FOI 411236
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 411236
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 22nd May 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
Please could you provide the following information and where possible, please can responses be split by gender (i.e. numbers of boys and girls).
In the past 12 months:
- How many boys have been reported missing from home?
- Of these missing from home cases, how many were missing for 3 days or longer?
- How many boys are believed to be victims of criminal exploitation?
- How many adults under the age of 25 are believed to be victims of criminal exploitation?
- How many boys are believed to be involved in gangs?
- How many adults under the age of 25 are believed to be involved in gangs?
- How many boys have been arrested for knife offences?
- How many adults under the age of 25 have been arrested for knife offences?
- How many boys have been arrested for possession of crack cocaine?
- How many boys have been arrested for possession of heroin?
- How many adults under the age of 25 have been arrested for possession of crack cocaine?
- How many adults under the age of 25 have been arrested for possession of heroin?
Reply
In the past 12 months:
- How many boys have been reported missing from home?
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Absent from |
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GENDER |
AGE AT MISSING BAND |
Children s Residential Care Home |
Home/Neighbourhood |
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Male |
Under 18 Yrs Old |
140 |
426 |
- Of these missing from home cases, how many were missing for 3 days or longer?
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Time Missing in Days |
Missing 3 Days or more |
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Absent from |
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GENDER |
AGE AT MISSING BAND |
Children s Residential Care Home |
Home/Neighbourhood |
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Male |
Under 18 Yrs Old |
140 |
426 |
- How many boys are believed to be victims of criminal exploitation?
- How many adults under the age of 25 are believed to be victims of criminal exploitation?
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Age Range of Male Victims linked to an investigation which suggests they are the victim of Criminal Exploitation |
Total |
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17 Or Under |
49 |
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18 to 24 |
7 |
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Grand Total |
56 |
Please note: There is no marker or tag to denote that a person is believed to be the victim of criminal exploitation. A search has been carried out using the following Primary offences or included offences:
- Child Criminal Exploitation – Not Sexual
- Require person to perform forced of compulsory labour
- Attempted – Knowingly require another person to perform forced of compulsory labour
- Knowingly require another person to perform forced/compulsory labour
- Modern Slavery - National Referral Mechanism - referral pending, reasonable grounds decision
- Duty to notify only (Reported Incident of Modern Slavery)
- Modern Slavery - National Referral Mechanism - transferred to another force in England and Wales
- Modern Slavery - National Referral Mechanism - Positive reasonable Grounds / Police Referral – Outside England and Wales
- Modern Slavery - National Referral Mechanism - Negative reasonable grounds – Outside England and Wales
- Modern Slavery - National Referral Mechanism - referral negative reasonable grounds decision
- Non Crime Investigation – Modern Slavery
- How many boys are believed to be involved in gangs?
- How many adults under the age of 25 are believed to be involved in gangs?
No information held
There are no distinct marker to denote that a person has links to gang behaviour.
- How many boys have been arrested for knife offences?
- How many adults under the age of 25 have been arrested for knife offences?
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Arrests for Possession of Knife/Bladed Article or Possession of Offensive Weapon where a knife or bladed article is mentioned in the Arrest Circumstances |
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Detainee Age Group |
Female |
Male |
Unspecified |
Total |
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Under 18 |
4 |
27 |
1 |
32 |
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18-24 |
8 |
63 |
0 |
71 |
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Total |
12 |
90 |
1 |
103 |
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Arrests where a knife or bladed article is mentioned in the Arrest Circumstances |
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Detainee Age Group |
Female |
Male |
Total |
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Under 18 |
3 |
28 |
31 |
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18-24 |
8 |
49 |
57 |
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Total |
11 |
77 |
88 |
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- How many boys have been arrested for possession of crack cocaine?
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Arrests for Drugs - Possess Class A where crack cocaine is mentioned in the Arrest Circumstances |
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Detainee Age Group |
Female |
Male |
Total |
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Under 18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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18-24 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Total |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Note: Specific drugs are not routinely recorded.
- How many boys have been arrested for possession of heroin?
There are no arrests where heroin is mentioned.
- How many adults under the age of 25 have been arrested for possession of crack cocaine?
- How many adults under the age of 25 have been arrested for possession of heroin?
As above