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Antisocial Behaviour

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, column 1484-86W, on crime: statistics, how many antisocial behaviour incidents were recorded in 2008-09; (289587)

(2) pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 74W, on public order offences, what data on antisocial behaviour will be collected as defined by the simplified National Incident Category List from 2009;

(3) pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 74W, on public order offences, if he will provide a breakdown of figures for incidents recorded in 2008-09.

The total number of incidents of antisocial behaviour recorded by the 43 police forces in England and Wales as defined within the National Incident Category List (NICL) for 2008-09 was 3,661,498. A detailed breakdown is given in the following tables.

The data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. The data are therefore provisional and may be subject to change.

A decision as to the data on antisocial behaviour incidents as defined by the NICL that will be collected centrally for 2009-10 will be made later this year. As part of the Home Office’s work to reduce the data burden on police forces, this data return has been reviewed and the monthly collection discontinued. A single annual return will be implemented, the extent and scope of which has yet to be finalised.

2008-09

Antisocial behaviour

Abandoned vehicles (not stolen or causing an obstruction)

Animal problems

Begging /vagrancy

Hoax calls to emergency services

Inappropriate use/sale/ possession of fireworks

Malicious communications

Noise

Prostitution related activity

F01 Avon and Somerset

1,558

2,773

724

4,996

632

2,993

1,578

164

F02 Bedfordshire

2,264

408

249

881

212

1,694

247

177

F03 Cambridgeshire

2,985

44

318

708

142

3,079

1,712

164

F04 Cheshire

1,446

1,158

314

801

364

3,980

323

10

F05 City of London

23

21

362

7

0

33

128

3

F06 Cleveland

1,752

1,601

155

2,416

404

4,231

76

107

F07 Cumbria

381

571

68

922

196

1,801

473

11

F08 Derbyshire

3,412

853

168

1,577

279

2,624

1,288

41

F09 Devon and Cornwall

2,463

2,234

847

3,627

352

7,011

545

18

F10 Dorset

2,801

529

1,138

606

264

2,730

1,166

132

F11 Durham

157

1,439

68

4,447

218

4,082

2,428

1

F12 Dyfed Powys

751

1,478

134

1,072

151

2,609

1,516

3

F13 Essex

3,093

2,694

168

2,993

880

3,258

1,644

136

F14 Gloucestershire

1,006

796

174

2,301

188

2,558

1,098

20

F15 Greater Manchester

15,208

815

1,517

10,140

1,643

12,143

809

172

F16 Gwent

1,104

1,331

100

1,601

301

5,348

598

22

F17 Hampshire

4,204

1,315

1,116

2,561

625

8,004

3,008

91

F18 Hertfordshire

5,789

793

288

4,346

430

3,843

3,064

14

F19 Humberside

1,855

836

241

1,373

436

4,080

475

63

F20 Kent

1,068

901

537

2,460

591

6,592

2,022

44

F21 Lancashire

4,827

3,460

852

6,023

1,241

9,070

3,830

174

F22 Leicestershire

3,058

805

269

3,970

314

1,458

661

175

F23 Lincolnshire

999

412

179

917

291

3,187

975

6

F24 Merseyside

2,248

1,867

643

3,160

883

4,183

1,794

111

F25 Metropolitan Police

13,519

13,852

8,231

1,138

4,647

18,518

10,650

1,638

F26 Norfolk

2,904

1,723

393

2,336

205

4,913

1,671

229

F27 Northamptonshire

2,171

600

141

1,616

270

3,832

641

16

F28 Northumbria

1,638

2,044

563

3,935

630

9,104

657

27

F29 North Wales

1,413

0

90

1,913

121

1,396

2,148

1

F30 North Yorkshire

1,627

911

386

737

277

4,569

368

11

F31 Nottinghamshire

3,748

1,471

235

11,106

604

3,545

1,520

69

F32 South Wales

5,162

1,270

625

1,757

227

4,674

279

556

F33 South Yorkshire

3,782

3,980

323

2,415

586

6,510

2,976

191

