FOI 58769
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 58769
Please see amended response below to include all incidents recorded for 2020.
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16th February 2021. Please find below the response to your request:
I am looking for the number of non-crime hate incidents that have been recorded against a person 16-years-old and under who is the alleged perpetrator of the incident, not the victim.
1) How many non-crime hate incidents has your force recorded against a person 16-years-old and under from 2014 to 2019 inclusive?
2) What was the total number of non-crime hate incidents your force recorded in 2020?
Reply:-
I can confirm that West Mercia hold the information that has been requested.
Q1
Please see two tables below, the first is of the number of incidents and the second the number of suspects 16 and under as there are cases where there are more than one suspect to an incident.
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Incidents with suspect under 16 |
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Grand Total |
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40 |
26 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
15 |
14 |
136 |
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All under 16 suspects of non-crime hate incidents |
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Year |
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Grand Total |
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46 |
35 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
18 |
14 |
165 |
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Q2
131 non-crime hate incidents your force recorded in 2020.