FOI 056 / Jan 22 / Machete related crimes

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI 056-2022

 

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17^th January 2022 as follows:

 

1. For the months of November and December 2021 how many crimes were logged by your force where a machete was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the words "machete" or variants of the spelling to include "machette" and "machetes".

 

2. Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are `linked’ to machete/s by its mention in the MO.

 

3. Taking the month of December 2021 please provide me with copies of the first 5 MOs that mention machetes. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].

 

4. For the months of November and December 2021 how many crimes were logged by your force where acid was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the words "acid” or “acid-attack”.

 

5. Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 4 that are `linked’ to acid and acid attacks by its mention in the MO.

 

6. Taking the month of December 2021 please provide me with copies of the first 5 MOs that mention acid. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].

 

Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.  When reviewing the information please note that it was obtained by searching all recorded crimes, during the stated period where the MO description contains the requested keywords.  The resulting records were then checked for relevance and to remove any false positives.  It is important to note that, should there be relevant offences, but where the stated keywords have not been mentioned within the MO Description, then these will not have been captured within the response.  For this reason, the information cannot be assumed to be entirely accurate. 

           

 

Q1 response:

 

November	December	Total
10	7	17

 

Q2 response:

 

Offence	Total
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	1
Attempted Murder	1
Controlling or Coercive Behaviour	1
Criminal Damage To A Vehicle	1
Harassment	1
Malicious Communications	2
Modern Slavery	1
Possession of Article with Blade or Point	3
Public Fear, Alarm or Distress	1
Robbery Of Personal Property	3
Theft Or Unauthorised Taking Of A Motor Vehicle	1
Threats to Kill	1
Grand Total	17

 

Q3 response:

 

~ shouting at people with threats to stab and that if they had a machete, they would do it with that.

 

~ reporting threatened with a machete before having items stolen

 

~ states having seen third party threatened with a machete

 

~ threatened to stab and has a machete

 

~ threatened with a machete

 

Q4 response:

 

November	December	Total
2	0	2

 

Q5 response:

 

Offence	Total
Criminal Damage	1
Malicious Communications	1
Grand Total	2

 

Q6 response: Not applicable

 

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.

 

Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.

 

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police

PO Box 4

Leek Wootton

Warwickshire

CV35 7QB

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