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FOI Reference: 1028/2024
Request:
a) the total number of arrests made by your organisation since 1 January 2024
b) the number of arrests of foreign nationals by your organisation since 1 January 2024
c) If possible, a breakdown of the alleged crimes committed by arrested foreign nationals since 1 January 2024.
d) If possible, a breakdown of arrested non-UK nationals by their nationality.
Response a:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below. Please note that a person can be arrested for multiple offences.
7212
Response b:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
464
Response c:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below. Please note that there can be multiple offences on the same arrest, hence there being more arrest reasons that individuals arrested.
Charge wording |
Count |
Abstract / use without authority electricity |
3 |
Acquire / use / possess criminal property |
1 |
Adult attempt to engage in sexual communication with a child |
1 |
Adult meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming |
1 |
Affray |
14 |
Aggravated vehicle taking - (initial taker) and property damage under £5000 |
1 |
Aid / abet a person to threaten with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place |
1 |
Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation |
2 |
Arrest by a constable as unlikely to surrender to custody |
6 |
Arrest by a constable for breaking / likely to break bail conditions - duty to surrender into the custody of a court |
2 |
Arrest for Examination by an Immigration Officer |
1 |
Arrested on Warrant Issued by Crown Court |
1 |
Assault / ill-treat / neglect / abandon a child / young person to cause unnecessary suffering / injury |
4 |
Assault a female 13 and over by penetration with part of body / a thing - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Assault a girl under 13 by touching - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm |
51 |
Assault by beating |
49 |
Assault by beating of an emergency worker |
7 |
Assisting offender - either way offences only |
2 |
Asylum seeker delay / obstruct official - immigration |
1 |
Attempt arson with intent to endanger life |
1 |
Attempt burglary dwelling - with intent to cause damage |
1 |
Attempt criminal damage to property valued under £5000 |
2 |
Attempt murder - victim aged 1 year or over |
2 |
Attempt robbery |
1 |
Attempt to arrive in UK without a valid entry clearance |
1 |
Attempt to assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm |
1 |
Attempt to rape a woman 16 or over - SOA 2003 |
2 |
Attempt to sexually assault a boy under 13 by touching |
1 |
Begging in a public place |
1 |
Bind over - commit breach of the peace |
2 |
Blackmail |
2 |
Breach of a domestic violence protection order |
2 |
Burglary dwelling - with intent to cause damage |
1 |
Burglary dwelling - with intent to steal |
2 |
Burglary other than dwelling - theft |
2 |
Burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal |
4 |
Cause a female 13 or over to engage in a non penetrative sexual activity - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Cause assault / ill treatment / neglect / abandonment of child / young person to cause unnecessary suffering / injury |
3 |
Common assault |
58 |
Common assault of an emergency worker |
4 |
Conceal / disguise / convert / transfer / remove criminal property |
1 |
Concerned in production by another of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin |
1 |
Concerned in production of a class B drug - other |
7 |
Concerned in production of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis |
11 |
Concerned in supply of cocaine |
4 |
Concerned in the supply of a class A drug - other |
1 |
Concerned in the supply of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis |
1 |
Conspire to cause a female 13 or over to engage in sexual activity - no penetration |
1 |
Conspire to produce cannabis a class B drug |
2 |
Conspire to supply a class A controlled drug - cocaine |
3 |
Conspire to supply a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin |
2 |
Criminal damage to property - value over £5000 |
1 |
Criminal damage to property valued under £5000 |
38 |
Cultivate cannabis plant a class B controlled drug |
8 |
Custody / control a thing knowing it was a counterfeit currency note - Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 |
1 |
Deportation / removal - fail to take action as required by Secretary of State |
1 |
Destroy / damage property of a value unknown |
1 |
Display threatening / abusive writing / sign / visible representation likely to cause harassment / alarm / distress |
1 |
Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without due care and attention |
1 |
Drive a motor vehicle dangerously |
2 |
Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence |
7 |
Drive a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs |
2 |
Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit |
32 |
Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit |
18 |
Drive whilst disqualified |
4 |
Drive whilst unfit through drink |
6 |
Drunk and disorderly in a public place |
4 |
Engage in controlling / coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship |
13 |
Engage in sexual communication with a child |
1 |
Fail to observe conditions to enter / remain in United Kingdom |
5 |
Fail to provide specimen for analysis - vehicle driver |
5 |
