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87W<br />
Written Answers<br />
20 JUNE 2011<br />
Written Answers<br />
88W<br />
Table 1: Penalty notices for disorder issued to persons aged 16 and 17, and all ages, by offence, England and Wales, 2004 to 2010 1<br />
Number issued<br />
Ages 16 to 17<br />
Offence description 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010<br />
Higher tier offences (£80)<br />
Wasting police time 69 215 353 327 254 212 157<br />
Misuse of public telecommunications system 6 24 79 106 88 45 53<br />
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority 8 6 15 15 7 9 7<br />
Causing harassment, alarm or distress 2 1,968 5,846 8,122 7,068 4,673 3,199 2,174<br />
Throwing fireworks 20 90 101 102 82 57 55<br />
Drunk and disorderly 1328 2,354 3,009 2,941 2,538 2,244 1,710<br />
Criminal damage (under £500) 2 103 1,408 2,866 2,796 1,815 1,241 659<br />
Theft (retail under £200) 2 167 1,806 3,861 4,474 4,040 3,817 2,682<br />
Breach of fireworks curfew 0 4 7 3 3 0 2<br />
Possession of category 4 firework 3 2 6 5 6 2 3<br />
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework 18 42 69 106 57 53 47<br />
Sale of alcohol to drunken person 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0<br />
Supply of alcohol to a person under 18 3 0 0 5 1 2 4 1<br />
Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 6 79 91 77 42 40 30<br />
Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18 4 20 45 51 33 22 18<br />
Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18 for consumption<br />
3 21 17 13 10 15 4<br />
on the premises<br />
Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such<br />
1 20 24 36 23 9 11<br />
delivery<br />
Possession of Cannabis 4<br />
— 4<br />
— 4<br />
— 4<br />
— 4<br />
— 148 163<br />
Lower tier offences (£50)<br />
Trespassing on a railway 17 73 256 291 257 240 196<br />
Throwing stones at a train/railway 2 5 4 10 8 8 6<br />
Drunk in a highway 31 103 149 106 57 31 13<br />
Consumption of alcohol in a designated public place 20 56 136 172 126 87 31<br />
Depositing and leaving litter 11 185 253 301 241 181 119<br />
Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant<br />
7 74 67 85 31 19 9<br />
premises<br />
Allowing consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on<br />
1 2 0 1 2 0 0<br />
relevant premises<br />
Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18 3 0 17 62 158 100 52 42<br />
Total<br />
Total higher tier offences 3,704 11,939 18,671 18,122 13,675 11,119 7,776<br />
Total lower tier offences 89 515 927 1,124 822 618 416<br />
Total all offences 3,793 12,454 19,598 19,246 14,497 11,737 8,192<br />
Number issued<br />
All years<br />
Offence description 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010<br />
Higher tier offences (£80)<br />
Wasting police time 1,171 2,525 3,933 3,966 3,443 3,109 2,852<br />
Misuse of public telecommunications system 117 405 909 1,193 888 747 696<br />
Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority 44 92 106 96 77 80 59<br />
Causing harassment, alarm or distress 2 28,790 64,007 82,235 77,827 57,773 43,338 32,317<br />
Throwing fireworks 177 642 682 649 531 353 340<br />
Drunk and disorderly 26,609 37,038 43,556 46,996 44,411 43,570 37,119<br />
Criminal Damage (under £500) 2 1,190 12,168 20,620 19,946 13,427 10,145 6,253<br />
Theft (retail under £200) 2 2,072 21,997 38,772 45,146 45,616 48,161 40,170<br />
Breach of fireworks curfew 12 33 53 39 23 15 23<br />
Possession of category 4 firework 12 13 28 22 23 56 22<br />
Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework 20 47 76 106 67 59 61<br />
Sale of alcohol to drunken person 3 0 32 47 81 66 90 74<br />
Supply of alcohol to a person under 18 3 0 3 60 54 83 104 59<br />
Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 113 2,058 3,195 3,583 2,824 3,002 2,098<br />
Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18 18 170 407 555 524 429 330