Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

This briefing paper looks at the emphasis (or lack thereof) placed upon alcohol-related crime in local audit and strategy documents. It raises the issue of the involvement of alcohol in a significant percentage of crimes of various types but highlights the lack of evidence of a causal relationship between alcohol consumption and criminal activity. It notes that 40% of audit documents highlighted drunkenness as an issue, 60% related public order problems to alcohol, 9% highlighted a link between alcohol and domestic violence, and 5% linked alcohol consumption and vandalism.

Crime and disorder partnerships: Alcohol-related crime and disorder in audit and strategy ...

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The Home Office Policing & Reducing Crime Group published the paper on 22 November 2000.