Lincolnshire is the police force area in England and Wales with the highest number of speeding offences per capita, according to research from Forbes Advisor, the price comparison and financial guidance website. The study analysed the latest police force data from 2010 to 2020 on speeding offences for each region in England and Wales to establish where the speediest drivers commit their offences.
The data found that Lincolnshire has the highest number of speeding offences with 5.43 per 1,000 each year. Over the years examined, on average, there were 4,164 offences committed each year in Lincolnshire, although in 2020 there was a decade high 6,734 drivers caught breaking the speed limit.
South Wales ranked second with 5.23 offences per 1,000 residents, and a total of 7,030 offences across a population of 1.34 million. The year with the highest number of offences recorded was in 2018, with 8,894, which was more than three times higher than 2010 when only 2,603 drivers were charged with speeding in the region.
In third place is North Yorkshire, with an average of 3,774 speed limit offences per year from a population of 831,600, at an average of 4.54 speeding offences per 1,000. North Wales ranks fourth with 4.34 speeding offences per 1,000 residents. This comes as a result of 3,054 average speeding offences in the area per year across a population of 703,400.
Dyfed-Powys in Wales rounds out the top five, with an average of 4.33 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. Staffordshire ranks sixth with 4.23 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. This comes from a population of 1,139,800 and an average of 4,816 speeding offences being made each year in the area.
In seventh is West Yorkshire with an average of 4.18 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. When broken down, this comes as a result of a total population count of 2,345,200 and 9,792 average speeding offences each year. Lancashire and Bedfordshire take the eighth and ninth spots respectively.
Lancashire has 4.017 (4.02) speeding offences being made each year per 1,000 residents whilst Bedfordshire has ever so slightly less at 4.016 (4.02) per 1,000 residents.Cheshire rounds out the top ten with 3.89 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. This comes down to an average of 4,157 offences being made each year in Cheshire on average across a population of 1,069,600.