Screened Out Crimes 2019 - 2022 - 275/22

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:

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the amount of “screened out” crimes within 24 hours of being reported for the following calendar years: 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date (1st February 2022)

Please can you provide me for each calendar year:

1. The total number of crimes that have been “screened out” for further investigation or ‘filed’ shortly after it was reported to the police.
These are cases which do not qualify for investigation after an initial screening process. This also includes reported crimes closed within 24 hours, without a police officer being assigned to it. Please break this information down into individual offence as per the Count Offence Classification Index.

2. Please can you provide me with the total number of crimes reported to your force for the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date (1st February 2022). Please break this information down into individual offence as per the Count Offence Classification Index.

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, in part, by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

1. No information held as we can only provide the screening status of the crime as of the day the data was extracted. The screening status can change at any point – a crime which was initially screened out may be screened in if and when new information becomes available. We would not know if a crime which is now screened in has previously been screened out. Also, we cannot identify those which have been screened out on the same day as they were reported.

Screened out means no further enquiries/investigation necessary. For example, when an individual is charged then no further enquiries are necessary and therefore the crime would be closed as detected and is screened out. The count of crimes screened out will not necessarily be those that have not gone beyond initial assessment.

This is in line with our responses to similar submissions that can be found on the Northumbria Police disclosure Log, the link to which is provided below.

 

2. Total number of crimes reported:

Offence	Year			January
	2019	2020	2021	2022
Assault without injury	17372	15155	15927	1533
Burglary - Business and Community	3007	1877	1623	166
Burglary - residential	4930	4677	4224	390
Criminal damage - Dwelling	7890	7771	7685	736
Criminal damage - Other	6061	6119	5786	469
Criminal damage - Other than dwelling	1787	1486	1648	156
Criminal damage - Vehicle	6868	5885	5383	463
Drug - Other	23	53	193	6
Drug - Possession	2475	2506	1968	169
Drug - Production	271	333	361	22
Drug - Supply	439	517	568	46
Fraud and forgery	235	126	78	6
Harassment	14781	16539	16839	1527
Less serious violence against the person	13059	11881	13682	1219
Miscellaneous crime	1827	2138	2170	161
Modern Slavery	59	75	118	8
Most serious violence against the person	907	928	1131	101
Non Crime	363	281	421	29
Other serious sexual offences	2061	1774	2295	210
Other sexual offences	867	768	876	64
Other theft and handling	14835	10878	9831	907
Other violence	2316	2402	2441	179
Public disorder	20337	17955	17150	1311
Rape	1629	1408	1650	158
Robbery - Business	458	408	411	59
Robbery - Personal	355	273	303	14
Shoplifting	13407	8450	7854	741
TFMV	5374	4183	3424	344
Theft from the person	1453	906	868	80
Theft of a pedal cycle	1597	1859	1578	146
TWOC	2051	1697	1728	167
Vehicle Interference	1028	1229	903	109