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<p>It is difficult to draw causality between the Licensing Act 2003 and changing behaviours.
The Licensing Act 2003 came into force in November 2005. Data on offences which are
‘alcohol related’ are drawn from the Crime Survey of England and Wales, which asks
victims of violent incidents whether they perceived the offender to be under the influence
of alcohol at the time of the offence. By this measure, the number of violent incidents
considered to be‘alcohol related’ has fallen from around 1.02 million incidents in
2005/06, to around 0.88 million incidents in 2012/13 (a fall of 14%). <br><br>The
definition of binge drinking used by the NHS is drinking more than double the lower
risk guidelines for alcohol in one session – more than 8 units for men and 6 units
for women. The Opinions and Lifestyle survey, published by the Office of National
Statistics provides our best measure for this. The data shows that in 2005, 23% of
men and 15% of women drank over twice the lower risk guidelines on at least one day
in the week before interview. This fell to 19 % of men and 11 % of women in 2012.</p><p>
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