Offensive Weapons In Educational Establishments - 1659/21

Date Responded 30 December 2021

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:

1. How many offensive weapons were found in educational establishments in the past five years? (From 1st December 2016-30th November 2021.)

For each recorded find, please include:

  • The date
  • The type of offensive weapon
  • The type of establishment (e.g college or secondary school)
  • The age and sex of the suspect (if known and possible)
  • The outcome (e.g whether there was an arrest)

 

2. How many crimes were recorded in educational establishments in the past five years? (From 1st December 2016-30th November 2021.)

For each recorded incident please include:

  • The date
  • The type of establishment (e.g college or secondary school)
  • The crime type
  • The age and sex of the suspect (if known and possible)
  • The age and sex of the victim(s) (if known and possible given the time limitations)

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 with the following noted.

  • The data has been taken using crime, disposal and victim tables.  The data was then reviewed in regard to question 1 to get the educational establishment type.  This was possible due to the small number of returns for question 1; however this review was not available for question 2 as to do this would have taken over 18 hours which would have made the whole FOI subject to a section 12 exemption.

 

With the above noted, please see the attached document.

Offensive Weapons In Educational Establishments - 1659/21

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