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Police Cautions

Answer

The numbers of cautions issued for all offences in England and Wales and the North Wales police force area, from 2007 to 2011 can be viewed in the following table.

Cautions data are not available at parliamentary constituency level and data for the North Wales police force area have been given in lieu.

Number of cautions issued for all offences within England and Wales and the North Wales police force area, 2007-111,2
Area	2007	20083	2009	2010	2011
England and Wales	362,889	327,888	290,645	242,831	232,186
England	344,890	309,860	272,742	229,623	218,887
Wales	17,999	18,028	17,903	13,208	13,299
Of which:
North Wales police force area	2,239	3,604	3,303	2,623	2,605
1 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 2The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. 3 Data have been revised post publication. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

124084; 551 cc830-1W

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Police cautions Wales Wrexham

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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