Vagrancy Act of 1824 762/23
FOI Reference: 762/2023
Request:
Please can you inform me of the number of:
- A) Arrests
- B) Convictions
- C) Fines
- D) Conditional charges
- E) Custody/ custodies
your police force has carried out in enforcing the Vagrancy Act of 1824, each broken down by ethnicity, over the last five calendar years (2018-2022). Please provide this in a spreadsheet if possible.
Clarification:
Clarification was sought from the applicant and they confirmed that they were happy to receive the number of arrests and their outcome i.e. 3 arrests, 1 no further action, 1 caution and 1 charge etc.
Response:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
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Information relating to the Vagrancy Act |
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Year |
Arrests |
Outcome |
Ethnicity |
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2018 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
2019 |
3 |
1 No further action, 1 Charge, 1 Caution |
1 White - Southern European, 2 White - Eastern European |
|
2020 |
2 |
2 No further action |
2 White British |
|
2021 |
6 |
1 Charge, 5 No further action |
3 White - Eastern European, 2 White British, 1 Black British |
|
2022 |
2 |
2 Cautions |
1 White - Eastern European, 1 White British |
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 23/10/23)