Arrests under Communications Acts 1182/2024

FOI Reference: 1182/24

Request:

I would like to know how many arrests you made for alleged offences under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 in the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and the first nine months of 2024. Please can you provide separate figures for each year.

Please can you also provide the number of arrests made for alleged offences under Section of 1 Malicious Communications Act 1988, for the same time period and in the same year-by-year breakdown.

Response:

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

Please note: In May 2023 Dyfed Powys police introduced a new records management system. The data provided is what can currently be extracted from the system, however, this information is subject to change as we continue to progress and update records.

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 crime 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 07/04/2025)