FOI 430620
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 430620
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 4th September 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
Please may you provide me with:
- The number of arrests your force has made under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988. Can this data be broken down by calendar year, from 2017 to the most recent available year.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested.
Caveat: Data is only available from 2018.
|
Offence |
Home Office Classification |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Communications Act 2003, Sending or causing sending of grossly offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing or false message / matter by electronic communications network |
196/07 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
41 |
|
Send indecent or grossly offensive communication to cause distress or anxiety Sec 1A Malicious Communications Act 1988 |
008/72 |
139 |
217 |
299 |
255 |
297 |
160 |
50 |
18 |
1435 |
|
Total |
144 |
222 |
304 |
261 |
303 |
165 |
53 |
24 |
1476 |