Breakdown of drunk and disorderly arrests
Updated on 01 May 2008
A list of the individual responses from each police force.
Figures for 2007/8 only include the part year April 2007 to the end of February 2008..
Figures for England forces relate to Drunk and Disorderly arrests unless otherwise stated.
Figures for Scottish forces relate to Drunk and Incapable arrests unless otherwise stated
ENGLAND
Cambridgeshire
2003/4: 104
2004/5: 114
2005/6: 116
2006/7: 120
2007/8: 90
Cheshire
2005/6: 85
2006/7: 91
2007/8: 200
Derbyshire
Aggravated drunkenness arrests
2005/6: 149
2006/7: 158
2007/8: 150
Devon and Cornwall
2003/4: 344
2004/5: 403
2005/6: 453
2006/7: 450
2007/8: 375
Dorset
2003/4: 116
2004/5: 58
2005/6: 56
2006/7: 59
2007/8: 74
Durham
2003/4: 190
2004/5: 250
2005/6: 315
2006/7: 297
2007/8: 299
Essex
2003/4: 112
2004/5: 195
2005/6: 182
2006/7: 198
2007/8: 204
Gloucestershire
2003/4: 67
2004/5: 77
2005/6: 68
2006/7: 45
2007/8: 29
Greater Manchester Police
2003/4: 0
2004/5: 79
2005/6: 80
2006/7: 42
2007/8: 91
Hampshire
2006: 161
2007: 183
Hertfordshire
Drunk arrests
2003: 9
2004: 12
2005: 10
2006: 1
2007: 5
Kent
2003/4: 0
2004/5: 0
2005/6: 0
2006/7: 1
2007/8: 357
Totals for drunk related offences in Kent
2003/4: 259
2004/5: 335
2005/6: 360
2006/7: 441
2007/8: 448
Lancashire
2005/6: 1,090
2006/7: 1,137
Leicestershire
2003/4: 14
2004/5: 15
2005/6: 8
2006/7: 10
2007/8: 77
Merseyside
2003/4: n/a
2004/5: n/a
2005/6: 453
2006/7: 778
2007/8: 880
Northamptonshire
2003/4: 65
2004/5: 96
2005/6: 132
2006/7: 86
2007/8: 56
Norfolk
2003/4: 45
2004/5: 63
2005/6: 46
2006/7: 38
2007/8: 78
Northumbria
2003/4: 1,414
2004/5: 1,343
2005/6: 1,940
2006/7: 1,800
2007/8: 2,101
North Yorkshire
2003/4: 135
2004/5: 126
2005/6: 215
2006/7: 237
2007/8: 209
Suffolk
2003/4: 114
2004/5: 123
2005/6: 98
2006/7: 70
2007/8: 26
Surrey
2003/4: 62
2004/5: 61
2005/6: 69
2006/7: 69
2007/8: 62
Sussex
2003/4: 244
2005/6: 318
2006/7: 292
2007/8: 66
Thames Valley
Data for the period 01/04/07 to 31/03/08:
Drunk & Disorderly: 111
Drunk & Incapable: 28
Grand Total: 139
West Mercia
Drunkeness arrests
2003/4: 144
2004/5: 157
2005/6: 178
2006/7: 230
2007/8: 29
West Midlands
2003/4: 59
2004/5: 166
2005/6: 321
2006/7: 531
2007/8: 731
West Yorkshire
2003/4: 528
2004/5: 360
2005/6: 663
2006/7: 1,091
2007/8: 981
Wiltshire
2003: 102
2004: 112
2005: 71
2006: 91
2007: 63
2008 (Part year): 12
South Yorkshire police unable to disclose within free FoI limits
SCOTLAND
Central Scotland
2003/4: 40
2004/5: 44
2005/6: 31
2006/7: 30
2007/8: 35
Dumfries and Galloway
2003/4: 08
2004/5: 18
2005/6: 13
2006/7: 13
2007/8: 17
Grampian
2003/4: 20
2004/5: 39
2005/6: 38
2006/7: 52
2007/8: 27
Lothian
2004/5: 29
2005/6: 17
2006/7: 15
2007/8: 23
Northern
2003/4: 740
2004/5: 644
2005/6: 729
2006/7: 873
2007/8: 699
Tayside
2003/4: 72
2004/5: 86
2005/6: 97
2006/7: 82
2007/8: 55
Strathclyde
2003/4: 571
2004/5: 617
2005/6: 564
2006/7: 543
2007/8: 461
WALES
Dyfed-Powys
2003/4: 65
2004/5: 96
2005/6: 124
2006/7: 103
2007/8: 120
Gwent
2003/4: 28
2004/5: 128
2005/6: 146
2006/7: 160
2007/8: 190
South Wales
Arrests for drunkenness
2003/4: 322
2004/5: 386
2005/6: 381
2006/7: 200
2007/8: 117
NORTHERN IRELAND
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Disorderly Behaviour arrests
2003/4: 392
2004/5: 417
2005/6: 469
2006/7: 423
2007/8: 291
Simple Drunk arrests
2003/4: 33
2004/5: 33
2005/6: 21
2006/7: 34
2007/8: 12
