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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

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Information on charging is not held centrally.Information on the number of males and females prosecuted, and convicted for (A) drunk and disorderly behaviour, (B) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (C) causing death by dangerous driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each London borough, for the years 2001 to 2005 can be viewed in tables A to C respectively.In addition, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) may be issued for the offence of being drunk and disorderly. No admission of guilt is required and payment of the penalty discharges all liability to conviction of the offence.PND data held centrally are at Metropolitan and City of London Police Force area level only. The number of PNDs issued in these two areas for being drunk and disorderly was 3,928 to males and 499 to females in 2004, and 2,768 to males and 392 to females in 2005.Detailed information on court proceedings including convictions, cautions and PNDs for 2006 will be published in the autumn of 2007.

Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts for the offence of any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour, by gender, and London borough(s) for the years 2001 to 2005¹,²,³,4
	Male
	Prosecuted	Found guilty
London borough	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Guildhall Justice Rooms	39	51	60	49	46	23	38	43	43	38
Bow Street	262	701	610	147	63	217	590	534	140	57
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	31	51	80	42	58	23	43	66	26	46
Greenwich and Woolwich	37	117	84	41	35	35	112	80	33	32
Highbury Corner	24	32	106	62	45	16	30	95	52	37
Horseferry Road	139	276	259	181	207	124	239	229	161	178
Marylebone	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
South Western	23	25	38	13	15	20	21	28	10	13
Thames	21	41	44	25	26	18	31	37	21	21
West London	90	151	166	77	68	72	119	116	61	55
Inner London Juvenile Courts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barking and Dagenham	13	24	38	8	8	9	17	29	8	8
Barnet	10	21	24	11	10	9	15	22	9	9
Bexley	13	28	105	41	7	9	24	73	28	5
Brent	22	26	37	24	23	16	21	29	19	20
Bromley	85	87	78	29	10	61	69	68	18	8
Croydon	147	115	34	38	7	82	69	28	27	7
Ealing	26	75	36	40	18	23	62	33	35	14
Enfield	23	7	11	11	10	18	5	7	7	6
Haringey	8	22	25	14	8	6	15	19	11	7
Harrow	17	23	16	15	9	13	18	14	10	7
Havering	65	85	62	39	10	57	74	57	33	7
Hillingdon	63	79	72	32	31	54	70	62	27	26
Hounslow	42	52	38	35	19	29	39	30	28	15
Kingston-upon-Thames	31	22	34	15	16	26	20	24	15	15
Merton	41	35	61	32	4	40	34	51	28	4
Newham	23	35	23	20	32	17	23	20	17	29
Redbridge	8	34	23	9	7	7	28	21	7	6
Richmond upon Thames	40	45	35	14	14	38	33	20	11	10
Sutton	57	59	82	24	12	48	51	72	23	8
Waltham Forest	2	5	8	6	6	1	5	8	6	6
Total	1,404	2,327	2,291	1,096	825	1,113	1,917	1,917	915	695

	Female
	Prosecuted	Found guilty
London borough	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Guildhall Justice Rooms	5	2	10	4	5	5	0	6	2	5
Bow Street	23	48	51	22	9	20	36	38	19	9
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	2	3	8	10	8	0	1	5	3	7
Greenwich and Woolwich	2	10	5	2	9	2	9	5	1	6
Highbury Corner	5	9	18	10	8	4	6	17	8	6
Horseferry Road	21	29	28	17	16	16	24	22	10	16
Marylebone	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Western	2	2	2	4	0	1	2	2	3	0
Thames	3	3	3	1	4	3	1	1	1	2
West London	7	9	20	13	14	3	5	14	9	14
Inner London Juvenile Courts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barking and Dagenham	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Barnet	4	5	7	1	1	4	4	7	1	1
Bexley	0	2	4	5	0	0	2	2	4	0
Brent	1	2	4	4	1	0	2	4	3	1
Bromley	8	11	14	4	4	3	9	10	3	4
Croydon	11	11	5	2	1	8	7	3	2	1
Ealing	3	4	2	2	4	2	4	1	2	3
Enfield	0	1	2	2	3	0	1	2	2	2
Haringey	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	1
Harrow	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	1
Havering	1	5	11	3	2	1	2	8	3	2
Hillingdon	6	7	6	5	2	6	4	4	4	2
Hounslow	3	5	0	3	2	3	2	0	1	2
Kingston-upon-Thames	1	3	4	3	1	1	2	4	2	0
Merton	5	1	8	7	2	4	1	4	5	2
Newham	1	2	4	3	30	1	2	4	3	16
Redbridge	0	1	3	1	1	0	1	3	1	1
Richmond upon Thames	3	1	7	2	1	3	0	6	2	1
Sutton	8	8	10	3	3	8	6	7	2	3
Waltham Forest	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total	131	189	245	139	134	100	138	185	102	108
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
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.
³ Statute for offence is as follows:
The Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91
4 Source: Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Source:
RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
Our ref: IOS 290-07 [Table A]

Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by gender, and London borough(s) for the years 2001 to 2005¹,²,³,4,5
	Male
	Prosecuted	Found guilty
London borough	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Guildhall Justice Rooms	139	207	197	151	183	129	181	187	130	152
Bow Street	145	197	235	202	174	134	187	216	183	160
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	866	955	984	1,014	983	753	871	904	935	936
Greenwich and Woolwich	851	821	845	713	745	769	747	782	684	689
Highbury Corner	547	579	553	603	563	482	504	487	541	527
Horseferry Road	347	349	289	297	308	303	314	253	267	292
Marylebone	20	39	32	47	21	12	25	20	33	19
South Western	340	421	398	318	291	303	371	362	289	283
Thames	552	647	614	561	643	501	588	549	521	594
West London	541	591	576	524	525	491	535	517	469	468
Inner London Juvenile Courts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barking and Dagenham	260	362	388	299	291	246	332	346	279	268
Barnet	339	337	312	345	316	315	302	291	325	299
Bexley	285	314	241	249	207	259	290	224	228	196
Brent	483	520	538	433	428	404	458	488	392	395
Bromley	307	332	347	360	359	273	302	319	332	333
Croydon	401	470	429	448	437	382	415	377	386	384
Ealing	535	741	583	607	523	468	664	513	543	488
Enfield	376	353	304	323	314	331	308	267	286	270
Haringey	396	425	412	464	419	339	393	367	432	396
Harrow	232	233	240	287	254	203	210	223	262	235
Havering	230	293	264	328	267	206	264	239	310	255
Hillingdon	377	426	479	462	467	311	386	394	438	447
Hounslow	313	357	294	337	374	255	308	256	313	341
Kingston-upon-Thames	254	269	223	281	246	230	239	205	263	240
Merton	221	236	248	271	244	215	227	238	262	237
Newham	403	489	554	507	638	325	418	456	468	574
Redbridge	303	306	337	360	305	279	274	292	325	292
Richmond upon Thames	205	312	272	233	204	185	286	247	222	187
Sutton	242	243	205	231	188	215	215	185	219	173
Waltham Forest	273	350	353	285	286	239	317	316	267	268
Total	10,792	12,174	11,746	11,540	11,183	9,557	10,931	10,520	10,604	10,398

	Female
	Prosecuted	Found guilty
London borough	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Guildhall Justice Rooms	18	28	20	15	12	18	27	20	15	11
Bow Street	16	22	23	29	21	16	22	21	28	20
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	75	84	108	90	107	66	76	93	74	102
Greenwich and Woolwich	75	85	89	94	73	66	79	86	86	69
Highbury Corner	56	77	73	76	73	47	70	61	70	68
Horseferry Road	48	51	48	48	48	45	47	46	43	43
Marylebone	2	—	6	4	5	2	—	4	2	5
South Western	53	54	46	48	32	46	50	43	47	32
Thames	48	55	45	47	31	40	50	43	45	29
West London	80	92	80	101	95	78	84	73	93	85
Inner London Juvenile Courts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barking and Dagenham	7	27	22	20	19	7	26	22	20	18
Barnet	42	45	41	35	42	38	41	38	32	38
Bexley	35	37	29	30	33	31	35	25	28	29
Brent	43	29	31	39	18	41	26	28	37	17
Bromley	33	44	53	67	60	30	42	49	63	57
Croydon	47	58	51	60	64	45	55	46	48	58
Ealing	32	61	33	36	36	28	59	31	34	33
Enfield	33	39	28	39	34	31	31	26	38	31
Haringey	31	34	33	42	49	28	26	30	39	49
Harrow	25	17	25	29	13	23	17	22	27	13
Havering	25	23	36	28	51	20	21	32	27	51
Hillingdon	37	50	44	48	44	29	44	41	46	43
Hounslow	22	41	32	33	40	18	37	27	29	38
Kingston-upon-Thames	35	27	29	37	48	31	24	28	33	45
Merton	28	27	25	43	34	26	24	25	42	32
Newham	26	23	23	25	28	22	20	20	22	26
Redbridge	30	26	34	33	19	28	24	31	33	19
Richmond upon Thames	20	29	39	46	32	19	26	36	45	31
Sutton	32	33	25	36	30	27	31	23	34	27
Waltham Forest	22	20	28	25	21	20	18	23	24	20
Total	1,076	1,238	1,199	1,303	1,212	966	1,132	1,093	1,204	1,139
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
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.
³ Statutes are as follows:
The Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections4(l), 4(2), 5(l)(a),5(l)(b),6(4),7(6), and 7a as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 5.56, S.57. Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 S.58(4).
4 Offences under the Acts are as follows:
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) only to be used where it is unclear whether it is drink or drugs—see 803/09 or 803/10.
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, blood or urine alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit.
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle and failing to without reasonable excuse provide a specimen for a laboratory test or 2 specimens for analysis of breath.
Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs, (impairment) only to be used where it is unclear whether it is drink or drugs—see 803/11 or 803/12
In charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, blood or urine alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit.
In charge of a motor vehicle and failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath.
Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test.
Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test.
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) Drink
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) Drugs
Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs. (Impairment) Drink
Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs, (impairment) Drugs
5 Source: Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Source:
RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
Our ref: IOS 290-07 [Table B]

Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91., by gender, and London borough(s) for the years 2001 to 2005¹.².³.4 Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts for the offence of Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs., by gender, and London borough(s) for the years 2001 to 2005¹,²,,³,4
	Male
	Prosecuted	Found guilty
London borough	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Greenwich and Woolwich	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Highbury Corner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Horseferry Road	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Marylebone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thames	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
West London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Barnet	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bexley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bromley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croydon	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ealing	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Enfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Haringey	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Harrow	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Havering	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Hillingdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Hounslow	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Merton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Redbridge	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Richmond upon Thames	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Waltham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	4	1	2	3	2	3	2	4	6	6

	Female
	Prosecuted	Found guilty
London borough	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenwich and Woolwich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Highbury Corner	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Horseferry Road	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marylebone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thames	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barnet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bexley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bromley	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croydon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ealing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haringey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Havering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hillingdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hounslow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Redbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richmond upon Thames	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Waltham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
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.
³ Statute is as follows:
The Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 3A as added by the Road Traffic Act 1991 Sec 3 and amended by CJA 1993, Sec 67.
4 Source: Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Source:
RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
Our ref: IOS 290-07 [Table C]

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

153541; 463 c1823-32W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Crime Alcoholic drinks Greater London Drugs

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