Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued on application to magistrates courts and county courts became available on 1 April 1999. ASBOs made following conviction for a relevant criminal offence at the Crown court and at magistrates courts became available on 2 December 2002. The available information is shown in the table.
Information collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the number of ASBOs issued only counts those ASBOs issued by courts in England and Wales and is not compiled below Criminal Justice System (CJS) area level.
Area Apr19993Dec.2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 North East 22 22 29 55 134 268 176 122 England and Wales 241 350 427 1,349 3,479 4,122 2,705 2,299 1 Includes ASBOs issued on application by magistrates' courts acting in their civil capacity and county courts, which became available on 1 April 1999 and ASBOs made following conviction for a relevant criminal offence at the Crown Court and at magistrates' courts (acting in their criminal capacity), which became available on 2 December 2002. 2 The North East Government Office Region consists of the Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria Criminal Justice System (CJS) areas. 3 From 1 April 1999. 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: Previously issued data have been revised. Prepared by Justice Statistics Analytical Services.