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Crime: Drink and Drug Driving

Answer

The number of males and females proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by sex and police force area, from 2000 to 2008 (latest available) are shown as follows in tables 1 and 2. Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn, 2010. The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery. Information on summary motoring offences including those of driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs are non-notifiable and as a result are not covered by the collection.

Table 1: The number of males proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by police force area, England and Wales, 2000 to 2008(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions
Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008 (4)
Avon and Somerset	2,113	1,888	2,007	2,261	2,249	2,167	1,981	2,017	1,772
Bedfordshire	681	826	838	929	953	950	972	883	747
Cambridgeshire	664	666	713	797	914	996	1,050	1,043	917
Cheshire	1,405	1,317	1,735	1,528	1,751	1,372	1,456	1,449	1,245
City of London	167	139	208	197	157	165	149	181	115
Cleveland	667	753	766	795	882	761	806	783	808
Cumbria	660	612	633	661	733	659	686	680	565
Derbyshire	1,186	1,192	1,234	1,332	1,554	1,345	1,264	1,191	969
Devon and Cornwall	1,907	2,095	2,129	2,283	2,130	2,080	1,960	1,908	1,794
Dorset	897	934	937	1,013	1,035	986	957	1,010	874
Durham	970	918	932	966	1,007	910	790	796	694
Essex	2,150	2,108	2,150	2,202	2,362	2,131	2,229	2,084	1,918
Gloucestershire	672	746	812	754	759	711	710	601	613
Greater Manchester	3,814	3,864	3,793	3,817	3,846	3,786	3,749	3,650	3,011
Hampshire	2,948	3,005	3,331	3,132	3,215	2,825	2,426	2,462	2,245
Hertfordshire	1,320	1,451	1,640	1,641	1,629	1,554	1,511	1,503	1,307
Humberside	1,110	1,049	1,218	1,330	1,367	1,315	1,247	842	477
Kent	2,272	2,309	2,400	2,410	2,589	2,419	2,332	2,329	2,025
Lancashire	2,171	1,927	2,161	2,269	2,251	2,234	2,274	2,191	1,965
Leicestershire	1,304	1,359	1,422	1,443	1,445	1,382	1,275	1,290	1,099
Lincolnshire	735	791	746	972	998	991	1,051	1,051	997
Merseyside	1,891	1,918	1,951	2,268	2,394	2,434	2,219	1,998	1,529
Metropolitan Police	10,936	10,651	11,970	11,549	11,758	11,650	11,579	10,738	9,717
Norfolk	776	976	1,017	1,106	1,026	1,040	1,137	1,008	861
North Yorkshire	908	896	938	1,002	938	1,033	998	946	886
Northamptonshire	708	356	195	698	794	737	868	748	790
Northumbria	2,196	2,097	2,107	2,245	2,192	2,127	2,064	1,984	1,835
Nottinghamshire	1,452	1,332	1,220	1,379	1,358	1,369	1,403	1,256	1,255
South Yorkshire	1,815	1,748	1,625	1,748	1,864	1,906	1,667	1,690	1,609
Staffordshire	1,554	1,222	1,374	1,399	1,419	1,411	1,354	1,369	1,251
Suffolk	762	823	940	1,010	1,125	914	979	866	711
Surrey	1,328	1,528	1,422	1,236	1,270	1,231	1,170	1,204	1,074
Sussex	1,845	2,128	2,050	2,125	2,064	1,933	2,023	1,985	1,794
Thames Valley	3,056	2,904	3,786	3,419	3,094	2,987	2,941	2,852	2,406
Warwickshire	682	758	724	782	742	734	725	808	650
West Mercia	1,395	1,477	1,463	1,527	1,532	1,672	1,682	1,591	1,424
West Midlands	3,953	4,225	4,383	4,481	4,759	4,830	4,739	4,651	3,877
West Yorkshire	2,879	2,858	3,161	3,191	3,328	3,366	3,134	2,936	2,609
Wiltshire	775	848	828	816	845	840	809	639	546
Dyfed-Powys	731	724	792	811	807	777	762	748	646
Gwent	1,016	946	898	973	980	901	986	894	787
North Wales	1,088	1,049	1,066	1,117	1,108	1,097	1,112	1,049	890
South Wales(3)	2,171	2,283	2,159	2,269	2,323	2,303	2,227	2,062	1,494
Total E&W	73,730	73,696	77,874	79,883	81,546	79,031	77,453	73,966	64,798

