Crime statistics Pembroke Dock 18/2025
FOI Reference: 18/2025
Request
- Please could Dyfed Powys Police disclose the figures of crimes, especially relating to antisocial behaviour, drugs/alcohol, and public order, were committed/responded to (regardless of investigation outcome) across all of the wards that are under Pembroke Dock Town Council for the following time periods:
2023
2024
Please include the category of each crime, race and age where easily available within the required timescales. If not available and within the reasonable time request, please disclose the figures for 2024 alone.
- Please could Dyfed Powys Police disclose the figures of hate incidents and hate crimes received and/or responded to (regardless of investigation outcome) across all of the wards that are under Pembroke Dock Town Council for the following time periods:
2023
2024
Please include the category of each crime, race and age where easily available within the required timescales. If not available and within the reasonable time request, please disclose the figures for 2024 alone.
- Please could Dyfed Powys Police disclose the figures of reported Domestic Violence incidents and Domestic Violence crimes received and/or responded to (regardless of investigation outcome) across all of the wards that are under Pembroke Dock Town Council for the following time periods:
2023
2024
Please include the gender, race and age where easily available within the required timescales. If not available and within the reasonable time request, please disclose the figures for 2024 alone with gender and race.
Response:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested relating to Questions 1 – 3; however we are exempting part of that information relating to ‘Victim Ethnicity’ for Q1 – Q3, as we believe that the following exemption is relevant:
Section 40(2) Personal Information
Section 40(2) is a class-based absolute exemption. This means that the legislators when writing the legislation considered that the release of such information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would cause harm to the public authority or individual concerned. There is therefore no requirement to carry out a HARM Test in respect of such information. There is also no requirement to carry out a Public Interest Test.
Section 40(2) Personal Information:
Section 40(2) applies to third party personal data and is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 if disclosure, in relation to data subject to law enforcement processing, would breach any of the data protection principles contained within Part 3 - Chapter 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018. Under Section 34 within Chapter 2 “The Controller in relation to personal data is responsible for and must be able to demonstrate, compliance with” Chapter 2. Such information would not be released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 unless there is a strong public interest. One of the main differences between the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 2018 is that any information released under FOI is released into the public domain, not just the individual requesting the information and disclosure under the Act must be made with that in mind. As such, any release that identifies an individual through releasing their personal data, even third party personal data is exempt.
Personal data is defined under Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 as:
“(2) ‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual (subject to subsection (14)(c)).
(3) ‘Identifiable living individual’ means a living individual who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to—
(a) An identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier, or
(b) One or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of the individual.”
All members of the public including those employed by the force have an intrinsic right to privacy and these rights are protected by virtue of the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and a public authority must not interfere with that right. Any release of the information subject to the exemption is likely to compromise those rights.
Data Protection Act 2018
Part 3 – Law Enforcement – Chapter 2 Principles Section 35
The first data protection principle:
“(1) The first data protection principle is that the processing of personal data for any of the law enforcement purposes must be lawful and fair.”
General Data Protection Regulation
Article 5 of the GDPR – ‘Principles relating to processing of personal data’ provides:
“1. ‘Personal data’ shall be
(a) Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject (‘lawfulness, fairness and transparency);
(b) Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes; further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest…
2. The controller shall be responsible for, and be able to demonstrate compliance with, paragraph 1 (‘accountability’).”
Dyfed-Powys Police would not want to disclose any information that could potentially identify an individual. In this particular case, to release the requested information concerning low numbers of categories of ‘Victim Ethnicity’, would lead to the identification of those individuals.
To release such information would be a direct breach of Data Protection legislation as a consequence I am satisfied that Section 40(2) Personal Information exemption is applicable to the release of the information.
The Section 40 exemption is a class-based exemption. This means that the legislators when writing the legislation considered that the release of such information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would cause harm to the public authority or individual concerned. There is therefore no requirement to carry out a HARM Test in respect of such information.
Response Q1
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-
|
Offence Category |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Arson and Criminal Damage |
69 |
77 |
|
Burglary |
31 |
28 |
|
Drug Offences |
25 |
35 |
|
Miscellaneous Crimes Against Society |
8 |
13 |
|
Possession of weapons |
4 |
10 |
|
Public Order Offences |
71 |
55 |
|
Robbery |
2 |
0 |
|
Sexual Offences |
31 |
37 |
|
Theft |
65 |
94 |
|
Vehicle offences |
7 |
14 |
|
Violence Against the Person |
367 |
341 |
|
Grand Total |
680 |
704 |
|
Victim Gender |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Female |
330 |
300 |
|
Male |
259 |
255 |
|
Unknown |
91 |
149 |
|
Grand Total |
680 |
704 |
|
Victim Age |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Under 18 |
115 |
101 |
|
18-30 |
163 |
150 |
|
31-40 |
119 |
132 |
|
41-50 |
67 |
64 |
|
51-60 |
65 |
53 |
|
Over 60s |
44 |
50 |
|
Unknown |
107 |
154 |
|
Grand Total |
680 |
704 |
|
Victim Ethnicity |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
Response Q2
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-
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Hate Crimes in Pembroke Dock Town Council Wards |
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|
Hate Crime Type |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Alternative sub-culture |
0 |
1 |
|
Disability |
4 |
0 |
|
Racial |
2 |
4 |
|
Racial |
0 |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish |
0 |
2 |
|
Sexual orientation |
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
7 |
9 |
|
Victim Gender |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Female |
2 |
2 |
|
Male |
5 |
7 |
|
Grand Total |
7 |
9 |
|
Victim Age |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Under 18 |
4 |
0 |
|
18-30 |
0 |
4 |
|
31-40 |
0 |
0 |
|
41-50 |
0 |
3 |
|
51-60 |
1 |
1 |
|
Over 60s |
2 |
0 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
7 |
9 |
|
Victim Ethnicity |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
Please note:
No non-crime hate incidents identified across all of the wards that are under Pembroke Dock Town Council during 2023 or 2024.
Response Q3
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-
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DA Incidents in Pembroke Dock Town Council Wards |
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|
Victim Gender |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Female |
73 |
93 |
|
Male |
16 |
21 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
89 |
117 |
|
Victim Age |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Under 18 |
4 |
8 |
|
18-30 |
28 |
49 |
|
31-40 |
21 |
24 |
|
41-50 |
17 |
16 |
|
51-60 |
8 |
7 |
|
Over 60s |
11 |
12 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
89 |
117 |
|
Victim Ethnicity |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
|
DA Crimes in Pembroke Dock Town Council Wards |
||
|
Victim Gender |
2023 |
2024 |
|
F |
97 |
100 |
|
M |
35 |
47 |
|
U |
2 |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
134 |
150 |
|
|
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|
Victim Age |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Under 18 |
10 |
9 |
|
18-30 |
37 |
45 |
|
31-40 |
35 |
47 |
|
41-50 |
20 |
22 |
|
51-60 |
20 |
14 |
|
Over 60s |
11 |
12 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
134 |
150 |
|
Victim Ethnicity |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
Section 40(2) – Personal Information exemption applied |
It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 12/06/2025)
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