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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Greater London

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 12 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in each month of the last five years in (i) each region and (ii) each London borough. (132639)

Data collected centrally on the number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued are compiled on a quarterly basis. Data, up to 31 December 2005 (latest available), broken down by Criminal Justice System (CJS) area are given in table A.

Information on the number of ASBOs issued by the local authority area within which prohibitions have been imposed is published annually. It can be found on the crime reduction website at: http://www.crime reduction.gov.uk/asbos/asbos2.htm and is given in table B.

ASBO breach data are available annually by CJS area only. Information is given in table C.

Table A: Number of antisocial behaviour orders issued at all courts as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, by Criminal Justice System area, year and quarter, 2001 to 2005, England and Wales

2001

2002

CJS area

Total issued

Jan-Mar

Apr-Jun

Jul-Sep

Oct-Dec

Total

Jan-Mar

Apr-Jun

Jul-Sep

Oct-Dec

Total

Avon and Somerset

210

3

8

3

5

19

1

4

2

3

10

Bedfordshire

82

2

0

0

2

4

0

3

1

0

4

Cambridgeshire

95

2

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

1

2

Cheshire

208

0

0

0

2

2

0

5

7

1

13

Cleveland

111

0

2

2

0

4

0

1

1

3

5

Cumbria

114

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

5

5

13

Derbyshire

118

1

1

0

4

6

2

0

0

0

2

Devon and Cornwall

177

3

4

3

0

10

0

1

0

2

3

Dorset

75

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

Durham

91

3

2

1

3

9

2

2

1

3

8

Essex

149

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

Gloucestershire

66

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

1

Greater London

1,144

4

4

4

3

15

5

2

2

12

21

Greater Manchester

1,225

3

1

7

14

25

8

15

23

32

78

Hampshire

270

1

1

1

3

6

1

2

3

4

10

Hertfordshire

144

4

1

2

2

9

1

1

2

2

6

Humberside

227

1

0

1

2

4

1

2

1

0

4

Kent

156

10

1

1

5

17

1

0

0

15

16

Lancashire

352

4

3

1

3

11

4

6

2

1

13

Leicestershire

116

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Lincolnshire

43

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

2

0

2

Merseyside

297

2

4

0

1

7

3

6

4

9

22

Norfolk

117

7

0

4

1

12

9

0

0

0

9

Northamptonshire

82

0

0

0

5

5

0

0

1

0

1

Northumbria

297

0

2

0

7

9

9

1

3

3

16

North Yorkshire

91

0

1

6

0

7

0

0

0

0

0

Nottinghamshire

251

0

8

3

0

11

1

0

1

0

2

South Yorkshire

244

1

0

4

2

7

2

4

6

7

19

Staffordshire

166

2

2

2

0

6

2

9

1

0

12

Suffolk

165

0

2

0

2

4

1

0

0

4

5

Surrey

108

0

0

2

0

2

2

0

0

0

2

Sussex

241

0

0

0

3

3

0

0

10

6

16

Thames Valley

161

2

3

0

2

7

2

1

3

0

6

Warwickshire

86

1

0

1

0

2

3

3

4

5

15

West Mercia

223

10

21

4

4

39

13

4

5

8

30

West Midlands

748

10

22

12

14

58

2

10

5

13

30

West Yorkshire

690

4

1

5

4

14

2

6

1

5

14

Wiltshire

52

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

England

9,192

80

97

71

96

344

78

93

97

146

414

Dyfed Powys

35

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gwent

72

1

0

0

1

2

2

0

0

0

2

North Wales

167

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

2

7

South Wales

146

0

0

1

3

4

0

3

0

0

3

Wales

420

1

0

1

4

6

4

3

3

2

12

Total E and W

9,612

81

97

72

100

350

82

96

100

148

426

20032004

CJS area

Jan-Mar

Apr-Jun

Jul-Sep

Oct-Dec

Total

Jan-Mar

Apr-Jun

Jul-Sep

Oct-Dec

Total

Avon and Somerset

1

8

14

8

31

16

20

32

21

