Drunk and Disorderly Arrests 499/23

FOI Reference: 499/2023

Request:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request information showing the number of arrests made for drunk and disorderly offences (Section 91 Criminal Justice Act 1967, Code DA06).

Please can you provide the total number of such arrests made in each of the following calendar years (1st January to 31st December): 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018.

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally.  However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.       

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 06/06/23)