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:
Please could you provide the number of crimes, broken down by type of crime, recorded by your force in which the suspect was riding a moped / scooter / motor-cycle at the time of the offence, for each of the calendar years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
If this information is not readily searchable in your system could you undertake a keyword search for the terms "moped", "motorcycle", "motorbike", "scooter", "mini moto", "powered two wheel vehicles" and indicate how many crimes, by the type of crime incidents had these terms recorded.
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 below.
Type of crime |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Total |
AFFRAY |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
AIR WEAPON PUBLIC PLACE |
|
2 |
2 |
|||
ARSON |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
||
ASSAULT S. 47 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|||
BURGLARY OTD OTHER |
1 |
1 |
||||
BURGLARY RESI\DWELLING |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
||
COMMON ASSAULT |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
CRIMINAL DAMAGE VEHICLE |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
DAMAGE (MOTOR VEHICLE) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
||
DAMAGE MOTOR VEHICLE |
|
3 |
3 |
|||
DANGEROUS DRIVING |
7 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
20 |
|
MAKE OFF W/O PAYMENT |
12 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
37 |
MURDER (1 YEAR OR OVER) |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
POSSESS CANNABIS |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
||
POSSESS SUPPLY OTHER B |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
PUBLIC ORDER DISTRESS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
PUBLIC ORDER SEC 4 |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
PUBLIC ORDER SEC 5 |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS |
|
1 |
1 |
|||
ROBBERY |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
||
ROBBERY-PERSONAL |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
||
TAKING A MOTOR VEHICLE |
|
2 |
2 |
|||
THEFT - SHOPLIFTING |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEH |
2 |
2 |
||||
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
|
2 |
2 |
|||
THEFT OF PEDAL CYCLE |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
THEFT OTHER |
7 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
||
VEHICLE INTERFERENCE |
|
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
7 |
Total |
38 |
35 |
22 |
17 |
19 |
131 |