Crimes involving balaclavas 753/2026
FOI Reference: 753/2026
Request:
For the period 1 June 2025 to 30 June 2026 inclusive, please provide the following information from all data force wide.
Please electronically search crime-report text fields for the terms:
“balaclava”
“bally”
“face covering”
Please provide:
1. The number of unique crime reports containing one or more of these terms.
2. A breakdown of these reports by the most commonly recorded offence type.
3. The age group of suspects linked to these reports, broken down as:
- under 18;
- 18–24;
- 25 and over;
- age unknown or not recorded.
4. The number of these reports that resulted in:
- an arrest;
- a charge;
- no further action.
- The number of occasions during the same period where a balaclava, “bally” or face covering was recorded as seized or recovered by officers, with a breakdown by associated offence type.
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Please note: *Bally* is unable to be properly actioned because it requires manually looking through 35000 records to distinguish whether it refers to balaclavas or if a word contains bally: i.e. Verbally.
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Jun-25 |
Jul-25 |
Aug-25 |
Sep-25 |
Oct-25 |
Nov-25 |
Dec-25 |
Jan-26 |
Feb-26 |
Mar-26 |
Apr-26 |
May-26 |
Jun-26 |
|
|
Balaclava |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Face covering |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Top Offence Types |
Jun-25 |
Jul-25 |
Aug-25 |
Sep-25 |
Oct-25 |
Nov-25 |
Dec-25 |
Jan-26 |
Feb-26 |
Mar-26 |
Apr-26 |
May-26 |
Jun-26 |
|
Burglary |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Arson and Crim Damage |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Public Order Offence |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Theft |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Possession of Weapons |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
VAP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vehicle Offences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Robbery |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Age Group of suspects |
Jun-25 |
Jul-25 |
Aug-25 |
Sep-25 |
Oct-25 |
Nov-25 |
Dec-25 |
Jan-26 |
Feb-26 |
Mar-26 |
Apr-26 |
May-26 |
Jun-26 |
|
Under 18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18-24 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 and Over |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Unknown or not recorded |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Outcome |
Jun-25 |
Jul-25 |
Aug-25 |
Sep-25 |
Oct-25 |
Nov-25 |
Dec-25 |
Jan-26 |
Feb-26 |
Mar-26 |
Apr-26 |
May-26 |
Jun-26 |
|
Arrests |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Charge |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NFA |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Seized |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Com. Resolution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
New |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 13/08/2026.
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