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Alcohol related crime and Addenbrooke’s
Emergency Department
Consultant in Emergency
Medicine
Domestic Assaults
• 125 / year
• 75% women
• 9% recorded by the
police
• <1% conviction
Sexual assault
• 60 / year present to ED
• Unknown overlap
Does this work?
Number of Assaults Requiring
ED treatment at Addenbrookes
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Year
How much of a problem is it?
Number of Attendances by Day of Week
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Average Numbers of Assaults per Year Presenting Pre/Post 2005 in Different Time Periods
140.00
120.00
100.00
80.00
Pre 2005 Inclusive
Assaults per Annum
Post 2005
60.00
40.00
Average Number of
20.00
0.00
9
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:59
:59
:59
:59
06:5
7:59 8:59
11
12
4:59 5:59 6:59 7:59
21
2:59 3:59 0:59 1:59
05
0-0
0-0
0-09:590-10:59
0-13 0-1
0-1
0-1
-1
00
0-18:590-19:590-20:59
0-2
0-2
0-0
0-0
0-02:590-03:590-04:59
0:00-
:0
:0
07
08:0 09:0 10:0 11:00- 12:00- 13:0 14:0 15:0 16:0 17:
18:0 19:0 20:0 21:00- 22:0 23:0 00:0 01
02:0 03:0 04:0 05:00-
06:0
Time Period
Not just assaults
Category of Alcohol Related Harm
Other 16%
Incapable 9%
Self harm 8%
Assault 27%
Accident 40%
Where are people getting drunk?
• Survey of alcohol related ED attendances
found 27% of women and 15% of men had a
drink before going out.
• Most people drunk most alcohol at a
licensed premises
• 70% of people were injured / assaulted
away from the place where they had done
most drinking
What are we doing?
• Data collection about location / date and
time of assault
• Shared with the VCTAG, CCTV and County
Council each month
• Information Point and direct dial to the
Police
Specimen data
Saturday
00:47
16
Male
Private Transport
OUTSIDE H+M CITY C
DIS
Saturday
09:10
42
Male
Private Transport
MILL ROAD
DOP
Saturday
03:33
25
Male
Taxi
COTTENHAM
DNW
Saturday
03:39
32
Male
Private Transport
FOUNTAIN CAMBRIDGE
DGP
Sunday
01:30
18
Male
Police
OUTSIDE BALLARE
DIS
Sunday
04:08
19
Male
Ambulance
ROSE CRESCENT
DIS
Sunday
05:34
44
Male
Private Transport
LEISURE PARK
DIS
Sunday
08:10
21
Male
Private Transport
REFUSED TO SAY
DIS
Sunday
11:21
20
Male
Private Transport
OUTSIDE BALLARE
M5
Sunday
00:54
18
Male
Taxi
BALLARE
DOP
Does this work?
Number of Assaults Requiring
ED treatment at Addenbrookes
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Year
Does this work?
What do we need from you?
• Responsible drinking
• Proper door security
• Incident reporting
Document Outline
