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Antisocial Behaviour: Alcoholic Drinks

Volume 489: debated on Tuesday 17 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been issued with penalty notices for disorder for being drunk and disorderly in each of the last three years. (262468)

The number of people that have been issued with penalty notices for disorder for being drunk and disorderly in England and Wales from 2005 to 2007 can be found in the following table.

Number of penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) issued for being drunk and disorderly, England and Wales, 2005 to 2007, broken down by age, sex and police force area1

2005

2006

2007

Force

Age

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Avon and Somerset

16-17

7

11

1

10

1

18-20

70

11

57

5

58

10

21 and over

221

69

138

31

161

25

Total

298

80

206

37

229

36

Bedfordshire

16-17

14

4

12

3

10

2

18-20

54

10

57

12

42

4

21 and over

194

32

191

29

184

23

Total

262

46

260

44

236

29

British Transport Police1

16-17

7

2

29

2

18-20

73

4

94

7

21 and over

457

58

653

85

Total

537

64

776

94

Cambridgeshire

16-17

15

1

14

18

3

18-20

81

21

59

12

84

11

21 and over

285

44

237

39

278

34

Total

381

66

310

51

380

48

Cheshire

16-17

13

4

7

2

25

3

18-20

32

2

17

6

120

22

21 and over

126

26

68

29

358

77

Total

171

32

92

37

503

102

City of London

16-17

3

1

18-20

11

18

1

21

5

21 and over

93

6

172

13

230

27

Total

107

6

190

14

252

32

Cleveland

16-17

42

19

20

3

31

12

18-20

170

30

66

13

112

18

21 and over

384

77

165

29

290

83

Total

596

126

251

45

433

113

Cumbria

16-17

50

12

46

12

12

3

18-20

168

31

164

33

178

21

21 and over

337

80

367

95

430

96

Total

555

123

577

140

620

120

Derbyshire

16-17

50

10

51

13

53

12

18-20

133

17

147

22

180

23

21 and over

281

80

363

84

428

85

Total

464

107

561

119

661

120

Devon and Cornwall

16-17

67

17

91

26

78

14

18-20

339

56

504

62

453

60

21 and over

1,049

186

1,218

223

969

168

Total

1,455

259

1,813

311

1,500

242

Dorset

16-17

4

5

4

13

1

18-20

26

7

54

2

42

5

21 and over

82

10

102

12

130

16

Total

112

17

161

18

185

22

Durham

16-17

8

2

5

1

4

18-20

234

40

139

39

240

37

21 and over

398

101

297

61

496

125

Total

640

143

441

101

740

162

Essex

16-17

39

6

40

10

22

2

18-20

139

22

185

27

91

14

21 and over

403

63

551

92

293

56

Total

581

91

776

129

406

72

Gloucestershire

16-17

14

1

10

4

10

4

18-20

51

13

34

7

22

5

21 and over

229

43

132

29

88

11

Total

294

57

176

40

120

20

Greater Manchester

16-17

36

9

26

6

24

12

18-20

108

14

58

7

68

16

21 and over

330

76

210

41

231

44

Total

474

99

294

54

323

72

Hampshire

16-17

63

6

17

7

18

6

18-20

247

22

122

17

148

21

21 and over

604

104

370

45

346

46

Total

914

132

509

69

512

73

Hertfordshire

16-17

24

7

20

4

21

2

18-20

95

11

42

7

80

14

21 and over

183

29

137

25

145

26

Total

302

47

199

36

246

42

Humberside

16-17

46

8

56

19

42

11

18-20

155

24

224

37

151

21

21 and over

378

73

599

81

385

65

Total

579

105

879

137

578

97

Kent

16-17

102

19

111

27

125

29

18-20

390

46

400

53

514

66

21 and over

868

178

1,120

208

1,289

244

Total

1,360

243

1,631

288

1,928

339

Lancashire

16-17

330

84

379

107

426

126

18-20

992

128

1,043

183

1,188

227

21 and over

2,684

538

2,733

550

3,181

750

Total

4,006

750

4,155

840

4,795

1,103

Leicestershire

16-17

4

1

7

3

18-20

22

4

12

1

81

10

21 and over

54

7

56

7

293

36

Total

80

11

69

8

381

49

