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<p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of using or causing others to
use a mobile phone while driving in England and Wales, by police force area, from
2012 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data
for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018. Case volumes have been falling in
lines with motoring offences in general.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Offenders found guilty
at all courts of 'Using or causing others to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving',
England and Wales , by police force area, 2012 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Police
Force Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon
and Somerset</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon
and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>997</p></td><td><p>1,359</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater
Manchester</p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>855</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan
Police</p></td><td><p>7,244</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>5,608</p></td><td><p>5,759</p></td><td><p>3,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Wales</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Wales</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames
Valley</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>518</p></td><td><p>817</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Mercia</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>805</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>564</p></td><td><p>492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England
and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,135</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,472</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,093</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,961</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
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</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons
for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with.
When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for
which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two
or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum
penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(2) 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.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry
of Justice.</p>
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