Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
- How many arrests of children aged 17 years and under were made by your police force from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019?
- Please break the figures down by age (e.g. 17 years old – 105 arrests; 16 years old – 110 arrests; 15 years old – 74 arrests etc.)
- Please break the figures down by gender (e.g. Male – 402 arrests; Female – 161 arrests)
- Please break the figures down by ethnicity (e.g. White – 450 arrests; Black - 355 arrests; Asian - 165 arrests; Other – 100 arrests; Unknown or unrecorded – 25 arrests)
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
1&2
Age Arrests
10 2
11 16
12 63
13 176
14 312
15 406
16 560
17 721
3.
Female – 551
Male – 1705
4.
Ethnicity |
Arrests |
Asian |
34 |
Black |
31 |
Chinese, Japanese, South East Asian |
3 |
Middle Eastern |
6 |
Other/Unknown |
9 |
White - North European |
2151 |
White - South European |
22 |