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Cost of alcohol harm in

North East

Overall cost:

£1.49bn

(£562 per head)

Cost Breakdown

Cost per head

NHS & Healthcare: £290.5m

Alcohol-related hospital admissions cost: £135.0m
Outpatient visits cost: £42.1m
Alcohol-related A&E visits cost: £54.9m
Alcohol-related ambulance call-outs cost: £40.4m
Alcohol-related healthcare appointments cost: £8.2m
Alcohol dependency drugs cost: £0.494m
Specialist treatment for alcohol cost: £4.8m
Other alcohol-related healthcare cost: £4.5m

Crime & disorder: £812.4m

261,065

estimated alcohol-related crimes

Including reported and unreported crimes:

  • 66,572 for criminal damage
  • 49,891 for violence against the person
  • 134,235 for theft

Costs:

Anticipation of crime:

(e.g. money spent on crime detection/prevention such as burglar alarms)

£49.2m

Consequence of crime:

(e.g. cost of stolen or damaged property and emotional harm to the victim)

£509.8m

Response to crime:

(e.g. costs to the police and criminal justice system)

£253.4m

Wider economy: £225.2m

Presenteeism (at work but reduced productivity): £85.0m
Absenteeism (not at work due to illness): £67.6m
Unemployment: £72.6m

Social services: £158.6m

Local authority budget estimated to be attributable to alcohol:

Alcohol treatment and support services:

For adults: £13.9m
For children: £885,150

Child social services:

£143.8m


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RegionTotal costCost per head
East £2.96bn £467
East Midlands £2.41bn £493
London £4.34bn £494
North East £1.49bn £562
North West £3.99bn £538
South East £4.33bn £466
South West £2.51bn £439
West Midlands £2.92bn £490
Yorkshire & The Humber £2.87bn £524

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