FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11819 and Warwickshire Police 11820

I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 9th May 2019.  Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:

Request:

Kindly provide data on the number of Foreign National Offender Conditional Cautions that have been given by the police force in the financial years of 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.

Please indicate the major and minor crime categories for which the cautions were issued, if available. (Note - if your data is structured by calendar year and it's simpler to provide in that format, that's fine).

If this is unclear in any way, please don't hesitate to be in touch.

REPLY:

West Mercia FOI 11819 response

The number of conditional cautions given to individuals with a nationality recorded as not British/UK is:

2014/15 - 3

The conditional caution offences are recorded as:

Cruelty to a child under 16

Breach of Anti-social Behaviour Order

Possess knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988

Possess an imitation firearm in a public place

2015/16 - 0

2016/17 - 1

The conditional caution offences are recorded as:

Possess knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988

Burglary other than dwelling - Theft

2017/18 - 0

2018/19 - 1

The conditional caution offence is recorded as:

Possess knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988

Warwickshire FOI 11820 response

The number of conditional cautions given to individuals with a nationality recorded as not British/UK is:

2014/15 - 1

The conditional caution offences are recorded as:

Theft from shop/store/stall

Possess article with blade/sharply pointed article on school premises

2015/16 - 0

2016/17 - 0

2017/18 - 0

2018/19 - 0

Please note an individual may be cautioned for more than one offence.