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Cost of alcohol harm in

Dorset

Overall cost:

£151.8m

(£398 per head)

Cost Breakdown

Cost per head

NHS & Healthcare: £36.9m

Alcohol-related hospital admissions cost: £16.6m
Outpatient visits cost: £6.3m
Alcohol-related A&E visits cost: £5.9m
Alcohol-related ambulance call-outs cost: £5.8m
Alcohol-related healthcare appointments cost: £1.1m
Alcohol dependency drugs cost: £0.024m
Specialist treatment for alcohol cost: £0.5m
Other alcohol-related healthcare cost: £0.7m

Crime & disorder: £66.1m

17,750

estimated alcohol-related crimes

Including reported and unreported crimes:

  • 4,684 for criminal damage
  • 3,918 for violence against the person
  • 8,091 for theft

Costs:

Anticipation of crime:

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

£3.3m

Consequence of crime:

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

£43.4m

Response to crime:

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

£19.3m

Wider economy: £30.8m

Presenteeism (at work but reduced productivity): £11.7m
Absenteeism (not at work due to illness): £9.3m
Unemployment: £9.7m

Social services: £18.1m

Local authority budget estimated to be attributable to alcohol:

Alcohol treatment and support services:

For adults: £0.2m
For children: £38,430

Child social services:

