Table 2: <strong>The</strong> cost of crime by police force area Police force Total cost of crime Population Cost of crime per person 1 Nottinghamshire Police £411,579,162 1,055,500 £389.94 2 Metropolitan Police* £2,913,533,525 7,512,400 £387.83 3 Humberside Police £343,465,441 905,000 £379.52 4 Greater Manchester Police £951,801,569 2,553,700 £372.71 5 Derbyshire Constabulary* £275,990,681 754,100 £365.99 6 Cleveland Police £201,972,372 558,100 £361.89 7 West Midlands Police £927,014,147 2,600,100 £356.53 8 South Yorkshire Police £452,017,904 1,292,900 £349.62 9 Gwent Constabulary £184,459,070 559,600 £329.63 10 West Yorkshire Police £703,975,509 2,161,200 £325.73 11 Thames Valley Police £611,916,712 1,935,300 £316.19 12 Leicestershire Constabulary £288,460,421 963,100 £299.51 13 Hampshire Constabulary* £547,820,942 1,829,400 £299.45 14 Essex Police £386,519,923 1,361,200 £283.96 15 Avon and Somerset Police* £434,849,196 1,560,500 £278.66 16 Northamptonshire Police £184,890,413 669,100 £276.33 17 Durham Constabulary £163,329,769 600,000 £272.22 18 Suffolk Constabulary £190,189,606 702,000 £270.93 19 South Wales Constabulary £327,612,054 1,227,000 £267.00 20 Gloucestershire Constabulary £151,375,316 578,600 £261.62 21 Bedfordshire Police £150,860,518 590,700 £255.39 22 Staffordshire Police £268,325,798 1,062,500 £252.54 23 Wiltshire Constabulary £158,689,216 635,300 £249.79 24 Northumbria Police £346,609,045 1,397,500 £248.02 25 Cheshire Constabulary £246,292,360 999,800 £246.34 26 Kent Police £396,199,135 1,634,600 £242.38 27 Northern Ireland Police £418,621,004 1,742,000 £240.31 28 Dorset Police £167,536,790 701,100 £238.96 29 North Wales Police £159,287,485 675,700 £235.74 30 Cumbria Constabulary £116,676,575 496,200 £235.14 31 Sussex Police £353,657,933 1,528,400 £231.39 32 Devon and Cornwall Constabulary £372,101,402 1,650,600 £225.43 33 Warwickshire Police £117,241,959 522,200 £224.52 34 West Mercia Constabulary £262,448,044 1,181,900 £222.06 35 Cambridgeshire Constabulary £154,002,608 752,900 £204.55 36 Norfolk Constabulary £165,764,291 832,400 £199.14 37 Surrey Police £210,857,216 1,085,200 £194.30 38 Dyfed Powys Police £93,573,002 503,600 £185.81 39 North Yorkshire Police £102,043,558 783,400 £130.26 Merseyside Police No usable response 1,353,600 Lincolnshire Police No usable response 686,200 Lancashire Constabulary No usable response 1,165,700 Hertfordshire Constabulary No usable response 1,058,600 43 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9JA www.taxpayersalliance.com 0845 330 9554 (office hours) 07795 084 113 (media – 24 hours) 12
Figure 2: <strong>The</strong> per person cost of crime by category, by police force area £400 £350 £300 £250 £200 £150 £100 £50 £0 Nottinghamshire Metropolitan Humberside Greater Manchester Derbyshire Cleveland West Midlands South Yorkshire Gwent West Yorkshire Thames Valley Leicestershire Hampshire Essex Avon and Somerset Northamptonshire Durham Suffolk South Wales Gloucestershire Bedfordshire Staffordshire Wiltshire Northumbria Cheshire Kent Northern Ireland Dorset North Wales Cumbria Sussex Devon and Cornwall Warwickshire West Mercia Cambridgeshire Norfolk Surrey Dyfed Powys North Yorkshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Lincolnshire Merseyside Average Cost of crime, £, per person Force area Violence against the Person Common Assault Sexual Offences Robbery/Mugging (personal property) Burglary in a dwelling <strong>The</strong>ft (not from a shop) Criminal Damage Burglary not in a dwelling <strong>The</strong>ft from a shop Robbery/till snatch (of business property) 43 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9JA www.taxpayersalliance.com 0845 330 9554 (office hours) 07795 084 113 (media – 24 hours) 13