Fail to surrender to police / court bail at the appointed time |
1 |
Failure to comply with court order |
1 |
False imprisonment |
4 |
Fraud by abuse of position - Fraud Act 2006 |
1 |
Fraud by false representation - Fraud Act 2006 |
6 |
Going equipped for burglary |
1 |
Going equipped for theft - not motor vehicle |
6 |
Harassment - breach of a restraining order on conviction |
8 |
Harassment - breach of civil injunction |
1 |
Harassment - put in fear of violence |
2 |
Harassment without violence |
7 |
Immigration - enter / remain in UK beyond time limit |
10 |
In charge of a motor vehicle with proportion of specified controlled drug above specified limit |
1 |
In charge of motor vehicle - alcohol level above limit |
2 |
In charge of vehicle whilst unfit through drink |
1 |
Intentional strangulation |
18 |
Intimidate a witness / juror |
2 |
Invite support for a proscribed organisation - terrorism |
1 |
Kidnap - common law |
2 |
Knowingly enter the UK without leave |
1 |
Manufacture weapon / device / ammunition specified in section 5(1) of the Firearms Act 1968 |
1 |
NULL |
4 |
Obstruct / resist a constable in execution of duty |
5 |
Offender under 18 engage in non penetrative sexual activity with a girl 13 to 15 - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Persistently make use of public communication network to cause annoyance / inconvenience / anxiety |
2 |
Possess / control identity documents with intent |
1 |
Possess a class C controlled drug |
1 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class A - Cocaine |
1 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class A - Other |
1 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis / Cannabis Resin |
5 |
Possess a firearm without a certificate |
1 |
Possess a prohibited weapon ( automatic ) |
1 |
Possess an imitation firearm in a public place - Firearms Act 1968 |
1 |
Possess an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence |
1 |
Possess an offensive weapon in a public place |
8 |
Possess indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child |
1 |
Possess knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988 |
9 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Cocaine |
3 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Heroin |
1 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Other |
1 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis |
7 |
Produce a class B drug - other |
4 |
Produce controlled drug of Class B - cannabis |
18 |
Racially / religiously aggravated harassment / alarm / distress by words / writing |
1 |
Racially / religiously aggravated intentional harassment / alarm / distress - words / writing |
2 |
Rape a girl aged 13 / 14 / 15 - SOA 2003 |
2 |
Rape a woman 16 years of age or over - SOA 2003 |
14 |
Receiving stolen goods |
3 |
Remain unlawfully at large after recall to prison - Criminal Justice Act 2003 |
1 |
Robbery |
1 |
Section 18 - grievous bodily harm with intent |
5 |
Section 18 - wounding with intent |
3 |
Send by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter |
1 |
Send communication threatening death or serious harm |
2 |
Send letter / communication / article conveying a threatening message |
1 |
Sexual assault on a female |
9 |
Sexual assault on a male |
2 |
Stalking involving fear of violence |
6 |
Stalking without fear / alarm / distress |
7 |
Supply a controlled drug of Class A - Cocaine |
1 |
Take a motor vehicle without the owners consent |
3 |
Theft - other - including theft by finding |
11 |
Theft from a motor vehicle |
1 |
Theft from a shop |
27 |
Theft from the person of another |
4 |
Theft of pedal cycle |
1 |
Threat to damage / destroy property |
3 |
Threaten a person with an offensive weapon / bladed article / corrosive substance in a private place |
2 |
Threats to kill |
21 |
Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance |
6 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress |
5 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence |
3 |
Use threatening / abusive words / behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress |
4 |
Use violence to secure entry to premises |
1 |
Violent disorder |
1 |
WARRANT |
9 |
Wound / inflict grievous bodily harm without intent |
6 |
Grand Total |
752 |
Response d:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Non-UK Nationals |
Arrests |
Albania |
29 |
Australia |
1 |
Belgium |
1 |
Bulgaria |
8 |
China |
4 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
Egypt |
4 |
France |
1 |
Georgia |
2 |
Germany |
4 |
Ghana |
1 |
India |
9 |
Iran, Islamic republic of |
6 |
Iraq |
9 |
Ireland |
38 |
Jamaica |
5 |
Kenya |
2 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1 |
Latvia |
5 |
Madagascar |
3 |
Namibia |
1 |
Netherlands |
3 |
New Zealand |
3 |
Nigeria |
5 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
Pakistan |
6 |
Peru |
1 |
Poland |
89 |
Portugal |
5 |
Romania |
19 |
Russian Federation |
6 |
Slovakia |
3 |
Somalia |
1 |
South Africa |
10 |
Sri Lanka |
1 |
Sudan |
1 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
1 |
Tunisia |
1 |
Turkey |
9 |
Ukraine |
4 |
United Arab Emirates |
1 |
United States of America |
2 |
Unknown |
149 |
Uzbekistan |
1 |
Viet Nam |
4 |
Zimbabwe |
1 |
Grand Total |
464 |
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.
Furthermore, it should also be noted that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime 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 04/12/2024)