FOI 303662

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 303662

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11^th January 2024. Please find below the response to your request:

1) Please state for the calendar year 2023 how many of the following crimes were alleged to have occurred and were recorded by your force as happening in a) Sports Direct and b) JD Sports shops:

Assault offences to include all assault offences

5D - Assault with intent to cause serious harm
8N - Assault with injury
8P - Racially or religiously aggravated assault with injury
105A - Assault without injury
105B - Racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury

Please note I am only interested in assaults which involved members of the public assaulting employees of Sports Direct or JD Sports within store premises.

The data should be broken down by whether the assault happened in Sports Direct or JD Sports.

In addition, please provide me with a verbatim copy of the "investigation summary field" and/or the modus operandi (MO) for the ten most recent cases.

Reply

Assaults by customers on staff within store premises	Total number of assaults
JD Sports	1
Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating (105B)	1
Sports Direct	9
Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (8N)	3
Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery (105A)	6
Grand Total	10



Assaults by customers on staff outside store premises	Total number of assaults
Sports Direct	4
Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (8N)	1
Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Minor wound or equivalent) (8N)	1
Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery (105A)	2
Grand Total	4



Anonymised Crime Reference	Home Office Offence Code	Home Office Offence Title	Created Date	Store	Location of assault	Incident Summary
CR001	8N	Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm	04/01/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	ASSAULT ABH - ALLEN - SILVER STREET THE I/P, MANAGER AT SPORTS DIRECT AND IS REPORTING THE SHE HAS BEEN ASSAULTED BY A YOUNG FEMALE WHO WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE STORE AND A BOY WHO WAS WITH HER HAS STOLEN A FOOTBALL.THE GIRL TOOK *** BY THE HAIR AND SWUNG HER AROUND BEFORE PUNCHING HER. SHE SUSTAINED SCRATCHES , A BLACK EYE AND A BUMP TO THE HEAD. DURING THE INCIDENT THE BOY TOOK A NIKE FOOTBALL FROM THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.
CR002	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	07/02/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	THE INFORMANT IS A MEMBER OF STAFF AT THE STORE WHO HAS CALLED POLICE AS HE HAD DETAINED AN UNKNOWN MALE SHOPLIFTER. THE INFORMANT RECOGNISED THE SUSPECT FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY AS HE HAD STOLEN A SHOE. INFORMANT ASKING FOR OFFICERS TO ATTEND. IN THE MEANWHILE THE MALE SUSPECT HAS MANAGED TO LEAVE THE STORE AND GO OFF ON HIS BIKE. ONE SHOE HAD BENE LEFT BEHIND BUT NOT THE SHOE FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY. WHEN LEAVING THE STORE THE SUSPECT SHOVED THE INFORMANT OUT OF THE WAY. THE STORE DOES HAVE CCTV
CR003	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	31/03/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	* HAVE ENTERED SPORTS DIRECT WHILST INSIDE SHE HAS BECOME ARGUMENTATIVE REFUSED TO LEAVE. * HAS THEN PROCEEDED TO START THROWING FOOTBALLS AT *, WHICH HIT HER. SHE HAS THEN LEFT THE STORE BEFORE COMING BACK AT SHORT TIME AFTER.* HAS THEN KICKED THE FRONT DOOR TO THE SHOP WHICH SUCH FORCE THAT IT CRACKED THE GLASS. SHE HAD NO PERMISSION TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE.
CR004	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	20/04/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	ON THIS DAY, THE SUSPECT HAS ENTERED THE STORE, WITH HER FRIENDS, THESE TEENAGE GIRLS AND HAS PUSHED ONE OF HER FRIENDS INTO ***, CAUSING NO INJURIES.
CR005	8N	Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm	04/06/2023	Sports Direct	Assault outside store	ON THE ABOVE DATES/TIMES *HAVE BEEN AT WORK AT SPORTS DIRECT, A MALE HAS LEFT THE STORE WHO HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF SHOPLIFTING. * HAVE THEN FOLLOWED THE MALE OUTSIDE THE STORE TO INSPECT HIS BAG, WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SO THE SUSPECT HAS BECOME AGGRESSIVE AND HAS PUNCHED * SEVERAL TIMES IN THE JAW CAUSING NO INJURY. ALSO WHILE TRYING TO PUNCH , SUSPECT HAS MISSED AND CAUGHT ** ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD CAUSING BRUISING. KERRI IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR A BRAIN TUMOUR AND WAS TAKEN TO TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR HER INJURIES TO BE ASSESSED AS A PRECAUTION. A CT SCAN CONFIRMED THAT ONLY BRUISING HAD BEEN CAUSED AND NO INTERNAL HEAD INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.
