POLICE
FORCE
AREAS
Police
force
areas
varied
widely
in
the
number
of
tests
carried
out
in
2005
per
100,000
population,
from
270
in
West
Midlands
to
3,200
in
North
Wales.
Figure
5
illustrates
the
distribution
across
England
and
Wales.
Forces
with
the
highest
number
of
tests
per
100,000
population
were
North
Wales,
Cumbria,
Cheshire,
Hampshire,
and
Essex.
The
proportion
of
tests,
which
are
positive
or
refused,
also
varied
by
force,
from
six
per
cent
in
Cumbria
and
North
Wales
to
62
per
cent
in
Gwent
(see
Note
16).
Figure
6
shows
police
force
areas
by
the
number
of
positive
or
refused
tests
per
100,000
population
in
2005.
Forces
with
the
highest
rates
of
positive
tests
per
100,000
population
were
South
Yorkshire,
Thames
Valley,
Dorset,
South
Wales,
Hampshire
and
Nottinghamshire.
Total
tests
per
100,000
population
by
police
force
area
2005