Crime mapping 685/2023

FOI Reference: 685/2023

Request:

1. In relation to your force’s use of SopraSteria STORM Map Viewer and QGIS Open Source Mapping, please provide:

a. What types of data are used in the system(s) (e.g crime reports, recorded crimes, stop and search data, postcodes data, socio-economic information, census data, or other demographic data such as ethnicity or nationality);

b. What the outcomes or predictions of the system(s) are used for, operationally (e.g allocation of resources, targeted interventions, operations);

2. Does your force hold specific lists or databases of people allegedly involved in specific forms of crime or criminal behaviour, such as ‘gang’ crime, ‘county lines’, knife crime, violent crime, child criminal exploitation, or conduct any profiling or risk assessment in relation to those lists or databases? If yes, please provide:

a. The names of the database(s) or list(s);

b. If known and easily retrievable, the date each database or list was first created;

c. The criteria for inclusion on the database(s) or list(s);

d. If available in an easily retrievable format, the type of data that is used to assess the criteria for inclusion on the database(s) or list(s);

 

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

The Force Intelligence Bureau will occasionally use QGIS Open Source Mapping to map crime locations visually. The maps will be used for strategic documents and as intelligence/evidence exhibits for operational investigations.

The Force Communications Centre use STORM Map Viewer only for locating incidents and finding the nearest suitable unit for attending that incident.

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, as outlined below.

No

                                                                                                           

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 03/06/2024)