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 would like to request information on the total number of fixed penalty notices, cautions, warnings and arrests made within your constituency between 23rd March 2020 and 30th June 2020.
This should be broken down by offence type and should clearly highlight the offences committed relating to the government enforced lockdown regulations as well as all other types of offences during that time period.
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with both the Corporate Development Department and the Fixed Penalty unit 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.
Information supplied by the Fixed Penalty Unit is as follows:
|
Number |
|
|
FPN’s Issued |
281 |
|
Received a Warning |
101 |
|
NFA |
17 |
|
Total |
399 |
|
Offences |
Number |
|
Contravene a direction or fail to comply with reasonable instruction |
45 |
|
Contravene a requirement under regulation 6 not to leave the place where they are living without a reasonable excuse |
247 |
|
Contravene a requirement under regulation 7 by participating in a gathering of more than two people |
103 |
|
Contravene a regulation 8(6) Where a person has reasonable grounds to believe that a child is repeatedly failing to comply with the restrictions in regulation 6(1) |
4 |
|
Total |
399 |
Information supplied by the Corporate Development Department is as follows:
|
Offence |
Cautions |
Warnings |
Arrests |
|
Assault without injury |
143 |
0 |
892 |
|
Burglary - Business and Community |
1 |
0 |
148 |
|
Burglary - residential |
1 |
0 |
247 |
|
COVID-related offences |
0 |
0 |
19 |
|
Criminal damage - Dwelling |
74 |
0 |
423 |
|
Criminal damage - Other |
12 |
0 |
155 |
|
Criminal damage - Vehicle |
5 |
0 |
7 |
|
Drug - Other |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Drug - Possession |
60 |
174 |
74 |
|
Drug - Production |
9 |
0 |
38 |
|
Drug - Supply |
0 |
0 |
165 |
|
Harassment |
72 |
0 |
480 |
|
Less serious violence against the person |
29 |
0 |
777 |
|
Miscellaneous crime |
9 |
0 |
259 |
|
Most serious violence against the person |
0 |
0 |
207 |
|
Non Crime |
192 |
7 |
2603 |
|
Other serious sexual offences |
1 |
0 |
63 |
|
Other sexual offences |
7 |
0 |
49 |
|
Other theft and handling |
18 |
0 |
145 |
|
Other violence |
38 |
0 |
333 |
|
Public disorder |
81 |
0 |
710 |
|
Rape |
0 |
0 |
113 |
|
Robbery - Business |
1 |
0 |
90 |
|
Shoplifting |
10 |
0 |
189 |
|
TFMV |
2 |
0 |
85 |
|
Theft from the person |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
Theft of a pedal cycle |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
TWOC |
1 |
0 |
169 |
|
Vehicle Interference |
0 |
0 |
27 |
|
Total |
768 |
181 |
8509 |
Please note the following regarding the data provided in the above table:
- All coronavirus related offences are non-notifiable offences and as such would appear under "non-crime."
- These have been separated out and appear as their own area within the above table.
- There were no coronavirus related offences leading to a caution or a warning.
