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POLICE FORCE AREAS
Police force areas varied widely in the number of
drink driving tests carried out in 2006 per 100,000
population,from 240 in West Midlands to 3,600 in Cheshire.
Map1 illustrates the distribution across England and Wales.
Forces with the highest number of tests per 100,000
population were Cheshire, North Wales, Cumbria and
Cleveland. The proportion of tests, which are positive
or refused, also varied by force, from six per cent
in Cheshire, Cumbria and North Wales to 75 per cent
in Gwent (see Note 16).
Map2 shows police force areas by the number of positive
or refused tests per 100,000 population in 2006. Forces
with the highest rates of positive tests per 100,000
population were West Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Dorset,
Gloucestershire and Metropolitan (including City of
London).
• 601,600 screening breath tests were carried out
during 2006, one per cent less than in 2005
• The number of positive or refused tests in 2006
rose by one per cent from 104,300 in 2005 to 105,700
in 2006
• The proportion of tests positive or refused in 2006
was 18 per cent, one percentage point higher then
in 2005
Total
tests per 100,000 population by police force area
2006
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