Table 4: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to all persons aged 16 and over, by Offence and Outcome, England and Wales 2007( 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
3,966
1,862
47
1,384
35
478
12
Misuse of public telecommunications system
1,193
670
56
526
44
144
12
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority
96
55
57
38
40
17
18
Causing Harassment, alarm or distress
77,827
40,357
52
30,761
40
9,596
12
Throwing fireworks
649
374
58
290
45
84
13
Drunk and disorderly
46,996
26,367
56
19,727
42
6,640
14
Criminal Damage (under £500)
19,946
11,072
56
8,401
42
2,671
13
Theft (retail under £200)
45,146
19,111
42
15,390
34
3,721
8
Breach of fireworks curfew
39
25
64
20
51
5
13
Possession of category 4 firework
22
10
45
7
32
3
14
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework
106
67
63
57
54
10
9
Sale of alcohol to drunken person
81
64
79
50
62
14
17
Supply of alcohol to person under 18
54
41
76
31
57
10
19
Sale of alcohol to person under 18
3,583
3,074
86
2,623
73
451
13
Purchase alcohol for person under 18
555
320
58
244
44
76
14
Purchase alcohol for person under 18 for consumption on premises
64
31
48
23
36
8
13
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Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery
431
268
62
219
51
49
11
£50 Tickets issued
Trespass on a railway
1,527
780
51
441
29
339
22
Throwing stones at a train/railway
25
13
52
11
44
2
8
Drunk in a highway
2,066
1,146
55
942
46
204
10
Consumption of alcohol in public place
1,544
328
21
259
17
69
4
Depositing and leaving litter
1,374
705
51
541
39
164
12
Consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
85
67
79
55
65
12
14
Allowing consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
11
9
82
8
73
1
9
Buying or Attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18
158
109
69
85
54
24
15
All offences
207,544
106,925
52
82,133
40
24,792
12
Other outcomes
Offence description
Fine registered
%
Court hearing requested
%
PND cancelled
%
Potential prosecution
%
Outcome unknown
%
£80 Tickets issued
Wasting police time
1,807
46
34
1
122
3
140
4
1
0
Misuse of public telecommunications system
431
36
17
1
43
4
32
3
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority
37
39
3
3
1
1
Causing Harassment, alarm or distress
33,021
42
626
1
2,210
3
1,577
2
36
0
Throwing fireworks
223
34
9
1
30
5
13
2
Drunk and disorderly
18,161
39
244
1
1,038
2
1,177
3
9
0
Criminal Damage (under £500)
7,979
40
112
1
384
2
393
2
6
0
Theft (retail under £200)
24,344
54
172
0
988
2
507
1
24
0
Breach of fireworks curfew
13
33
1
3
Possession of category 4 firework
10
45
2
9
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework
31
29
1
1
5
5
2
2
Sale of alcohol to drunken person
9
11
3
4
2
2
3
4
Supply of alcohol to person under 18
11
20
1
2
1
2
Sale of alcohol to person under 18
405
11
13
0
69
2
22
1
Purchase alcohol for person under 18
211
38
4
1
14
3
5
1
1
0
Purchase alcohol for person under 18 for consumption on premises
22
34
10
16
1
2
Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery
138
32
1
0
19
4
5
1
£50 Tickets issued
Trespass on a railway
675
44
45
3
26
2
1
0
Throwing stones at a train/railway
10
40
2
8
Drunk in a highway
788
38
8
0
94
5
30
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Consumption of alcohol in public place
1,090
71
6
0
87
6
32
2
1
0
Depositing and leaving litter
589
43
2
0
64
5
13
1
1
0
Consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
16
19
2
2
Allowing consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises
1
9
1
9
Buying or Attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18
35
22
13
8
1
1
All offences
90,057
43
1,253
1
5,249
3
3,980
2
80
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.