FOI 305572
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 305572
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 22nd January 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
Request
Question 1a
If West Mercia Police flags antisemitic crimes separately, please provide us with:
The total number of antisemitic crimes recorded in each month of 2021, 2022 and 2023;
The total number of antisemitic violent crimes recorded, in each month of 2021, 2022 and 2023, which fell into the Home Office categories of “homicide”, “violence with injury” and “racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury”;
The total number of antisemitic crimes, in each month of 2021,2022 and 2023, that resulted in charges being brought; and
The total number of antisemitic non-criminal incidents recorded in each month of 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Question 1b
If West Mercia Police does not flag antisemitic crimes separately, please search for crimes and non-criminal incidents in your CRIS using the following whole keywords (i.e. not parts of words, but whole words, so that when you search for “Jew”, entries containing “jewellery” are not returned). Since use of all the keywords might prevent you from answering this FOI request due to excessive cost, please only use the keywords (starting at the top) that can be used without incurring excessive cost.
The keywords are:
Jew/Jews/Jewish/Judaism
Semite/Semitic/Semitism
Antisemite/Antisemitic/Antisemitism
Yid/Yids/Yiddo/Yiddish
Reply
Question 1a
If West Mercia Police flags antisemitic crimes separately, please provide us with:
The total number of antisemitic crimes recorded in each month of 2021, 2022 and 2023;
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Calendar Year Anti Semitic Crimes recorded in West Mercia |
Calendar Month |
Grand Total |
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January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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2021 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
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2 |
2 |
|
3 |
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|
12 |
|
2022 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
12 |
|
2023 |
1 |
|
|
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
19 |
|
Grand Total |
3 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
43 |
The total number of antisemitic violent crimes recorded, in each month of 2021, 2022 and 2023, which fell into the Home Office categories of “homicide”, “violence with injury” and “racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury”;
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Calendar Year Anti semitic Crimes within the Primary Offence Group of Violence Against the person recorded in West Mercia |
Calendar Month |
Grand Total |
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January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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2021 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
5 |
|
ASSAULT WITHOUT INJURY |
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|
|
1 |
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|
|
|
1 |
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HARASSMENT |
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|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
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MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
2 |
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2022 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
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2023 |
1 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
RACE OR RELIGIOUSLY AGG HARASS |
1 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
10 |
The total number of antisemitic crimes, in each month of 2021,2022 and 2023, that resulted in charges being brought; and
|
Calendar Year Anti semitic Crimes which have been closed with a Type 1 or Type 1a Outcome recorded in West Mercia |
Calendar Month |
Grand Total |
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January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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|
2021 |
1 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
1 |
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2022 |
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1 |
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|
1 |
|
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2 |
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2023 |
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|
|
1 |
|
|
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|
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
The total number of antisemitic non-criminal incidents recorded in each month of 2021, 2022 and 2023.
|
Calendar Year Anti semitic Crimed Incidents recorded in West Mercia |
Calendar Month |
Grand Total |
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|
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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2021 |
|
1 |
|
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2 |
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|
|
|
|
|
3 |
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2022 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
6 |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
1 |
13 |
Caveat:
With regard to outcomes, only one outcome can be added to a crime report, the highest outcome is recorded. For example, if there are three suspects linked to a crime report, one is charged, one is cautioned and no further action is taken against the third. This will show as one offence charged. Similarly, if there are three suspects charged the same crime which will show as one offence charged. Therefore, the number of outcomes should not be considered indicative of the number of suspects or persons charged.