Criminal Justice Statistics (England and Wales) – penalty notices
2020
Towards the end of last year, the Ministry of Justice published its Criminal Justice Statistics for England and Wales, part of which show the number of penalty notices issued for certain offences.
The relevant overview tables (which can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2019) show a pattern of the last 10 years of significant declines in penalty notices issued for numerous offences. Those of perhaps most interest to the licensed trade are shown in the table below.
Two of the most remarkable declines relate to (of those flagged) the two offences with the most penalty notices issued in 2009 i.e. ‘Theft (retail under £100)’ and ‘Sale of alcohol to a person under 18’ as these have seen a decline of around 95% and 90% respectfully.
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Higher tier offences (£90) |
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Theft (retail under £100) | 49,445 | 43,135 | 37,257 | 31,704 | 25,537 | 17,429 | 13,387 | 9,218 | 6,426 | 3,567 | 2,278 |
Sale of alcohol to drunken person | 75 | 88 | 63 | 91 | 82 | 61 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 9 |
Supply of alcohol to a person under 18 | 104 | 78 | 53 | 40 | 48 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 | 2,934 | 2,463 | 1,866 | 1,469 | 1,219 | 950 | 676 | 451 | 532 | 301 | 281 |
Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18 | 437 | 409 | 275 | 213 | 128 | 88 | 57 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 21 |
Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18 for consumption on the premises | 47 | 38 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - |
Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such delivery | 224 | 150 | 111 | 73 | 59 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - |
Lower tier offences (£60) |
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Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises | 36 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Allowing consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18 | 87 | 58 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - |