Alcohol-related crime and disorder


We are committed to tackling alcohol-related crime and disorder.

Researching alcohol-related crime

Although research has found that the frequency of alcohol consumption and especially drinking to get drunk is associated with crime and disorderly behaviour, most alcohol-related offences are committed by a minority of those people who consume alcohol irresponsibly.

The majority of people who drink alcohol don’t commit offences or participate in anti-social behaviour or disorder.

Previous research has concentrated on:

• understanding and measuring alcohol-related crime
• combating alcohol-related crime
• treating alcohol-related offenders

Guidance for practitioners

We have produced the following guidance for practitioners:

• Alcohol audits, strategies and initiatives: lessons from Crime and Disorder Partnerships,
  Development and Practice Report 20, 2004
  
• Guidance for local partnerships on collecting and using alcohol-related crime and disorder data, Development and Practice Report 6, 2003

Key publications

• Underage drinking: findings from the 2004 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, Findings 277, 2006
  
• Findings from the 2003 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey: Alcohol-related crime and disorder, Findings 261, 2005
  
• Violence and the night-time economy: key findings from the research, Findings 214, 2004
  
• An evaluation of the ‘TASC’ project which aimed to reduce alcohol-related street-crime and violence in Cardiff, Home Office Research Study 265, 2003
  
• Dealing with alcohol-related detainees in the custody suite, Findings 178, 2002

Latest publications

• Early experiences of the Licensing Act 2003 in the East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber regions, Home Office Research Report 05, 2008
  Summary
  Appendix A: Numbers and methods
  Appendix B: Levels and timing of crime and disorder
• The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder: an evaluation, Home Office Research Report 04, 2008
  Key implications
  Executive summary
  Main report
  Appendix A: Tables and charts for the case study areas
  Appendix B: Technical report

See also

• Crime in England and Wales 2006/07
• Government’s Alcohol Strategy

Related links

• The strategy Safe, Sensible, Social. The next steps in tackling alcohol published in June 2007 updates the government’s Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy: Department for Health website
  
• General Household Survey: Office for National Statistics website
  
• Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England: Department for Health website
  
• Drinkaware Trust

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