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| Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for selected offences related to drunkenness, by police force area, England and Wales 1997-2004( 1,2) |
| Statute: Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12 |
| Offence: Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises |
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Police force area | Proceeded against | Found guilty | Proceeded against | Found guilty | Proceeded against | Found guilty | Proceeded against | Found guilty |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
61
|
52
|
63
|
51
|
92
|
83
|
83
|
75
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
53
|
47
|
153
|
149
|
94
|
88
|
52
|
50
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
36
|
30
|
31
|
29
|
37
|
36
|
44
|
43
|
|
Cheshire
|
69
|
60
|
63
|
58
|
48
|
45
|
34
|
31
|
|
City of London
|
5
|
1
|
1
| |
1
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
|
Cleveland
|
4
|
3
|
13
|
13
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
2
|
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|
Cumbria
|
38
|
34
|
36
|
34
|
22
|
19
|
13
|
11
|
|
Derbyshire
|
38
|
35
|
42
|
38
|
46
|
35
|
64
|
63
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
284
|
251
|
300
|
272
|
331
|
312
|
249
|
229
|
|
Dorset
|
12
|
11
|
14
|
10
|
18
|
16
|
28
|
26
|
|
Durham
|
23
|
17
|
39
|
31
|
38
|
27
|
22
|
17
|
|
Essex
|
227
|
200
|
209
|
185
|
169
|
140
|
137
|
124
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
53
|
48
|
90
|
86
|
56
|
53
|
34
|
32
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
9
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
|
Hampshire
|
346
|
303
|
481
|
444
|
346
|
322
|
232
|
209
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
20
|
20
|
47
|
46
|
65
|
58
|
42
|
38
|
|
Humberside
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
14
|
12
|
6
|
5
|
|
Kent
|
155
|
129
|
145
|
138
|
145
|
130
|
148
|
133
|
|
Lancashire
|
213
|
181
|
213
|
188
|
188
|
159
|
248
|
228
|
|
Leicestershire
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
34
|
29
|
49
|
41
|
26
|
24
|
25
|
24
|
|
Merseyside
|
44
|
41
|
46
|
35
|
38
|
36
|
34
|
28
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
253
|
217
|
286
|
256
|
244
|
216
|
160
|
130
|
|
Norfolk
|
65
|
60
|
65
|
61
|
68
|
64
|
67
|
58
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
81
|
72
|
94
|
86
|
85
|
76
|
133
|
121
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
|
Northumbria
|
21
|
16
|
28
|
23
|
41
|
34
|
23
|
22
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1
|
?
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
18
|
16
|
12
|
10
|
21
|
17
|
32
|
28
|
|
Staffordshire
|
81
|
67
|
70
|
63
|
41
|
41
|
12
|
12
|
|
Suffolk
|
108
|
104
|
81
|
77
|
97
|
95
|
72
|
69
|
|
Surrey
|
91
|
72
|
97
|
89
|
108
|
94
|
119
|
106
|
|
Sussex
|
226
|
208
|
226
|
189
|
130
|
116
|
81
|
67
|
|
Thames Valley
|
214
|
186
|
246
|
215
|
207
|
180
|
173
|
153
|
|
Warwickshire
|
8
|
8
|
98
|
11
|
17
|
14
|
9
|
9
|
|
West Mercia
|
97
|
80
|
64
|
52
|
73
|
64
|
19
|
17
|
|
West Midlands
|
61
|
45
|
51
|
40
|
29
|
23
|
19
|
16
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
46
|
35
|
103
|
81
|
67
|
49
|
70
|
43
|
|
Wiltshire
|
68
|
65
|
73
|
67
|
65
|
62
|
48
|
43
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
92
|
78
|
152
|
130
|
134
|
116
|
138
|
128
|
|
Gwent
|
21
|
15
|
25
|
24
|
21
|
21
|
25
|
17
|
|
North Wales
|
17
|
8
|
13
|
10
|
14
|
12
|
7
|
7
|
|
South Wales
|
113
|
102
|
241
|
215
|
250
|
219
|
251
|
232
|
|
England and Wales
|
3,421
|
2,970
|
4,101
|
3,583
|
3,513
|
3,134
|
2,978
|
2,668
|