Table 1 : The number of males proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by police force area, England and Wales, 2000 to 2008(1)(2)(3)
Convictions
Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008 (4)
Avon and Somerset	1,981	1,780	1,894	2,089	2,126	2,042	1,857	1,903	1,678
Bedfordshire	640	771	780	863	891	882	929	841	708
Cambridgeshire	627	645	680	758	880	972	1,022	1,012	883
Cheshire	1,304	1,239	1,551	1,443	1,664	1,313	1,390	1,393	1,209
City of London	145	129	182	187	133	154	143	165	105
Cleveland	612	707	721	702	813	725	776	754	790
Cumbria	625	584	602	634	709	627	656	663	545
Derbyshire	1,105	1,105	1,161	1,264	1,472	1,290	1,210	1,151	940
Devon and Cornwall	1,801	1,987	2,020	2,145	2,036	1,987	1,851	1,830	1,720
Dorset	843	881	877	960	975	943	915	925	819
Durham	924	874	879	901	972	880	760	775	673
Essex	2,048	1,986	2,031	2,105	2,266	2,027	2,130	2,003	1,844
Gloucestershire	626	715	766	711	716	651	655	564	596
Greater Manchester	3,648	3,638	3,622	3,616	3,686	3,600	3,595	3,511	2,923
Hampshire	2,788	2,840	3,134	2,934	3,007	2,659	2,299	2,373	2,145
Hertfordshire	1,238	1,356	1,538	1,516	1,498	1,448	1,431	1,427	1,247
Humberside	1,055	998	1,132	1,242	1,289	1,265	1,208	801	436
Kent	2,169	2,147	2,245	2,250	2,455	2,314	2,238	2,236	1,938
Lancashire	2,034	1,790	1,995	2,090	2,097	2,107	2,108	2,057	1,876
Leicestershire	1,245	1,257	1,346	1,386	1,386	1,300	1,210	1,218	1,038
Lincolnshire	690	726	706	907	961	930	1,008	1,008	951
Merseyside	1,712	1,776	1,833	2,107	2,174	2,266	2,097	1,896	1,478
Metropolitan Police	9,808	9,427	10,752	10,333	10,674	10,601	10,766	10,052	9,218
Norfolk	746	911	966	1,036	965	996	1,094	962	827
North Yorkshire	862	859	901	938	887	977	963	914	863
Northamptonshire	639	315	181	644	749	655	823	711	755
Northumbria	2,038	1,935	1,946	2,060	2,030	1,986	1,942	1,861	1,756
Nottinghamshire	1,349	1,245	1,128	1,285	1,292	1,284	1,322	1,201	1,203
South Yorkshire	1,700	1,643	1,528	1,613	1,757	1,795	1,582	1,625	1,526
Staffordshire	1,504	1,158	1,293	1,325	1,323	1,306	1,255	1,310	1,208
Suffolk	718	764	889	938	1,041	875	934	825	687
Surrey	1,223	1,271	1,292	1,156	1,190	1,161	1,110	1,142	1,029
Sussex	1,708	1,950	1,918	1,990	1,967	1,861	1,943	1,928	1,734
Thames Valley	2,844	2,680	3,543	3,192	2,897	2,809	2,745	2,679	2,317
Warwickshire	644	722	686	755	713	705	695	781	625
West Mercia	1,338	1,407	1,387	1,432	1,436	1,601	1,616	1,529	1,379
West Midlands	3,652	3,928	4,071	4,192	4,467	4,580	4,487	4,458	3,715
West Yorkshire	2,672	2,583	2,883	2,976	3,146	3,161	2,950	2,742	2,448
Wiltshire	748	809	778	781	794	798	775	616	519
Dyfed-Powys	675	677	725	757	750	724	716	700	617
Gwent	951	891	851	883	917	829	919	846	738
North Wales	1,037	965	986	1,034	1,044	1,049	1,067	1,024	858
South Wales(3)	2,046	2,114	2,045	2,112	2,183	2,147	2,105	1,979	1,448
Total E&W	68,762	68,185	72,444	74,242	76,428	74,282	73,297	70,391	62,012

"(1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.""(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) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.""(4) Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates' courts can be recorded as "sex not stated" and have therefore been excluded from these data""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice." "(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) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.""(4) Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates' courts can be recorded as "sex not stated" and have therefore been excluded from these data""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice." "(3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.""(4) Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates' courts can be recorded as "sex not stated" and have therefore been excluded from these data""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice." "(4) Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates' courts can be recorded as "sex not stated" and have therefore been excluded from these data""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice." "Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice."

