- more than 3,100 criminals fitted with alcohol-monitoring tags in a year
- offenders stayed sober 97% of the time
- move to cut booze-fuelled crime which costs society £21 billion
Since the tags were launched as part of government plans to curb drink-fuelled crime, 3,121 offenders have been monitored by the tags, with more than 3,000 staying sober.
Alcohol plays a part in 39 per cent of all violent crime in the UK, and the social and economic cost of drink-related harm is estimated to be around £21.5 billion per year.
As a result of the scheme's success, the Ministry of Justice will roll out alcohol-monitoring tags to other offenders once they are released from prison in the summer.
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