FOI 384781
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 384781
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th January 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
- For the months of November and December 2024 how many crimes were logged by your force where a machete was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the words "machete" or variants of the spelling to include "machette" and "machetes".
- Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are `linked’ to machete/s by its mention in the MO.
3.Taking the month of December 2024 please provide me with copies of the first 5 MOs that mention machetes. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested
Q1 & 2
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Crime Offences with the word Machete,Machette or Machetes included in the MO, by Primary Offence Sub Group |
01/11/2024 - 31/12/2024 |
Grand Total |
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Nov |
Dec |
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OTHER OFFENCES PUBLIC ORDER |
1 |
1 |
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OTHER THEFT |
1 |
1 |
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POSSESSION OF DRUGS |
1 |
1 |
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POSSESSION OF WEAPONS |
3 |
3 |
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PUBLIC FEAR, ALARM OR DISTRESS |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY-HOME |
1 |
1 |
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ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY |
1 |
1 |
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STALKING AND HARASSMENT |
3 |
2 |
5 |
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TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS |
1 |
1 |
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VIOLENCE WITH INJURY |
1 |
1 |
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VIOLENCE WITHOUT INJURY |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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VIOLENT DISORDER |
1 |
1 |
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Grand Total |
14 |
9 |
23 |
Please note included are the number of investigations which have machete in the incident summary, this will include investigations where a machete was found on a person but never presented or used and investigations where photographs of machetes were sent to another person. It may also include duplicates, if the same suspect used the same machete to injure two persons at the same time or if a person was found in possession of drugs and a machete at the same time.
Q3
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First 5 MO's in December 2024 that include the word Machetes |
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1 |
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2 |
HAS COME TO THE DOOR WITH A MACHETE, STARTED WAVING IT AROUND STATING HE WAS GOING TO KILL THEM BOTH. |
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3 |
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4 |
DURING THE SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY, SEVERAL LARGE DEAL BAGS OF CANNABIS WERE FOUND INSIDE OF THE ADDRESS, ALONG WITH A LARGE MACHETE KNIFE. |
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5 |
THE SUSPECT HAS THEN THREATENED TO KILL THE VICTIMS CHILDREN USING A MACHETE, |