Regional rape conviction rates

Below is a table showing the regional conviction rates for rape for police forces in England and Wales in 2004.

The percentage figure shows the proportion of rapes reported to the police which ended up leading to a conviction in court.

Police force

Conviction rate %

 

 

England & Wales

5.29

 

 

Avon and Somerset

4.76

Bedfordshire

8.33

Cambridgeshire

1.75

Cheshire

6.44

Cleveland

7.75

Cumbria

12.79

Derbyshire

7.55

Devon and Cornwall

4.01

Dorset

3.66

Durham

9.18

Dyfed Powys

4.55

Essex

3.49

Gloucestershire

0.86

Greater Manchester

3.98

Gwent

6.48

Hampshire

2.98

Hertfordshire

6.95

Humberside

2.85

Kent

3.55

Lancashire

7.45

Leicestershire

3.85

Lincolnshire

3.06

Merseyside

5.58

Metropolitan Police (7)

4.88

Norfolk

5.13

North Wales

4.71

North Yorkshire

9.74

Northamptonshire

13.79

Northumbria

6.35

Nottinghamshire

4.91

South Wales

12.18

South Yorkshire

10.74

Staffordshire

5.33

Suffolk

1.60

Surrey

3.65

Sussex

3.35

Thames Valley

3.97

Warwickshire

3.41

West Mercia

6.20

West Midlands

6.19

West Yorkshire

8.7

Wiltshire

6.0