Table 2 : The number of females proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by police force area, England and Wales, 2000 to 2008(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions
Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008 (4)
Avon and Somerset	267	235	276	309	350	356	330	360	301
Bedfordshire	76	83	102	121	100	92	133	125	96
Cambridgeshire	74	69	87	103	117	118	134	142	139
Cheshire	195	170	272	270	278	233	285	282	287
City of London	14	18	28	20	15	12	16	13	13
Cleveland	73	74	93	105	106	116	134	116	135
Cumbria	88	83	89	106	92	130	116	111	137
Derbyshire	143	121	148	173	197	188	204	169	184
Devon and Cornwall	268	252	269	357	325	326	363	326	340
Dorset	141	133	165	148	156	158	164	201	174
Durham	104	112	135	118	134	163	144	162	141
Essex	222	254	274	276	349	340	352	363	385
Gloucestershire	89	99	98	120	131	120	124	128	141
Greater Manchester	421	448	462	512	506	541	501	552	568
Hampshire	387	363	442	413	443	462	393	411	396
Hertfordshire	181	191	233	249	244	256	277	284	264
Humberside	146	129	127	120	139	139	166	120	62
Kent	232	261	310	268	305	317	312	349	362
Lancashire	297	284	340	321	351	344	414	411	398
Leicestershire	125	126	152	162	167	169	158	176	137
Lincolnshire	69	86	75	115	154	150	133	137	138
Merseyside	190	189	240	296	328	327	343	387	349
Metropolitan Police	1,091	1,057	1,210	1,179	1,328	1,253	1,343	1,340	1,338
Norfolk	93	116	153	122	149	153	149	165	164
North Yorkshire	126	130	128	155	141	171	163	182	166
Northamptonshire	76	32	24	85	99	120	104	101	130
Northumbria	242	228	290	323	344	300	337	373	355
Nottinghamshire	166	159	113	164	183	180	217	214	211
South Yorkshire	176	171	193	232	216	208	215	229	238
Staffordshire	149	146	201	196	222	220	208	221	253
Suffolk	97	101	117	152	154	128	138	146	146
Surrey	190	243	215	193	194	227	211	256	247
Sussex	226	267	255	275	341	311	337	372	303
Thames Valley	405	352	473	450	414	425	438	447	432
Warwickshire	72	101	89	95	81	103	138	137	134
West Mercia	144	172	206	192	191	146	215	188	182
West Midlands	397	374	389	419	517	524	564	557	490
West Yorkshire	307	280	313	329	330	354	333	411	401
Wiltshire	108	110	116	133	117	125	129	129	116
Dyfed-Powys	82	99	113	123	133	121	117	124	122
Gwent	113	135	104	131	149	180	161	153	177
North Wales	139	127	150	157	153	166	168	176	171
South Wales(3)	266	285	310	332	333	359	349	372	307
Total E&W	8,467	8,465	9,579	10,119	10,776	10,831	11,230	11,618	11,230

Table 2 : The number of females proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, by police force area, England and Wales, 2000 to 2008(1)(2)(3)
Convictions
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008(4)
Avon and Somerset	249	220	259	285	331	337	313	339	287
Bedfordshire	73	74	100	114	95	87	131	122	96
Cambridgeshire	72	68	82	96	114	116	128	138	138
Cheshire	184	157	248	257	269	229	265	269	277
City of London	11	18	27	20	15	11	15	12	13
Cleveland	67	70	87	98	102	113	131	111	128
Cumbria	85	81	84	103	90	122	112	109	136
Derbyshire	135	111	139	157	188	178	186	165	176
Devon and Cornwall	251	238	251	344	305	312	348	310	323
Dorset	131	120	155	143	144	150	154	184	159
Durham	101	108	125	114	133	154	140	158	134
Essex	214	245	259	261	332	327	342	350	371
Gloucestershire	85	94	93	112	126	111	114	122	136
Greater Manchester	406	429	441	495	492	530	479	540	550
Hampshire	370	345	408	394	424	440	375	392	381
Hertfordshire	171	182	224	233	238	237	261	276	250
Humberside	145	122	119	115	135	132	159	114	60
Kent	220	243	295	258	291	297	304	333	343
Lancashire	278	269	321	303	330	325	395	382	385
Leicestershire	118	123	143	151	160	158	142	166	134
Lincolnshire	67	82	73	110	143	142	124	128	135
Merseyside	179	174	226	279	311	306	317	373	335
Metropolitan Police	995	947	1,105	1,073	1,218	1,159	1,257	1,265	1,277
Norfolk	92	107	143	114	140	145	147	157	159
North Yorkshire	124	123	125	147	138	166	158	180	162
Northamptonshire	64	28	24	82	95	109	96	96	123
Northumbria	234	219	274	302	316	280	320	352	343
Nottinghamshire	159	149	104	152	175	170	209	199	202
South Yorkshire	166	164	182	216	198	190	203	226	236
Staffordshire	137	145	194	187	210	205	195	210	244
Suffolk	90	92	108	143	145	122	130	138	140
Surrey	180	198	200	183	178	219	202	252	242
Sussex	217	255	240	261	328	296	330	351	295
Thames Valley	375	333	451	422	385	402	416	423	411
Warwickshire	70	98	84	92	76	102	134	132	132
West Mercia	139	160	197	181	180	138	205	179	175
West Midlands	374	356	364	402	481	500	543	536	465
West Yorkshire	286	265	287	308	312	334	316	389	375
Wiltshire	104	104	113	127	109	121	124	125	106
Dyfed-Powys	73	93	103	115	123	113	113	114	111
Gwent	107	125	96	125	140	170	151	144	166
North Wales	132	121	138	148	145	158	159	170	163
South Wales(3)	254	269	298	317	309	345	335	355	293
Total E&W	7,984	7,924	8,989	9,539	10,169	10,258	10,678	11,086	10,767

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

621; 719 c220-8WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Arrests Convictions Women Drugs Driving under influence Prosecutions Men

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