Police Recorded Crime statistics do not specify whether alcohol was an aggravating factor in an offence unless specifically stated.
The offence of ‘causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs (offence code 4.6)’ is recorded together with ‘causing death by dangerous driving (offence code 4.4)’. An individual breakdown of figures within these classifications is not available.
The available combined figures for offence codes 4.4 and 4.6 are given in the following tables.
Offences recorded 1996 9 1997 4 Note: Police crime statistics were recorded on a calendar year basis up to 1997 and thereafter on a financial year basis.
Offences recorded 1998-99 6 1999-2000 5 2000-01 2 2001-02 9 Note: An expanded offence coverage and revised set of counting rules were introduced in April 1998. Figures recorded before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.
Offences recorded 2002-03 5 2003-04 12 2004-05 6 2005-06 10 Note: Numbers of recorded crime were affected by changes in reporting and recording following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002. These data are not directly comparable with earlier years.
The requested information is not available centrally.
From April 1998 offences of credit card fraud were separately recorded. Prior to this date these offences were recorded within the ‘other frauds’ classification.
The available figures are given in the following tables.
Offences recorded 1998-99 2,035 1999-2000 1,633 2000-01 3,233 2001-02 3,085 Note: An expanded offence coverage and revised set of counting rules were introduced in April 1998. Figures recorded before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.
Offences recorded 2002-03 2,694 2003-04 3,319 2004-05 2,927 2005-06 1,882 Note: Numbers of recorded crime were affected by changes in reporting and recording following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002. These data are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.