Warrant related information 222/24

FOI Reference: 222/2024

Request:

Please detail the number of individuals who were wanted on court arrest warrants for common assault, serious assault or rape for at least three months before they were arrested (or were never arrested). 

Please break the data down into type of offence, the month the warrant was issued and the length of time before the individual was arrested. Please supply the data for warrants issued between Jan 2021 and December 2023. 

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

Please note: The below tables relate to warrants issued in respect of assault and rape offences between January 2021 and December 2023 which have been outstanding for 90 days or more before being dealt with or are still outstanding.  To avoid any confusion there have been zero (0) warrants issued for the offence of rape which meet the criteria outlined above.

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 06/03/24)