FOI 292224

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 292224

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 15th November 2023. Please find below the response to your request:

1. For the calendar year 2023 (to date)
a. With a monthly breakdown; how many reports have you received of UMEs (Unlicenced Music Event)
2. For the calendar year 2022
a. With a monthly breakdown; how many reports have you received of UMEs (Unlicenced Music Event)
3. For the calendar year 2021
a. With a monthly breakdown; how many reports have you received of UMEs (Unlicenced Music Event)

Reply

Calendar Year and monthly report made Number of incidents
2020
March 3
May 3
June 6
July 2
August 7
September 4
October 2
November 1
December 5
Total 33
2021
February 1
April 2
May 2
July 5
August 3
September 3
October 2
Total 18
2022
April 1
May 1
June 1
July 2
August 2
September 1
October 4
Total 12
2023
February 2
March 3
July 2
August 6
September 4
Total 17

Caveats:

There is no specific category for “UME” and therefore a keyword search has been relied upon. If another phrase was used to describe the incident, then it will not be included in these results.

The above results include only incident data which is taken from calls/online reports made to police. These calls may have been made with good intentions however upon Police attendance either a licence was held or a licenced was not needed. We are unable to separate these out.

There may be occasions where more than 1 person makes a call to police regarding the same unlicensed music event, these may be recorded as separate incidents and have different incident references.