FOI 327831
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 327831
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th April 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
I would like to request:
- For each of the following periods, please state how many cases were investigated related to the “Malicious Damage Act 1861” in a property in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
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Number of cases investigated related to the “Malicious Damage Act 1861” in a property |
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2021 |
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2022 |
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2023 |
- For each of the following periods, please state how many cases were investigated related to the “Theft Act 1968: Section 13 (for abstraction of electricity)” in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
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Number of cases investigated related to the “Theft Act 1968: Section 13 (for abstraction of electricity)” |
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2021 |
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2022 |
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2023 |
- For each of the following periods, please state how many of these investigations related to the “Theft Act 1968: Section 13 (for abstraction of electricity)” were suspected to be for the cultivation or manufacture of illegal drugs in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
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Number of cases investigated related to the “Theft Act 1968: Section 13 (for abstraction of electricity)” were suspected to be for the cultivation or manufacture of illegal drugs |
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2021 |
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2022 |
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2023 |
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested.
- For each of the following periods, please state how many cases were investigated related to the “Malicious Damage Act 1861” in a property in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
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Number of Other Criminal Damage offences (Home Office code 58D) - which includes the Malicious Damage Act 1861. |
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2021 |
2466 |
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2022 |
2429 |
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2023 |
2209 |
- For each of the following periods, please state how many cases were investigated related to the “Theft Act 1968: Section 13 (for abstraction of electricity)” in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
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Number of Dishonest Use of Electricity offences (Home Office code 43). |
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2021 |
12 |
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2022 |
28 |
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2023 |
16 |
- For each of the following periods, please state how many of these investigations related to the “Theft Act 1968: Section 13 (for abstraction of electricity)” were suspected to be for the cultivation or manufacture of illegal drugs in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
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Number of Dishonest Use of Electricity offences (Home Office code 43) associated with the cultivation of illegal drugs. |
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2021 |
7 |
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2022 |
18 |
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2023 |
11 |
Caveat: The Malicious Damage Act 1861 is included in the offence of ‘Other Criminal Damage’ (Home Office code 58D). There is no field to capture offences committed under the Malicious Damages Act 1861 specifically, and, given the volume of these crimes, this would incite a S12 exemption to do a manual check. As such, all the offences of Other Criminal Damage have been given in the table.