F34 Staffordshire

809

414

119

220

315

1,781

1,362

109

F35 Suffolk

1,839

989

131

1,766

51

4,383

526

97

F36 Surrey

3,537

1,331

234

5,094

326

2,172

1,214

23

F37 Sussex

4,206

2,206

152

6,703

249

4,410

745

13

F38 Thames Valley

5,620

1,239

617

2,748

386

2,495

4,038

190

F39 Warwickshire

1,845

192

38

566

88

2,692

530

6

F40 West Mercia

1,115

1,690

193

1,952

289

6,244

1,698

3

F41 West Midlands

3,261

1,873

1,878

18,516

1,308

8,310

4,669

658

F42 West Yorkshire

5,086

2,461

552

5,977

852

8,107

1,442

95

F43 Wiltshire

471

360

50

1,091

88

1,152

190

4

Total for Forces

128,205

67,740

25,580

135,491

22,556

199,398

68,782

5,795

Rowdy/ nuisance- environmental damage/ littering

Rowdy/ nuisance-neighbours

Rowdy/ nuisance-rowdy or inconsiderate behaviour

Street drinking

Solvent misuse

Trespass

Vehicle nuisance/ inappropriate vehicle use

Total

F01 Avon and Somerset

2,475

5,823

67,776

610

28

393

8,911

F02 Bedfordshire

252

3,203

25,348

341

11

290

5,711

F03 Cambridgeshire

150

4,721

34,727

390

2

71

4,703

F04 Cheshire

239

4,749

37,845

117

5

193

9,147

F05 City of London

7

17

1,283

70

0

13

87

F06 Cleveland

236

4,061

41,114

840

54

139

7,520

F07 Cumbria

455

3,872

29,076

439

9

409

2,052

F08 Derbyshire

462

5,623

50,242

640

17

89

7,498

F09 Devon and Cornwall

334

9,142

70,281

1,215

17

604

8,915

F10 Dorset

379

3,679

28,931

210

35

343

4,904

F11 Durham

133

2,819

36,563

1,773

19

298

9,545

F12 Dyfed Powys

368

4,417

17,056

579

13

355

5,325

F13 Essex

382

5,475

53,360

173

4

500

7,876

F14 Gloucestershire

240

2,503

20,184

232

19

181

2,860

F15 Greater Manchester

726

19,290

146,431

3,477

15

523

24,671

F16 Gwent

500

5,025

41,671

1,229

36

583

6,332

65,781

F17 Hampshire

872

10,132

83,654

1,723

243

1,101

13,702

132,351

F18 Hertfordshire

636

5,175

44,458

475

4

126

8,924

78,365

F19 Humberside

267

4,648

30,634

933

21

345

4,918

51,125

F20 Kent

638

9,003

37,172

452

7

475

14,548

76,510

F21 Lancashire

1,184

10,393

101,237

2,704

173

1,319

10,660

157,147

F22 Leicestershire

409

3,026

33,962

252

47

175

5,481

54,062

F23 Lincolnshire

237

1,809

25,919

326

7

203

4,170

39,637

F24 Merseyside

478

8,924

58,037

1,249

46

178

7,995

91,796

F25 Metropolitan Police

793

22,298

193,852

20,431

38,541

3,567

12,035

363,710

F26 Norfolk

613

3,879

39,683

286

68

127

4,982

64,012

F27 Northamptonshire

119

2,261

38,648

439

7

87

3,179

54,027

F28 Northumbria

1,816

14,107

87,629

3,155

322

418

16,966

143,011

F29 North Wales

536

1,502

30,969

403

0

76

2,977

43,545

F30 North Yorkshire

306

2,983

31,708

1,341

19

879

3,781

49,903

F31 Nottinghamshire

139

2,470

56,669

753

124

213

7,854

90,520

F32 South Wales

1,781

6,795

63,479

1,012

127

170

17,562

105,476

F33 South Yorkshire

722

5,413

83,796

1,498

175

165

16,290

128,822

F34 Staffordshire

349

5,213

44,069

982

214

433

4,500

60,889

F35 Suffolk

227

3,058

23,306

567

54

388

5,631

43,013

F36 Surrey

748

5,473

29,413

381

50

250

8,213

58,459

F37 Sussex

299

5,865

56,625

2,376

37

228

11,347

95,461

F38 Thames Valley

1,514

10,066

54,052

1,488

292

618

18,864

104,227

F39 Warwickshire

256

2,364

17,838

346

4

292

3,479

30,536

F40 West Mercia

956

7,172

51,328

281

26

605

11,828

85,380

F41 West Midlands

1,008

19,210

106,710

1,058

0

1,166

12,745

182,370

F42 West Yorkshire

437

7,434

90,994

614

48

561

14,528

139,188

F43 Wiltshire

51

965

14,988

61

4

77

3,141

22,693

Total for Forces

24,729

266,057

2,232,717

57,921

40,944

19,226

366,357

3,661,498