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Crimes - 145/18

Date Responded 15 February 2018

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:

For the calendar year 2017 and for January 2018 please provide the number of crimes based on the following: 

Charge/Summons

Caution youth

Caution adult

TIC

Offender Deceased

Penalty Notice

Cannabis warning

Community Resolution

Not in Public Interest (CPS)

Not in Public Interest (Police)

Suspect under 10 years old

Suspect too ill

Victim or key witness is deceased or too ill to give evidence

Victim declines or is unable to identify suspect

Evidential Difficulties

Victim does not support police action

Prosecution time limit expired

Investigation Complete - No suspect identified

YOT Triage

Other Agency action

Investigation not public interest

Charge/Summons Alternative offence

Caution Youth Alternative offence

Caution Adult Alternative offence 

In Response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention. 

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. 

With the below in mind, I am able to disclose the located information to you as attached. 

The data has been taken from the Central Database using the date parameters provided.  The categories of Method of Disposal chosen has then been used to split the data into those various categories.  Finally the data has been split into the calendar year of 2017 and January 2018. 

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Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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