FOI 104742
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 104742
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 5th August 2021. Please find below the response to your request:
I would like to know how many people were arrested for alleged offences under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 in the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and the first six months of 2021 in the area under your administration. Please can you provide separate figures for each year?
Reply:-
The number of arrests, based on Offences under Section 127 of the Communications Act in West Mercia between 01/01/2017 and 30/06/2021, is:
|
2017 |
8 |
|
2018 |
3 |
|
2019 |
6 |
|
2020 |
6 |
|
2021 |
2 |
|
Total |
25 |
Since the introduction of a new recording system in 2017, there is a RFA (reason for arrest) Offence Description of Malicious Communications. The number of arrests since the 4 October 2017 to 30 June 2021 for Malicious Communications is:
|
2017 |
17 |
|
2018 |
86 |
|
2019 |
133 |
|
2020 |
179 |
|
2021 |
94 |
|
Total |
509 |