FOI 243230
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 243230
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th April2023. Please find below the response to your request:
For each of the past five years that you have data available, can you specify:
Q1- how many sex offenders were registered with the force and subject to indefinite notification requirements (ie they were on the “sex offenders register”)?
Q2- how many individuals applied to have those indefinite notification requirements revoked ( ie to be “removed from the sex offenders register”?)
Q3- how many of those individuals were successful in those applications?
Q4- what offences had those individuals committed?
Q5- how many individuals on the register went missing?
Reply
Firstly please accept my apologies for the length of time taken for your request.
Q1- 678
Q2- 54
Q3- 36
Q4- A range of offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Q5- 4
Note: The system used for this request is unable to recover retrospective data and for Q1 and Q5 can only show current information.
Please note in accordance with national guidance West Mercia Police will not identify registered sex offenders in the community (this includes information that may lead to their identity) unless there is an operational reason to do so.