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A quarter of all violent assaults in England and Wales are now carried out by women.

The shocking figures, police believe, can be put down to binge-drinking and the so-called 'ladette culture'.

Officers say young women are increasingly challenging their male counterparts when it comes to drunken yobbishness and booze-fuelled brawling.

Violence is now the most common reason for women in England and Wales to be arrested, recently overtaking theft and handling stolen goods. 

A Home Office report shows 24 per cent of all violent incidents last year were blamed on a female attacker, or were gang assaults in which women or girls took part alongside men.

Separate figures from police records reveal a massive rise in the number of women arrested for 'violence against the person' offences.

They more than doubled from 37,000 ten years ago to 88,000 last year - equal to 240 arrests a day.

Police say women are increasingly turning to violence, often fuelled by alcohol (above picture is posed by models) and they blame late-night boozing for some of the violence being carried out by them.

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