73 17 54 29 37 384 398
Cheshire 273 294 22 25 71 81 34 38 400 438
Cleveland 129 167 23 47 58 51 41 23 251 288
Cumbria 93 142 11 14 7 22 5 8 116 186
Derbyshire 354 297 99 95 126 62 21 20 600 474
Devon & Cornwall 350 399 117 131 44 82 77 82 588 694
Dorset 58 109 51 81 28 28 29 36 166 254
Durham 107 125 14 10 5 9 12 10 138 154
Essex 393 441 134 141 161 158 72 67 760 807
Gloucestershire 122 149 19 32 10 25 16 9 167 215
Greater Manchester 1,608 1,779 467 538 618 674 171 212 2,864 3,203
Hampshire 265 377 43 53 67 77 40 63 415 570
Hertfordshire 424 536 77 101 140 145 89 77 730 859
Humberside 293 366 67 51 49 32 29 39 438 488
Kent 206 274 105 123 93 131 76 81 480 609
Lancashire 714 802 138 139 142 153 91 89 1,085 1,183
Leicestershire 465 636 101 123 133 119 110 102 809 980
Lincolnshire 84 91 41 41 37 24 17 13 179 169
London, City of 40 30 8 6 2 2 10 10 60 48
Merseyside 478 601 101 133 303 257 61 70 943 1,061
Metropolitan Police 5,469 5,720 782 982 1,291 1,080 1,926 1,563 9,468 9,345
Norfolk 170 196 40 37 32 65 26 35 268 333
Northamptonshire 210 171 82 70 91 114 30 34 413 389
Northumbria 690 645 107 104 106 81 71 56 974 886
North Yorkshire 36 86 6 8 5 14 7 6 54 114
Nottinghamshire 463 400 53 66 62 57 41 30 619 553
South Yorkshire 124 289 43 50 69 74 23 58 259 471
Staffordshire 239 353 146 114 141 124 74 55 600 646
Suffolk 198 174 46 45 24 6 29 19 297 244
Surrey 284 286 71 89 72 85 55 50 482 510
Sussex 266 379 127 89 86 62 73 45 552 575
Thames Valley 647 682 121 159 212 196 124 117 1,104 1,154
Warwickshire 94 143 26 36 41 30 26 13 187 222
West Mercia 456 433 85 79 83 68 50 29 674 609
West Midlands 1,177 1,239 719 645 449 424 134 125 2,479 2,433
West Yorkshire 1,218 1,430 298 304 257 307 101 99 1,874 2,140
Wiltshire 147 138 35 37 36 32 26 13 244 220
Dyfed-Powys 91 123 17 10 11 12 7 9 126 154
Gwent 186 186 25 24 18 17 11 6 240 233
North Wales 144 175 35 72 85 58 14 28 278 333
South Wales 576 530 78 76 103 87 37 42 794 735
England & Wales 20,584 22,669 4,840 5,312 5,581 5,416 4,017 3,677 35,022 37,074
% racially aggravated (1) 11.9 10.5 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
% cleared up:-
Racially aggravated 37 40 41 39 19 20 29 35 34 36
Non-racially aggravated (2) 58 66 50 49 13 14 38 43 28 30
(1) Percentage of the overall total of the racially and religiously aggravated offence and the equivalent nonaggravated
offence.
(2) Numbers of non-aggravated offences are not shown in this table.
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