FOI 302164
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 302164
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 4th January 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
Monthly over the last 5 years how many people were:
- a) moved on from an area under the Vagrancy Act 1824
- b) convicted under the Vagrancy Act 1824
- c) arrested under the Vagrancy Act 1824
Reply
Monthly over the last 5 years how many people were:
- a) moved on from an area under the Vagrancy Act 1824
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Number of OFFENCES committed under the Vagrancy Act 1824 offences by year/month |
Calendar Year |
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|
Grand Total |
|
|
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
|
Jan |
|
1 |
4 |
|
5 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 - Being on enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Begging, gathering alms or causing or procuring any child so to do |
|
1 |
3 |
|
4 |
|
Feb |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Other offences (against Vagrancy Acts); any petty chapman or peddler trading without a licence |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Apr |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Peddlers Act 1871 - Acting without certificate, refusal to produce certificate etc (offences by peddlers against the Vagrancy Act 1824 SS3 & 4 should be included under Vagrancy Acts - other offences) |
2 |
2 |
|||
|
May |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 - Being on enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Jul |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
Peddlers Act 1871 - Acting without certificate, refusal to produce certificate etc (offences by peddlers against the Vagrancy Act 1824 SS3 & 4 should be included under Vagrancy Acts - other offences) |
2 |
|
2 |
||
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 - Collecting alms or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions by fraudulent pretence |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Other offences (against Vagrancy Acts); any petty chapman or peddler trading without a licence |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Vagrancy Act 1824, Peddlers; trading prostitutes; begging alms; idle and disorderly persons |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Aug |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
Peddlers Act 1871 - Acting without certificate, refusal to produce certificate etc (offences by peddlers against the Vagrancy Act 1824 SS3 & 4 should be included under Vagrancy Acts - other offences) |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 - Being on enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Oct |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Begging, gathering alms or causing or procuring any child so to do |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Nov |
3 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 - Being on enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Begging, gathering alms or causing or procuring any child so to do |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Dec |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Begging, gathering alms or causing or procuring any child so to do |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Vagrancy Act 1824 , Other offences (against Vagrancy Acts); any petty chapman or peddler trading without a licence |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Grand Total |
5 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
25 |
Please note: there were no offences under the Act in 2023.
(b) Convictions Under the Vagrancy Act 2019 - 2023
|
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
Grand Total |
|
|
2019 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
2020 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
2021 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
2022 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2023 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
26 |
(c) Arrests Under the Vagrancy Act 2019 - 2023
|
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
Grand Total |
|
|
2019 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
|
2020 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
|
2021 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
2022 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
2023 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Grand Total |
7 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
48 |
Dates are from 01/01/2019 00:00 to 31/12/2023 23:59. Please note the Arrest data is the number of arrests – for example one nominal could have been arrested both in January 2019 and also February 2023 and the data would reflect this.