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<p /> <p>The number of offenders fined for speeding offences, by police force area,
in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the
table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Offenders fined at all courts for speeding
<sup>(1)</sup> offences, by police force area, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)(4)</sup></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Police Force Area</td><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan Police</td><td>9,649</td><td>8,702</td><td>8,877</td><td>9,025</td><td>7,736</td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria</td><td>2,009</td><td>1,542</td><td>1,212</td><td>1,277</td><td>1,473</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td>5,719</td><td>4,514</td><td>4,699</td><td>4,312</td><td>5,651</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside</td><td>1,627</td><td>2,529</td><td>2,412</td><td>2,078</td><td>2,545</td></tr><tr><td>Greater
Manchester</td><td>4,259</td><td>6,716</td><td>8,319</td><td>5,821</td><td>5,964</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td>2,697</td><td>2,862</td><td>2,181</td><td>2,151</td><td>1,788</td></tr><tr><td>Northumbria</td><td>2,688</td><td>2,919</td><td>2,345</td><td>2,581</td><td>2,160</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>486</td><td>401</td><td>555</td><td>411</td><td>469</td></tr><tr><td>North
Yorkshire</td><td>2,192</td><td>1,583</td><td>1,478</td><td>1,680</td><td>1,776</td></tr><tr><td>West
Yorkshire</td><td>4,951</td><td>4,429</td><td>3,668</td><td>4,374</td><td>4,567</td></tr><tr><td>South
Yorkshire</td><td>1,591</td><td>2,602</td><td>3,139</td><td>3,493</td><td>3,511</td></tr><tr><td>Humberside</td><td>3,254</td><td>2,649</td><td>2,680</td><td>2,815</td><td>3,046</td></tr><tr><td>Cleveland</td><td>519</td><td>658</td><td>1,129</td><td>1,197</td><td>813</td></tr><tr><td>West
Midlands</td><td>4,216</td><td>4,001</td><td>2,203</td><td>1,444</td><td>1,442</td></tr><tr><td>Staffordshire</td><td>2,667</td><td>3,193</td><td>2,861</td><td>4,065</td><td>5,164</td></tr><tr><td>West
Mercia</td><td>1,885</td><td>2,580</td><td>2,678</td><td>2,115</td><td>2,598</td></tr><tr><td>Warwickshire</td><td>1,249</td><td>1,848</td><td>2,583</td><td>2,327</td><td>2,778</td></tr><tr><td>Derbyshire</td><td>1,492</td><td>926</td><td>854</td><td>1,007</td><td>1,075</td></tr><tr><td>Nottinghamshire</td><td>2,953</td><td>2,696</td><td>2,554</td><td>3,046</td><td>2,900</td></tr><tr><td>Lincolnshire</td><td>3,316</td><td>2,241</td><td>2,800</td><td>3,308</td><td>3,179</td></tr><tr><td>Leicestershire</td><td>2,609</td><td>1,873</td><td>1,417</td><td>2,211</td><td>2,253</td></tr><tr><td>Northamptonshire</td><td>1,355</td><td>1,329</td><td>822</td><td>595</td><td>521</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridgeshire</td><td>3,355</td><td>2,483</td><td>2,433</td><td>3,529</td><td>2,831</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk</td><td>2,603</td><td>2,763</td><td>2,136</td><td>2,307</td><td>1,675</td></tr><tr><td>Suffolk</td><td>3,484</td><td>1,978</td><td>2,749</td><td>2,211</td><td>2,114</td></tr><tr><td>Bedfordshire</td><td>1,890</td><td>1,346</td><td>1,141</td><td>2,334</td><td>1,553</td></tr><tr><td>Hertfordshire</td><td>3,218</td><td>2,841</td><td>2,222</td><td>2,427</td><td>1,983</td></tr><tr><td>Essex</td><td>4,068</td><td>3,483</td><td>3,397</td><td>1,719</td><td>3,091</td></tr><tr><td>Thames
Valley</td><td>6,143</td><td>5,367</td><td>4,989</td><td>6,471</td><td>4,466</td></tr><tr><td>Hampshire</td><td>3,665</td><td>3,400</td><td>4,057</td><td>2,778</td><td>3,667</td></tr><tr><td>Surrey</td><td>2,611</td><td>2,169</td><td>2,642</td><td>3,584</td><td>3,134</td></tr><tr><td>Kent</td><td>2,652</td><td>3,150</td><td>3,036</td><td>3,362</td><td>3,915</td></tr><tr><td>Sussex</td><td>2,896</td><td>2,641</td><td>2,449</td><td>2,841</td><td>1,976</td></tr><tr><td>City
of London <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>507</td><td>323</td><td>732</td><td>.</td><td>.</td></tr><tr><td>Devon
and Cornwall</td><td>2,792</td><td>2,003</td><td>1,944</td><td>2,282</td><td>2,410</td></tr><tr><td>Avon
and Somerset</td><td>4,587</td><td>4,117</td><td>4,798</td><td>2,590</td><td>3,925</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucestershire</td><td>712</td><td>380</td><td>723</td><td>697</td><td>561</td></tr><tr><td>Wiltshire</td><td>4,553</td><td>3,720</td><td>856</td><td>719</td><td>406</td></tr><tr><td>Dorset</td><td>1,588</td><td>1,693</td><td>1,511</td><td>1,349</td><td>1,172</td></tr><tr><td>North
Wales</td><td>3,456</td><td>3,080</td><td>1,696</td><td>1,466</td><td>1,744</td></tr><tr><td>Gwent</td><td>1,272</td><td>1,380</td><td>1,414</td><td>1,902</td><td>2,486</td></tr><tr><td>South
Wales</td><td>2,118</td><td>2,181</td><td>2,647</td><td>5,152</td><td>6,491</td></tr><tr><td>Dyfed-Powys</td><td>1,001</td><td>988</td><td>1,153</td><td>1,468</td><td>2,540</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>England and Wales</td><td>122,554</td><td>114,279</td><td>110,191</td><td>112,521</td><td>115,549</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) Offences under SS16, 81, 84, 86, 88 & 89 Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(2) 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.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(3) 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.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(4) The category Otherwise Dealt
With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining
order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification from driving;
recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(5)
City of London Local Justice area ceased to exist with effect from 1 January 2012</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref:
PQ212647</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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