£17.9m


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AdurSouth East£27.5m£425
Amber ValleyEast Midlands£59.2m£468
ArunSouth East£66.3m£401
AshfieldEast Midlands£68.3m£541
AshfordSouth East£70.0m£525
BaberghEast£35.7m£386
Barking and DagenhamLondon£108.0m£494
BarnetLondon£157.5m£405
BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber£120.7m£493
BasildonEast£103.6m£552
Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East£85.0m£458
BassetlawEast Midlands£60.0m£507
Bath and North East SomersetSouth West£81.8m£425
BedfordEast£90.6m£488
BexleyLondon£98.8m£401
BirminghamWest Midlands£694.0m£607
BlabyEast Midlands£44.0m£426
Blackburn with DarwenNorth West£82.3m£531
BlackpoolNorth West£116.6m£828
BolsoverEast Midlands£38.5m£479
BoltonNorth West£165.3m£558
BostonEast Midlands£40.4m£571
Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West£158.8m£397
Bracknell ForestSouth East£50.9m£407
BradfordYorkshire and the Humber£330.9m£605
BraintreeEast£72.0m£462
BrecklandEast£61.4m£432
BrentLondon£153.7m£453
BrentwoodEast£34.0m£441
Brighton and HoveSouth East£150.7m£545
Bristol, City ofSouth West£281.3m£597
BroadlandEast£50.2m£380
BromleyLondon£148.6m£450
BromsgroveWest Midlands£45.9m£462
BroxbourneEast£40.8m£412
BroxtoweEast Midlands£46.0m£415
BuckinghamshireSouth East£218.2m£393
BurnleyNorth West£57.3m£605
BuryNorth West£103.5m£534
CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber£116.7m£564
CambridgeEast£72.9m£503
CambridgeshireEast£288.9m£425
CamdenLondon£128.8m£612
Cannock ChaseWest Midlands£39.2m£390
CanterburySouth East£86.5m£553
Castle PointEast£36.2m£404
Central BedfordshireEast£121.1m£410
CharnwoodEast Midlands£82.9m£453
ChelmsfordEast£86.6m£477
CheltenhamSouth West£61.7m£519
CherwellSouth East£75.0m£464
Cheshire EastNorth West£156.9m£392
Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West£156.6m£438
ChesterfieldEast Midlands£56.9m£548
ChichesterSouth East£47.7m£383
ChorleyNorth West£51.3m£435
City of LondonLondon£22.5m£2,613
ColchesterEast£106.1m£551
CornwallSouth West£226.1m£395
CotswoldSouth West£33.9m£372
County DurhamNorth East£277.1m£532
CoventryWest Midlands£199.0m£580
CrawleySouth East£63.6m£537
CroydonLondon£188.6m£483
CumberlandNorth West£131.4m£480
DacorumEast£66.3m£427
DarlingtonNorth East£62.7m£579
DartfordSouth East£67.5m£578
DerbyEast Midlands£172.0m£659
DerbyshireEast Midlands£372.4m£467
Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands£26.5m£370
DevonSouth West£316.0m£388
DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber£174.1m£564
DorsetSouth West£151.8m£398
DoverSouth East£62.1m£533
DudleyWest Midlands£149.7m£463
EalingLondon£159.0m£434
East CambridgeshireEast£33.1m£376
East DevonSouth West£54.6m£359
East HampshireSouth East£45.2m£358
East HertfordshireEast£59.5m£395
East LindseyEast Midlands£67.5m£472
East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber£129.4m£377
East StaffordshireWest Midlands£46.9m£377
East SuffolkEast£104.6m£424
East SussexSouth East£241.4m£441
EastbourneSouth East£51.4m£506
EastleighSouth East£60.1m£439
ElmbridgeSouth East£54.0m£387
EnfieldLondon£146.4m£444
Epping ForestEast£65.5m£486
Epsom and EwellSouth East£32.6m£403
ErewashEast Midlands£56.6m£501
EssexEast£728.3m£483
ExeterSouth West£66.8m£517
FarehamSouth East£46.2m£402
FenlandEast£52.3m£509
Folkestone and HytheSouth East£60.3m£548
Forest of DeanSouth West£31.5m£361
FyldeNorth West£31.8m£388
GatesheadNorth East£106.2m£541
GedlingEast Midlands£47.0m£401
GloucesterSouth West£77.2m£583
GloucestershireSouth West£288.5m£446
GosportSouth East£38.3m£466
GraveshamSouth East£62.6m£586
Great YarmouthEast£58.3m£582
GreenwichLondon£155.9m£539
GuildfordSouth East£65.9m£458
HackneyLondon£149.3m£574
HaltonNorth West£70.0m£545
Hammersmith and FulhamLondon£102.3m£558
HampshireSouth East£609.5m£433
HarboroughEast Midlands£35.3m£360
HaringeyLondon£143.3m£542
HarlowEast£55.8m£597
HarrowLondon£102.2m£392
HartSouth East£45.0m£449
HartlepoolNorth East£62.9m£679
HastingsSouth East£50.6m£556
HavantSouth East£58.9m£473
HaveringLondon£111.6m£426
Herefordshire, County ofWest Midlands£82.7m£441
HertfordshireEast£524.8m£437
HertsmereEast£46.6m£431
High PeakEast Midlands£42.5m£466
HillingdonLondon£135.2m£444
Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands£45.1m£397
HorshamSouth East£53.6m£364
HounslowLondon£131.7m£457
HuntingdonshireEast£71.1m£391
HyndburnNorth West£44.0m£535
IpswichEast£82.1m£588
Isle of WightSouth East£62.9m£447
Isles of ScillySouth West£0.4m£179
IslingtonLondon£137.6m£635
Kensington and ChelseaLondon£87.5m£608
KentSouth East£845.4m£536
King’s Lynn and West NorfolkEast£67.6m£437
Kingston upon Hull, City ofYorkshire and the Humber£175.6m£659
Kingston upon ThamesLondon£77.0m£459
KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber£225.0m£519
KnowsleyNorth West£87.6m£565
LambethLondon£186.0m£586
LancashireNorth West£575.6m£466
LancasterNorth West£65.6m£462
LeedsYorkshire and the Humber£477.9m£591
LeicesterEast Midlands£206.0m£563
LeicestershireEast Midlands£297.6m£418
LewesSouth East£42.1m£420
LewishamLondon£147.9m£493
LichfieldWest Midlands£36.1m£338
LincolnEast Midlands£69.8m£682
LincolnshireEast Midlands£364.5m£474
LiverpoolNorth West£331.7m£685
LutonEast£109.9m£489
MaidstoneSouth East£91.1m£516
MaldonEast£25.9m£389
Malvern HillsWest Midlands£32.3m£403
ManchesterNorth West£400.9m£729
MansfieldEast Midlands£61.1m£553
MedwaySouth East£177.0m£633
MeltonEast Midlands£20.7m£401
MertonLondon£85.8m£398
Mid DevonSouth West£30.5m£367
Mid SuffolkEast£41.2m£398
