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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11735 and Warwickshire Police 11736
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 25th April 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
The number of Sexual Communication with a Child offences recorded, further broken down by:
1. MONTH
2. METHOD USED - e.g. Snapchat / Facebook etc
3. AREA - The area in which the offence occurred, which may be categorized depending on the police force by: Area, or Borough, or Operational Command Unit
4. SELF DEFINED ETHNICITY OF SUSPECT - e.g. A1: Asian - Indian; A2: Asian - Pakistani
5. SELF DEFINED ETHNICITY OF VICTIM - as above
6. GENDER OF SUSPECT - the gender of the suspect, usually Female, Male or Unknown/unrecorded
7. GENDER OF VICTIM - as above
8. AGE OF SUSPECT - the age or age group of the suspect: 0-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+, Unknown
9. AGE OF VICTIM - the age of the victim
10. OUTCOME - the outcome, e.g. charged
If it is not possible to release all of the data due to cost limitations, please explain why and release some - rather than none - of the information.
REPLY: Please see attached tables
West Mercia Police 11735
Warwickshire Police 11736
Please be advised that for some crimes there are no victims or suspects recorded. Therefore the numbers of suspects and victims will be lower than crimes.