89

Bedfordshire

5

3

2

6

16

1

4

9

4

18

Cambridgeshire

5

6

2

2

15

8

6

9

3

26

Cheshire

6

6

10

11

33

8

20

14

20

62

Cleveland

0

2

8

4

14

4

3

7

14

28

Cumbria

6

8

5

1

20

4

8

9

10

31

Derbyshire

4

3

0

3

10

9

17

12

8

46

Devon and Cornwall

2

3

6

1

12

3

22

31

24

80

Dorset

2

4

7

4

17

6

6

18

6

36

Durham

3

0

8

5

16

9

8

4

10

31

Essex

0

2

2

12

16

11

9

15

24

59

Gloucestershire

1

2

4

0

7

3

5

8

10

26

Greater London

10

31

41

57

139

84

94

133

130

441

Greater Manchester

14

60

74

88

236

101

100

114

115

430

Hampshire

4

6

16

17

43

17

27

28

27

99

Hertfordshire

7

1

1

8

17

13

11

12

4

40

Humberside

0

2

5

3

10

4

14

27

27

72

Kent

3

7

1

14

25

6

19

11

18

54

Lancashire

15

13

10

16

54

27

25

38

36

126

Leicestershire

1

2

3

9

15

6

4

10

21

41

Lincolnshire

0

3

1

3

7

5

1

4

2

12

Merseyside

7

6

15

16

44

24

20

25

27

96

Norfolk

5

1

1

0

7

7

8

17

11

43

Northamptonshire

2

1

1

2

6

3

12

8

16

39

Northumbria

5

10

7

3

25

10

16

16

32

74

North Yorkshire

2

0

0

7

9

8

9

11

13

41

Nottinghamshire

1

6

6

8

21

14

18

22

37

91

South Yorkshire

3

10

10

11

34

9

20

25

26

80

Staffordshire

8

7

7

8

30

13

8

25

13

59

Suffolk

7

4

6

8

25

11

16

25

26

78

Surrey

1

2

2

2

7

7

13

13

15

48

Sussex

1

8

9

13

31

6

34

25

32

97

Thames Valley

4

4

2

6

16

12

18

31

16

77

Warwickshire

3

0

5

3

11

9

5

6

8

28

West Mercia

11

5

6

6

28

8

13

15

20

56

West Midlands

24

26

38

31

119

36

51

63

88

238

West Yorkshire

17

17

26

37

97

86

80

69

70

305

Wiltshire

0

1

2

6

9

6

6

4

4

20

England

190

280

363

439

1,272

614

770

945

988

3,317

Dyfed Powys

1

2

8

1

12

4

2

2

0

8

Gwent

1

1

4

2

8

4

5

9

9

27

North Wales

0

6

4

5

15

9

6

12

15

42

South Wales

13

2

3

11

29

4

12

18

12

46

Wales

15

11

19

19

64

21

25

41

36

123

Total England and Wales

205

291

382

458

1,336

635

795

986

1,024

3,440

2005

CJS area

Jan-Mar

Apr-Jun

Jul-Sep

Oct-Dec

Total

Avon and Somerset

27

12

11

11

61

Bedfordshire

5

19

6

10

40

Cambridgeshire

14

15

11

10

50

Cheshire

27

30

29

12

98

Cleveland

15

13

17

15

60

Cumbria

11

15

14

9

49

Derbyshire

16

13

11

14

54

Devon and Cornwall

30

16

18

8

72

Dorset

3

6

6

4

19

Durham

4

10

6

7

27

Essex

26

25

15

6

72

Gloucestershire

14

12

3

1

30

Greater London

154

143

118

113

528

Greater Manchester

124

133

115

84

456

Hampshire

32

34

27

19

112

Hertfordshire

21

17

20

14

72

Humberside

36

36

36

29

137

Kent

14

12

10

8

44

Lancashire

33

38

44

33

148

Leicestershire

28

16

4

11

59

Lincolnshire

5

5

5

5

20

Merseyside

39

41

21

27

128

Norfolk

13

13

12

8

46

Northamptonshire

13

8

9

1

31

Northumbria

51

53

42

27

173

North Yorkshire

10

3

11

10

34

Nottinghamshire

41

28

34

23

126

South Yorkshire

34

25

17

28

104

Staffordshire

14

21

16

8

59

Suffolk

11

18

10

14

53

Surrey

14

13

12

10

49

Sussex

22

29

22

21

94

Thames Valley

16

12

12

15

55

Warwickshire

6

9

11

4

30

West Mercia

10

24

18

18

70

West Midlands

92

81

83

47

303

West Yorkshire

58

61

65

76

260

Wiltshire

7

8

5

2

22

England

1,090

1,067

926

762

3,845

Dyfed Powys

1

2

5

7

15

Gwent

7

14

7

5

33

North Wales

23

31

29

20

103

South Wales

15

15

18

16

64

Wales

46

62

59

48

215

Total England and Wales

1,136

1,129

985

810

4,060

Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Table B : Number of ASBOs issued annually at all courts, where prohibitions have been imposed in local government authority areas in Greater London, 2001-05