Mid SussexSouth East£55.7m£364
MiddlesbroughNorth East£117.6m£818
Milton KeynesSouth East£143.7m£499
Mole ValleySouth East£31.2m£356
New ForestSouth East£75.0m£426
Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands£53.0m£430
Newcastle upon TyneNorth East£181.5m£608
Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands£47.4m£385
NewhamLondon£183.1m£522
NorfolkEast£429.5m£468
North DevonSouth West£39.2m£394
North East DerbyshireEast Midlands£45.0m£439
North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber£94.7m£602
North HertfordshireEast£56.1m£420
North KestevenEast Midlands£42.2m£356
North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber£79.4m£467
North NorfolkEast£40.3m£390
North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands£174.7m£485
North SomersetSouth West£96.4m£443
North TynesideNorth East£99.3m£475
North WarwickshireWest Midlands£26.5m£406
North West LeicestershireEast Midlands£47.2m£450
North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber£232.1m£375
NorthumberlandNorth East£146.1m£454
NorwichEast£96.1m£671
NottinghamEast Midlands£203.1m£636
NottinghamshireEast Midlands£384.0m£465
Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands£71.8m£535
Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands£21.7m£376
OldhamNorth West£140.8m£582
OxfordSouth East£83.8m£524
OxfordshireSouth East£303.6m£418
PendleNorth West£43.8m£458
PeterboroughEast£123.0m£568
PlymouthSouth West£145.4m£549
PortsmouthSouth East£137.9m£667
PrestonNorth West£82.4m£558
ReadingSouth East£98.1m£567
RedbridgeLondon£136.9m£442
Redcar and ClevelandNorth East£77.6m£568
RedditchWest Midlands£38.8m£446
Reigate and BansteadSouth East£61.6m£407
Ribble ValleyNorth West£22.2m£358
Richmond upon ThamesLondon£77.6m£397
RochdaleNorth West£131.9m£589
RochfordEast£32.3m£375
RossendaleNorth West£32.9m£463
RotherSouth East£39.3m£420
RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber£137.9m£518
RugbyWest Midlands£52.3m£455
RunnymedeSouth East£39.7m£452
RushcliffeEast Midlands£49.4m£413
RushmoorSouth East£45.0m£450
RutlandEast Midlands£12.8m£310
SalfordNorth West£157.6m£582
SandwellWest Midlands£177.4m£519
SeftonNorth West£145.0m£518
SevenoaksSouth East£53.7m£445
SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber£280.8m£506
ShropshireWest Midlands£122.3m£377
SloughSouth East£75.0m£474
SolihullWest Midlands£100.2m£463
SomersetSouth West£253.0m£441
South CambridgeshireEast£59.5m£365
South DerbyshireEast Midlands£46.6m£431
South GloucestershireSouth West£121.0m£416
South HamsSouth West£31.1m£349
South HollandEast Midlands£41.1m£430
South KestevenEast Midlands£59.8m£416
South NorfolkEast£55.3m£388
South OxfordshireSouth East£51.8m£345
South RibbleNorth West£53.3m£479
South StaffordshireWest Midlands£37.5m£339
South TynesideNorth East£77.3m£523
SouthamptonSouth East£171.5m£694
Southend-on-SeaEast£115.9m£642
SouthwarkLondon£165.3m£540
SpelthorneSouth East£44.6m£433
St AlbansEast£64.7m£435
St. HelensNorth West£112.6m£614
StaffordWest Midlands£49.8m£363
StaffordshireWest Midlands£306.2m£349
Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands£33.1m£345
StevenageEast£46.0m£515
StockportNorth West£135.3m£458
Stockton-on-TeesNorth East£120.8m£613
Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands£142.8m£554
Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands£52.8m£388
StroudSouth West£47.9m£394
SuffolkEast£335.5m£440
SunderlandNorth East£157.3m£574
SurreySouth East£486.4m£403
Surrey HeathSouth East£33.3m£368
SuttonLondon£87.6m£418
SwaleSouth East£87.3m£574
SwindonSouth West£110.0m£470
TamesideNorth West£137.2m£594
TamworthWest Midlands£30.9m£392
TandridgeSouth East£34.7m£393
TeignbridgeSouth West£47.8m£354
Telford and WrekinWest Midlands£96.0m£517
TendringEast£73.3m£492
Test ValleySouth East£57.1m£435
TewkesburySouth West£36.0m£377
ThanetSouth East£91.5m£650
Three RiversEast£37.9m£403
ThurrockEast£99.9m£568
Tonbridge and MallingSouth East£58.5m£442
TorbaySouth West£74.1m£531
TorridgeSouth West£26.7m£389
Tower HamletsLondon£166.4m£533
TraffordNorth West£110.2m£468
Tunbridge WellsSouth East£53.9m£466
UttlesfordEast£37.8m£411
Vale of White HorseSouth East£52.1m£373
WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber£204.7m£579
WalsallWest Midlands£149.1m£525
Waltham ForestLondon£124.3m£447
WandsworthLondon£162.3m£494
WarringtonNorth West£101.4m£480
WarwickWest Midlands£60.6m£408
WarwickshireWest Midlands£263.5m£440
WatfordEast£49.4m£482
WaverleySouth East£47.0m£365
WealdenSouth East£57.9m£360
Welwyn HatfieldEast£57.8m£483
West BerkshireSouth East£62.8m£388
West DevonSouth West£19.3m£336
West LancashireNorth West£43.6m£372
West LindseyEast Midlands£43.7m£457
West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands£217.3m£510
West OxfordshireSouth East£41.5m£360
West SuffolkEast£72.7m£402
West SussexSouth East£365.7m£413
WestminsterLondon£176.7m£862
Westmorland and FurnessNorth West£89.3m£393
WiganNorth West£186.4m£565
WiltshireSouth West£200.5m£390
WinchesterSouth East£52.9m£413
Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East£59.7m£388
WirralNorth West£166.4m£519
WokingSouth East£42.9m£413
WokinghamSouth East£62.4m£350
WolverhamptonWest Midlands£157.4m£596
WorcesterWest Midlands£44.5m£430
WorcestershireWest Midlands£261.4m£432
WorthingSouth East£52.0m£466
WychavonWest Midlands£54.8m£412
WyreNorth West£46.6m£415
Wyre ForestWest Midlands£45.2m£444
YorkYorkshire and the Humber£91.7m£455

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