Hampshire Probation supervises more than 6,000 offenders each year.

Crime in Portsmouth has dropped by 20% in the last five years (2005-2010)

Portsmouth has the highest number of hospital admissions due to alcohol illness and injury in the south east

The average domestic abuse survivor will only report the crime after 35 incidents.

Over 700 alcohol test purchases were carred out in 2009/10

Over 3,300 pupils saw the Be Safe, Stay Safe roadshow in 2010

The community wardens responded to 3,776 calls in 2009/10

6,719 crimes were solved in 2009/10

98 families were supported by the Preventing Youth Offending Project in 2009/10. That's more than double than the previous year

742 people received effective drug treatment in 2009/10 - that's up 13%

There were 1,049 fewer ASB incidents in 2009/10 compared to the previous year

Youth crime has dropped 25% in five years (2005-2010)

Anxiety,depression and self-harm are often linked to alcohol

Crime fell by 9% in Portsmouth in 2009-2010

Domestic burglary fell by 10% in 2009-2010

Violence against the person fell by 1% in 2009-2010

The number of first time offenders under 18yrs of age dropped by 64% in 2009-2010

In 2009-2010, we helped 829 people who had suffrered domestic abuse

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Alcohol Misuse

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The Facts

It is estimated that over 40,000 people in Portsmouth drink at levels that may harm their health. Of these, over 8,000 drink at high risk levels, this is over 35 units per week for women and over 50 units per week for men.

This high level of drinking all too often leads to health related problems. Portsmouth has the highest rate of alcohol related hospital admissions in the South East region. In 2009/10 this figure was 2017 per 100,000 of the population. This compares to a national average of 1743 and a South East average of 1344.

Alcohol misuse in Portsmouth is estimated to cost around £74 million per year, with £8million in health service costs alone.

It is the aim of the Safer Portsmouth Partnership to address the rise in hospital admissions and tackle the many other alcohol related problems faced by individuals, families and the wider community.