Greater London boroughs

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Total issued

Barking and Dagenham

2

4

19

25

Barnet

2

1

10

9

22

Bexley

6

4

4

6

20

Brent

8

6

11

25

Bromley

5

3

5

13

Camden

1

10

30

57

69

167

City of London Corp

10

6

16

Croydon

7

8

10

25

Ealing

1

14

9

24

Enfield

2

4

15

21

Greenwich

3

1

3

8

11

26

Hackney

1

1

1

15

14

32

Hammersmith and Fulham

2

4

12

16

34

Haringey

5

34

25

64

Harrow

1

12

2

15

Havering

1

9

19

29

Hillingdon

18

36

54

Hounslow

7

23

22

52

Islington

10

6

10

26

Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough

1

9

7

17

Kingston-on-Thames

4

4

5

13

Lambeth

2

1

2

20

20

45

Lewisham

2

5

16

12

35

Merton

1

2

13

10

26

Newham

2

5

11

18

Redbridge

1

8

9

18

Richmond upon Thames

3

10

13

26

Southwark

8

11

18

37

Sutton

7

7

19

33

Tower Hamlets

1

3

16

36

56

Waltham Forest

15

11

26

Wandsworth

6

12

12

30

Westminster

6

38

35

79

Total

15

21

140

441

532

1,149

Notes: 1. This local authority area table differs from criminal justice system (CJS) area tables in that an issuing court can be outside the area in which the restrictions have been imposed. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Table C: Number of persons proven in court to have breached their ASBO in each Criminal Justice System (CJS) area1, in each year, from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2005

CJS area

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Avon and Somerset

5

6

15

52

67

Bedfordshire

5

9

9

22

Cambridgeshire

3

2

8

14

22

Cheshire

6

13

43

67

Cleveland

2

5

12

28

58

Cumbria

2

2

17

35

55

Derbyshire

4

5

5

17

36

Devon and Cornwall

3

1

8

18

39

Dorset

1

1

8

25

37

Durham

9

13

20

31

44

Essex

1

2

29

70

Gloucestershire

1

1

5

13

36

Greater London

9

13

45

182

372

Greater Manchester

9

23

134

308

531

Hampshire

4

25

66

95

Hertfordshire

4

7

24

37

Humberside

1

5

7

26

86

Kent

1

2

5

3

6

Lancashire

7

12

35

76

131

Leicestershire

3

4

23

47

Lincolnshire

1

5

9

18

Merseyside

5

4

18

49

96

Norfolk

2

8

5

14

31

North Yorkshire

5

2

15

25

Northamptonshire

1

3

3

3

Northumbria

10

16

36

110

Nottinghamshire

5

6

10

39

80

South Yorkshire

2

8

26

46

82

Staffordshire

1

5

13

25

43

Suffolk

1

1

9

24

50

Surrey

1

2

3

19

41

Sussex

1

4

17

43

87

Thames Valley

2

8

31

50

Warwickshire

8

12

18

30

West Mercia

11

18

27

41

67

West Midlands

25

40

84

163

250

West Yorkshire

7

9

38

190

303

Wiltshire

1

5

12

19

England

121

244

685

1,799

3,243

Dyfed Powys

5

5

7

Gwent

2

2

2

18

35

North Wales

1

4

9

20

65

South Wales

4

14

22

40

Wales

3

10

30

65

147

England and Wales

124

254

715

1,864

3,390

1 ASBOs may be issued in one area and breached in another. Breaches are counted in this table on area of BREACH. Notes: 1. It is possible for an individual to breach their ASBO in more than one year, so persons may be counted more than once in this table. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: OCJR Court Proceedings Database.