Lincolnshire

16-17

5

1

11

5

18-20

21

3

19

4

15

2

21 and over

42

6

53

11

51

4

Total

68

10

83

15

71

6

Merseyside

16-17

268

74

267

88

248

74

18-20

772

124

681

118

725

136

21 and over

1,999

437

1,801

398

2,243

469

Total

3,039

635

2,749

604

3,216

679

Metropolitan Police

16-17

80

13

67

20

68

16

18-20

468

48

404

59

372

66

21 and over

2,895

484

2,806

448

2,572

400

Total

3,443

545

3,277

527

3,012

482

Norfolk

16-17

5

1

1

8

18-20

24

4

19

4

62

7

21 and over

95

20

74

16

184

23

Total

124

25

94

20

254

30

Northamptonshire

16-17

40

12

44

14

17

2

18-20

150

26

126

7

78

11

21 and over

367

62

310

61

222

26

Total

557

100

480

82

317

39

Northumbria

16-17

21

5

173

55

203

73

18-20

386

70

876

186

1,066

270

21 and over

804

149

2,224

471

2,610

817

Total

1,211

224

3,273

712

3,879

1,160

North Yorkshire

16-17

36

10

50

29

18-20

171

28

234

38

264

36

21 and over

517

94

589

111

623

99

Total

688

122

859

159

937

164

Nottinghamshire

16-17

21

7

19

4

28

6

18-20

164

24

106

18

152

17

21 and over

403

51

310

65

356

66

Total

588

82

435

87

536

89

South Yorkshire

16-17

89

22

150

45

144

49

18-20

502

72

543

91

592

107

21 and over

1,299

286

1,323

288

1,546

282

Total

1,890

380

2,016

424

2,282

438

Staffordshire

16-17

21

5

31

4

27

4

18-20

104

15

89

7

96

16

21 and over

258

51

247

55

245

45

Total

383

71

367

66

368

65

Suffolk

16-17

26

2

17

2

3

18-20

110

10

103

8

26

2

21 and over

226

30

225

21

55

12

Total

362

42

345

31

84

14

Surrey

16-17

7

2

10

5

16

4

18-20

93

15

114

12

72

11

21 and over

233

51

325

64

183

58

Total

333

68

449

81

271

73

Sussex

16-17

89

20

66

11

59

19

18-20

323

57

376

49

373

57

21 and over

906

167

941

156

929

174

Total

1,318

244

1,383

216

1,361

250

Thames Valley

16-17

4

13

6

8

4

18-20

78

9

69

7

80

12

21 and over

224

17

163

25

227

32

Total

306

26

245

38

315

48

Warwickshire

16-17

9

9

1

8

1

18-20

33

5

11

29

10

21 and over

69

11

36

3

66

6

Total

111

16

56

4

103

17

West Mercia

16-17

41

4

51

13

38

5

18-20

130

9

191

26

148

34

21 and over

234

32

377

61

350

51

Total

405

45

619

100

536

90

West Midlands

16-17

86

19

110

42

179

37

18-20

373

40

600

74

849

107

21 and over

1,056

184

1,616

223

2,321

359

Total

1,515

243

2,326

339

3,349

503

West Yorkshire

16-17

122

21

257

49

152

34

18-20

427

52

831

136

659

108

21 and over

1,188

244

2,129

428

1,565

336

Total

1,737

317

3,217

613

2,376

478

Wiltshire

16-17

6

18

6

15

6

18-20

93

8

90

15

72

4

21 and over

237

38

233

42

176

24

Total

336

46

341

63

263

34

Dyfed-Powys

16-17

19

3

19

1

13

18-20

87

8

82

15

63

4

21 and over

266

35

224

46

174

32

Total

372

46

325

62

250

36

Gwent

16-17

22

2

12

2

16

18-20

56

10

72

4

54

4

21 and over

121

20

173

22

119

17

Total

199

32

257

28

189

21

North Wales

16-17

83

14

116

32

100

27

18-20

301

29

293

44

274

27

21 and over

664

115

704

118

680

113

Total

1,048

158

1,113

194

1,054

167

South Wales

16-17

24

2

61

10

21

4

18-20

109

14

166

28

72

5

21 and over

281

65

464

96

212

51

Total

414

81

691

134

305

60

England and Wales

16-17

2,019

438

2,487

671

2,405

642

18-20

8,492

1,189

9,570

1,500

10,160

1,670

21 and over

23,567

4,471

27,030

5,010

28,567

5,618

Total

34,078

6,098

39,087

7,181

41,132

7,930

1 British Transport Police did not start issuing PNDs until 2006

Source:

Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform