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Crime burden: the data

Updated on 28 January 2008

By Channel 4 News

Click here to read the figures behind the claim that police forces are at "bursting point" as they struggle to cope with an influx of migrants.

South Yorkshire Police
2003 - 1,715
2004 - 2,180
2005 - 2,670
2006 - 2,611

City of London Police
2005 - 1,828
2006 - 1,907
2007 (up to Sep 20) - 1,478

Northamptonshire Police
2006 - 754 (189 nationality unknown)
2007 (up to Sep) - 785 (249 unknown)

Hertfordshire Police
02/03 - 1,863 (880 nationality not stated)
03/04 - 2,015 (1,259)
04/05 - 2,739 (1,711)
05/06 - 2,971 (1,918)
06/07 - 3,052 (1,984)
07/08 - 1,279 (934) - April to August

North Yorkshire Police
2003 - 402
2004 - 621
2005 - 687
2006 - 443
2007 (up to Sep 21) - 355

Bedfordshire Police
2003 - 1,514 (nationality unknown 93)
2004 - 1,935 (111)
2005 - 2,146 (128)
2006 - 2,402 (130)

Avon & Somerset Police
2004 - 1,016
2005 - 1,357
2006 - 1,678
2007 (up to October) 1,325

Gwent Police
2003 - 14
2004 - 98
2005 - 151
2006 - 170
2007 (up to Sep) - 208

Nottinghamshire Police
2003 - 1,323
2004 - 1,596
2005 - 2,067
2006 - 1,569
2007 (up to Sep) - 1,182

Cheshire Police
2005 - 906
2006 - 1,287
2007 (up to Aug) - 1,042

Kent Police
2005/6 - 6,787
2006/7 - 7,407

Cambridgeshire Police
2003 - 1,715
2004 - 1,723
2005 - 3,289
Jan to Dec 2006 - 4,555
June to August 2007 - 579


Dorset Police
2003 - 1,183
2004 - 1,332
2005 - 1,662
2006 - 1,894
2007 (up to Sep) - 1,687

Northumbria Police
2004 - 1,390
2005 - 1,975
2006 - 2,234
Jan-Oct 2007 - 1,736

West Midlands Police
2003 - 3,838
2004 - 4,914
2005 - 5,131
2006 - 5,631
2007 (up to Sep) - 5,429

North Wales Police
2003 - 464 (multiple nationality 42)
2004 - 135 (76)
2005 - 661 (123)
2006 - 818 (169)
2007 (up to Sep) - 657 (106)

Cumbria Police
2003 - 172
2004 - 178
2005 - 235
2006 - 215
2007 (up to Sep) 178

Police Service of Northern Ireland
2006 - 5,178
2007 (up to Sep) - 3,211

Devon and Cornwall Police
2003 - 338
2004 - 544
2005 - 685
2006 - 859
2007 (to date) - 683

Warwickshire Police
2003 - 21
2004 - 203
2005 - 292
2006 - 383
2007 (up to Oct) - 477

The Metropolitan Police
2003 - 21,398
2004 - 29,685
2005 - 47,249
2006 - 43,789
2007 (up to Sep) - 34,956


Lancashire Police
05/06 - 1,359
06/07 - 1,074
Apr-Aug 07 - 492

South Wales Police
2003 - 1,328
2004 - 1,763
2005 - 2,027
2006 - 1,900
2007 (up to Sep) - 1,654


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