Gun crime has risen by over a third during the last year. To see how your area has been affected check the table below.
| Police force |
Gun crime 2001-2002 |
Gun crime 2000-2001 |
| Avon & Somerset |
131 |
101 |
| Bedfordshire |
82 |
48 |
| Cambridgeshire |
49 |
31 |
| Cheshire |
50 |
44 |
| Cleveland |
24 |
16 |
| Cumbria |
9 |
13 |
| Derbyshire |
58 |
72 |
| Devon & Cornwall |
50 |
64 |
| Dorset |
34 |
14 |
| Durham |
19 |
18 |
| Essex |
98 |
77 |
| Gloucestershire |
45 |
23 |
| Greater Manchester |
1,361 |
964 |
| Hampshire |
58 |
49 |
| Hertfordshire |
69 |
36 |
| Humberside |
63 |
69 |
| Kent |
60 |
109 |
| Lancashire |
103 |
59 |
| Leicestershire |
71 |
58 |
| Lincolnshire |
22 |
24 |
| City of London |
5 |
5 |
| Merseyside |
299 |
278 |
| Metropolitan |
4,192 |
2,817 |
| Norfolk |
26 |
20 |
| Northamptonshire |
55 |
40 |
| Northumbria |
86 |
99 |
| North Yorkshire |
28 |
9 |
| Nottinghamshire |
204 |
157 |
| South Yorkshire |
170 |
129 |
| Staffordshire |
116 |
115 |
| Suffolk |
15 |
22 |
| Surrey |
40 |
52 |
| Sussex |
155 |
110 |
| Thames Valley |
267 |
198 |
| Warwickshire |
53 |
39 |
| West Mercia |
54 |
38 |
| West Midlands |
1,289 |
887 |
| West Yorkshire |
332 |
335 |
| Wiltshire |
26 |
13 |
| Dyfed Powys |
26 |
26 |
| Gwent |
18 |
11 |
| North Wales |
6 |
6 |
| South Wales |
56 |
67 |
| Total 9,974 (7,362) |
9,974 |
7,362 |
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