Offensive Weapons In Educational Establishments - 1659/21

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.