CR006	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	08/06/2023	Sports Direct	Assault outside store	ON THE ABOVE DATES/TIMES* HAVE BEEN AT WORK AT SPORTS DIRECT, A MALE HAS LEFT THE STORE WHO HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF SHOPLIFTING. * HAVE THEN FOLLOWED THE MALE OUTSIDE THE STORE TO INSPECT HIS BAG, WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SO THE SUSPECT HAS BECOME AGGRESSIVE AND HAS PUNCHED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE JAW CAUSING NO INJURY. ALSO WHILE TRYING TO PUNCH , SUSPECT HAS MISSED AND CAUGHT ** ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD CAUSING BRUISING. KERRI IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR A BRAIN TUMOUR AND WAS TAKEN TO TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR HER INJURIES TO BE ASSESSED AS A PRECAUTION. A CT SCAN CONFIRMED THAT ONLY BRUISING HAD BEEN CAUSED AND NO INTERNAL HEAD INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.
CR007	105B	Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating	04/07/2023	JD Sports	Within store	AT ABOVE MATERIAL TIME AND DATE * HAS BEEN AT STATED LOCATION WHEN HE HAS BECOME VERBALLY ARGUMENTATIVE WITH STAFF IN REGARD TO HIS BELIEF THAT HE HAS BOUGHT FAULTY ITEMS. DURING THE ALTERCATION * HAS TAKEN HOLD OF * ARM AND MADE THREATS TO BREAK HIS JAW. * HAS THEN VERBALLY ABUSED **** BY CALLING HIM A "FUCKING PUSSY HOLE, DICK HEAD AND THEN SAID "FUCKING PAKI" .
CR008	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	15/07/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	AT TIME STATED, * HAS ATTEMPTED TO STEAL FROM SPORTS DIRECT. AFTER BEING CONFRONTED BY EMPLOYEE , * HAS BARGED INTO * IN ORDER TO LEAVE THE STORE. * HAS BEEN RESTRAINED BY * AND SECURITY AND WHILST ON THE FLOOR HAS MADE THREATS TOWARDS *** SUCH AS 'I'LL FIND YOU' AND 'LET'S SETTLE THIS OUTSIDE',
CR009	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	25/07/2023	Sports Direct	Assault outside store	* ENTERED SPORTS DIRECT. HE HAS PICKED UP 9 NIKE SWEATSHIRTS TOTALLING £404.91 (£44.99 EACH) AND LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT MAKING PAYMENT. * HAS BEEN STOPPED BY THE STORE MANAGER ON THE STREET WHO HAS RETRIEVED THE ITEMS HOWEVER HAS BEEN ASSAULTED IN THE PROCESS AS SHE HAS BEEN IN FEAR OF VIOLENCE DUE TO *** ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE CLOTHES AWAY FROM HER IN AN AGGRESSIVE MANNER.
CR010	8N	Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Minor wound or equivalent)	24/09/2023	Sports Direct	Assault outside store	A MALE HAS RAN OUT OF THE STORE WITH 4 X ITEMS OF CLOTHING, WHEN HE WAS APPREHENDED TO GIVE BACK THE STOCK, HE HAS HEAD BUTTED THE MEMBER OF STAFF AND RAN OFF. ITEMS OF BRANDED KIDS TRACKSUITS APPROX £100
CR011	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	27/09/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	HAS BEEN ASSAULTED BY UNKNOWN FEMALE WHILST AT WORK AT SPORTS DIRECT. FEMALE HAS GRABBED *** AROUND THE COLLAR OF T-SHIRT AND PULLED IT CAUSING PAIN. SUSPECT AND TWO OTHER FEMALES THAT WERE IN HER COMPANY HAVE THEN FLED THE SCENE.
CR012	105A	Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery	20/10/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP. TRIED ON A PAIR THEN * LEFT THE SHOP WITH HE WEARING THE NOT PAID FOR SHOES. * HAS RETURNED TO THE STORE LATER WHEN * NOTICED HER AND APPROACHED HER SAYING SHE HAD STOLEN SHOES. * HAS GRABBED * BY HER ARM TELLING HER TO COME PAY FOR THE SHOES. * THEN BIT REEVES CAUSING NO INJURY BEFORE SECURITY HAVE ARRIVED AND DETAINED *.
CR013	8N	Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm	29/10/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	CCTV HAS CAPTURED AN UNKNOWN MALE OFFENDER ENTER THE STORE AND PROCEEDED TO SELECT SPORTS CLOTHING TO THE VALUE OF £107.97. OFFENDER LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT OFFERING PAYMENT AND IN HIS EXIT PUSHED A MEMBER OF STAFF WHO ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK HIS EXIT CAUSING THE STAFF MEMBER TO FALL TO FLOOR AND BANG THEIR KNEE CAUSING BRUISING. CCTV AVAILABLE
CR014	8N	Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm	29/11/2023	Sports Direct	Within store	MALE KNOWN AS * ENTERED THE STORE STOPPED BY THE CLOTHING WALL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE - STAFF MEMBER SAW THE MALE AND RECOGNISED HIM . MALE PICKED UP 12-15 ITEMS OF STOCK AND QUICKLY MADE HIS WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAND AND TRIED TO MAKE HIS WAY OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR. TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOORS BUT THEY ARE QUITE STIFF AND THEN REALISED THE MALE WAS BEHIND HER AND TURNED ROUND AND HE RAN INTO THE HER AND PUT HIS ARM AROUND HER NECK AND FINGERS AS TRYING TO GET THE STOCK BACK. HE WAS TRYING TO GET ROUND HER BUT HURT HER IN THE PROCESS, NO MARKS BUT RIGHT ARM IS A BIT SORT AND 2 MIDDLE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND MALE MANAGED TO EXIT WITH THE STOCK AND GONE TO THE MAIN CARPARK, ** CHASED AFTER HIM AND THE MALE DROPPED SOME OF THE STOCK AND ENDED UP WITH 5-6 ITEMS OF STOCk

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