Norfolk has high drunk and disorderly rate for women

Data has revealed the number of women arrested for being drunk and disorderly <i>(Image: NQ)</i>
Data has revealed the number of women arrested for being drunk and disorderly (Image: NQ)
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Norfolk has one of the highest arrest rates in the country for women being drunk and disorderly, new data has found.

Between 2023/24 and 2025/26, officers in the county arrested 440 women for the offence, the ninth highest number in the country.

The hotspot for women being arrested was Northumbria, with Newcastle contributing significantly.

Filling out the rest of the list for police forces and the number of arrests for females being drunk and disorderly was the Metropolitan Police (933), Lancashire (845), Merseyside (730), Greater Manchester (671), West Yorkshire (542), South Yorkshire (522) and South Wales (451).

Devon and Cornwall rounded out the top 10 below Norfolk with 409 arrests.

Across England and Wales, 12,380 women were arrested for being drunk and disorderly in the last three years – almost 80 per week.

Only around a third of those were charged.

Most are handed a caution, an on-the-spot fine or a community resolution - with the rest seeing no further action taken.

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