Table 2: Number of defendants fined at all courts for antisocial behaviour offences for which a PND may be issued in Essex police force area, by quarter, 2006 and 2007( 1, 2)
2006
2007
Statute
Offence description
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Theft Act 1968 Sec. 1
Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting)
77
90
89
84
114
73
91
68
Various
Other criminal damage(3)
15
12
10
6
4
6
4
0
Explosives Act 1875, Sec. 80
Throwing, casting or firing any fireworks in or into any highway, street, etc. public place
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Public Order Act 1986 Sec. 5
Harassment, alarm or distress
70
77
84
88
110
94
101
95
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Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.4 Para.5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S. 12). Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S. 12
Contravene a community support officers' requirement not to consume liquor. Penalty offence under S.1 Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001-alcohol consumption in designated public places
3
1
2
0
0
1
3
0
Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec. 91
Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour
44
49
60
39
34
24
38
34
Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec. 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec. 169(1)
Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Fire Services Act 1947 Sec. 31
False alarms of fire
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Environmental Protection Act 1990 Sec. 87
Depositing litter
1
4
2
4
5
2
10
22
British Transport Commission Act 1949 S.55, 56. Railway Offences: Offences against Private Acts relating to Railways (other than 169, 1-6).
Trespass, throwing stones
1
5
3
3
1
2
2
3
Criminal Law Act 1967 Sec. 5(2)
Causing wasteful employment of the police etc.
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
Communications Act 2003 S. 127
Improper use of public electronic communications network
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Total
219
240
252
225
269
202
250
222
(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) Includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences. Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice.
Table 3: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued in Essex police force area, by offence and quarter, 2006 and 2007( 1)
2006
2007
Offence description
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Wasting police time
17
18
17
16
20
13
18
14
Misuse of public telecommunications system
4
7
8
7
5
4
4
3
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
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Causing harassment, alarm or distress
440
527
516
548
601
677
501
417
Throwing fireworks
2
4
0
12
1
0
0
11
Drunk and disorderly
240
246
192
193
97
89
134
134
Selling alcohol to under 18
8
17
11
58
21
45
21
24
Purchasing alcohol for under 18
0
0
4
2
3
1
3
4
Purchasing alcohol for under 18 for consumption on premises
0
0
1
0
4
2
4
2
Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery
2
0
1
0
6
6
4
3
Criminal Damage (under £500)(2)
88
73
92
105
93
95
68
67
Theft (retail under £200)
259
207
195
235
234
279
221
306
Breach of fireworks curfew
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Possession of category 4 firework
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
Sale of alcohol to drunken person
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Supply of alcohol to person under 18
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Trespass on a railway
0
1
3
4
4
0
1
1
Throwing stones at a train/railway
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Drunk in a highway
12
8
9
5
8
4
6
6
Consumption of alcohol in public place
0
0
4
1
2
8
44
17
Depositing and leaving litter
6
12
8
6
10
15
3
6
Consumption of alcohol to under 18 on licensed premises
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Allowing consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Buying or attempting to buy alcohol for person under 18
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
1,078
1,120
1,065
1,198
1,110
1,241
1,033
1,018
(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. (2) Includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences. Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice.
