Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) became available from 1 April 1999. ASBO breach data are available for ASBOs issued between 1 June 2000 and 31 December 2006 (latest available). ASBO breach data are not compiled below Criminal Justice System (CJS) area level.
Centrally collected ASBO breach data only count those instances where the breach of the ASBO was proven in court to have occurred. An ASBO may be breached on more than one occasion and in more than one year. An ASBO may be issued in one CJS area and breached in another. The available information on the total number of occasions on which ASBOs were proven in court to have been breached in the Merseyside CJS area in each year is shown in the following table.
CJS area Merseyside Number 2000-022 16 2003 25 2004 79 2005 156 2006 170 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2006 446 1 ASBOs may be issued in one area and breached in another. Breaches are counted in this table by area of BREACH. 2 From 1 June 2000. Notes: 1. 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. 2. Prepared by OCJR Evidence and Analysis Unit. Source: OCJR Court Proceedings Database