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:
Could you please provide answers to the questions below for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 —
1a. How many incidents were recorded, each year?
1b. How many of these incidents were tagged as involving mental health, each year?
2a. How many crimes were recorded, each year?
2b. How many of these crimes were tagged as involving an element of mental health, each year?
3a. If possible, please let us know what is included in the term (or meant by the term) ‘incidents’?
3b. Does ‘incidents’ include both crimes and non-crimes?
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 follows.
1a & 1b:
|
Year |
Incidents |
MH incidents |
|
2017 |
428,567 |
8,182 |
|
2018 |
431,530 |
8,759 |
|
2019 |
424,117 |
10,148 |
|
2020 |
437,142 |
9,849 |
|
2021 |
433,660 |
12,478 |
|
2022 |
447,669 |
21,100 |
2a & 2b:
|
Year |
Crimes |
MH Crimes |
|
2017 |
147,973 |
613 |
|
2018 |
157,684 |
701 |
|
2019 |
150,113 |
747 |
|
2020 |
132,531 |
593 |
|
2021 |
130,867 |
1,210 |
|
2022 |
140,186 |
3,125 |
3a. An incident is a record of a report of a communication with the Police, but note that it does not necessarily mean a crime has occurred. For example, it could be that an individual has reported a theft but upon investigation it has not turned out to be so (perhaps they had just misplaced the item and not realised). An incident has been recorded, but not a crime.
3b. Yes, incidents includes both crimes and non-crimes.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
