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Alcoholic Drinks: Crime

Answer

The number of cautions issued in Suffolk for public drinking offences can be found in the following table. Additionally, Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) were rolled out to all police forces in 2004. The data shows that in 2004, 302 persons received a PND for public drinking offences in Suffolk. In 2005 the figure was 404, and in 2006 the figure was 376.

Number of offenders cautioned for public drinking offences in Suffolk police force area, 2002 to 2006¹,²,³
	Cautioned
2002	268
2003	240
20044	188
2005	81
2006	70
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 The data above include the following offences and statutes;
Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises—Licensing Act 1872 sec 12.
Alcohol consumption in designated public places—Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 sec 12.
Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour—Criminal Justice Act 1967 sec.91.
4 The Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) scheme was rolled out to all police forces in 2004. Three offences in the scheme relate to ““public drinking””.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

476 c864-5W;476 c862-3W; 201497

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Anti-social behaviour Suffolk

Link

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