Table 3: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to all persons aged 16 and over, by Offence and Outcome, England and Wales 2006( 1)
Of those paid
Offence description
Number issued
Total paid in full
%
Paid in full within 21 days
%
Paid in full outside 21 days
%
£80 Tickets issued
Wasting police time
3,933
1,911
49
1,355
34
556
14
Misuse of public telecommunications system
909
523
58
388
43
135
15
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority
106
43
41
35
33
8
8
Causing Harassment, alarm or distress
82,235
43,120
52
30,757
37
12,363
15
Throwing fireworks
682
380
56
267
39
113
17
Drunk and disorderly
43,556
24,673
57
18,123
42
6,550
15
Criminal Damage (under £500)
20,620
11,351
55
8,342
40
3,009
15
Theft (retail under £200)
38,772
16,169
42
12,370
32
3,799
10
Breach of fireworks curfew
53
34
64
27
51
7
13
Possession of category 4 firework
28
12
43
9
32
3
11
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework
76
51
67
34
45
17
22
Sale of alcohol to drunken person
47
35
74
29
62
6
13
Supply of alcohol to person under 18
60
53
88
41
68
12
20
Sale of alcohol to person under 18
3,195
2,756
86
2,354
74
402
13
Purchase alcohol for person under 18
407
268
66
213
52
55
14
Purchase alcohol for person under 18 for consumption on premises
60
39
65
35
58
4
7
Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery
297
176
59
132
44
44
15
£50 Tickets issued
Trespass on a railway
1,042
551
53
320
31
231
22
Throwing stones at a train/railway
15
6
40
5
33
1
7
Drunk in a highway
2,712
1,433
53
1,064
39
369
14
Consumption of alcohol in public place
1,061
252
24
165
16
87
8
Depositing and leaving litter
1,169
593
51
427
37
166
14
Consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
75
55
73
46
61
9
12
Allowing consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
14
10
71
10
71
—
—
Buying or Attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18
73
52
71
43
59
9
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All offences
201,197
104,546
52
76,591
38
27,955
14
Other outcomes
Offence description
Fine registered
%
Court hearing requested
%
PND cancelled
%
Potential prosecution
%
Outcome unknown
%
£80 Tickets issued
Wasting police time
1,787
45
44
1
108
3
81
2
2
0
Misuse of public telecommunications system
319
35
14
2
26
3
24
3
3
0
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority
52
49
—
—
6
6
5
5
—
—
Causing Harassment, alarm or distress
35,154
43
780
1
1,914
2
1,126
1
141
0
Throwing fireworks
264
39
5
1
23
3
10
1
—
—
Drunk and disorderly
16,919
39
269
1
886
2
725
2
84
0
Criminal Damage (under £500)
8,492
41
134
1
324
2
287
1
32
0
Theft (retail under £200)
21,157
55
203
1
732
2
392
1
119
0
Breach of fireworks curfew
16
30
1
2
1
2
—
—
1
2
Possession of category 4 firework
15
54
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework
21
28
—
—
3
4
1
1
—
—
Sale of alcohol to drunken person
9
19
1
2
2
4
—
—
—
—
Supply of alcohol to person under 18
7
12
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Sale of alcohol to person under 18
390
12
6
0
30
1
10
0
3
0
Purchase alcohol for person under 18
122
30
1
0
10
2
6
1
—
—
Purchase alcohol for person under 18 for consumption on premises
20
33
—
—
—
—
1
2
—
—
Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery
99
33
3
1
14
5
3
1
2
1
£50 Tickets issued
Trespass on a railway
463
44
2
0
19
2
6
1
1
0
Throwing stones at a train/railway
6
40
—
—
2
13
—
—
1
7
Drunk in a highway
1,158
43
7
0
94
3
16
1
4
0
Consumption of alcohol in public place
749
71
7
1
45
4
6
1
2
0
Depositing and leaving litter
536
46
3
0
26
2
10
1
1
0
Consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
17
23
—
—
2
3
1
1
—
—
Allowing consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
4
29
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Buying or Attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18
20
27
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
All offences
87,796
44
1,480
1
4,268
2
2,710
1
397
0
— = nil. (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 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. Source:
Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence & Analysis unit.
