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FOI Reference: 814/2024
Request:
1) How many foreign nationals were arrested by this police force over the past 12 months?
2) What type of offences and how many were committed by foreign nationals over the past 12 months?
If the force cannot provide data for August 2024, could I request the information you do have for the last complete 12 months? i.e. August 2023 up to and including July 2024.
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Aug-23 |
96 |
Sep-23 |
56 |
Oct-23 |
69 |
Nov-23 |
56 |
Dec-23 |
57 |
Jan-24 |
84 |
Feb-24 |
68 |
Mar-24 |
67 |
Apr-24 |
78 |
May-24 |
52 |
Jun-24 |
59 |
Jul-24 |
89 |
Total |
831 |
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Offence |
Volume |
Abstract / use without authority electricity |
5 |
Act of outraging public decency - common law |
1 |
Adult meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming |
1 |
Affray |
13 |
Aggravated vehicle taking - (initial taker) and property damage under £5000 |
1 |
Aid and abet fraud by abuse of position |
1 |
Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation |
2 |
Arrest by a constable as unlikely to surrender to custody |
1 |
Arrest by a constable for breaking / likely to break bail conditions - duty to surrender into the custody of a court |
1 |
Arrested on Warrant Issued by Crown Court |
1 |
Arrive in UK without a valid entry clearance |
2 |
Assault / ill-treat / neglect / abandon a child / young person to cause unnecessary suffering / injury |
5 |
Assault a female 13 and over by penetration with part of body / a thing - SOA 2003 |
3 |
Assault a girl under 13 by touching - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm |
53 |
Assault by beating |
51 |
Assault by beating of an emergency worker |
5 |
Assault with intent to resist arrest |
1 |
Assisting offender - either way offences only |
2 |
Asylum seeker delay / obstruct official - immigration |
1 |
Attempt burglary dwelling - with intent to cause damage |
1 |
Attempt burglary dwelling with intent to steal |
1 |
Attempt criminal damage to property valued under £5000 |
1 |
Attempt murder - victim aged 1 year or over |
1 |
Attempt robbery |
1 |
Attempt theft - other - including by theft ' finding ' |
3 |
Attempt to arrive in UK without a valid entry clearance |
1 |
Attempt to assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm |
2 |
Attempt to cause a female aged 13 or over to engage in sexual activity - no penetration |
1 |
Attempt to rape a woman 16 or over - SOA 2003 |
2 |
Begging in a public place |
1 |
Bind over - commit breach of the peace |
1 |
Breach of a domestic violence protection order |
3 |
Burglary dwelling - with intent to steal |
5 |
Burglary dwelling and theft - no violence |
3 |
Burglary other than dwelling - theft |
1 |
Burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal |
1 |
Cause assault / ill treatment / neglect / abandonment of child / young person to cause unnecessary suffering / injury |
6 |
Cause serious injury by careless / inconsiderate driving |
3 |
Cause serious injury by dangerous driving |
2 |
Common assault |
70 |
Common assault of an emergency worker |
4 |
Concerned in production of a class B drug - other |
3 |
Concerned in production of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis |
10 |
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 |
2 |
Conspire to cause a female 13 or over to engage in sexual activity - no penetration |
1 |
Conspire to supply a class A controlled drug - cocaine |
22 |
Conspire to supply a class B controlled drug - other |
1 |
Conspire to supply a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin |
22 |
Criminal damage to property - value over £5000 |
1 |
Criminal damage to property valued under £5000 |
44 |
Cultivate cannabis plant a class B controlled drug |
7 |
Disclose / threaten to disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress |
1 |
Display any writing / sign / visible representation with intent to cause harassment / alarm or distress |
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 |
6 |
Drive a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs |
3 |
Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit |
34 |
Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit |
10 |
Drive whilst disqualified |
4 |
Drive whilst unfit through drink |
4 |
Drunk and disorderly in a public place |
2 |
Engage in controlling / coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship |
13 |
Extradition - Arrested under a Part 1 warrant |
1 |
Fail to observe conditions to enter / remain in United Kingdom |
1 |
Fail to provide specimen for analysis - vehicle driver |
6 |
Fail to surrender to police / court bail at the appointed time |
2 |
False imprisonment |
4 |
Fraud by abuse of position - Fraud Act 2006 |
1 |
Fraud by false representation - Fraud Act 2006 |
8 |
Fraudulently allow to be used a registration mark / registration document |
1 |
Going equipped for theft - not motor vehicle |
10 |
Handle stolen goods |
2 |
Harassment - breach of civil injunction |
1 |
Harassment - put in fear of violence |
1 |
Harassment without violence |
1 |
Immigration - enter / remain in UK beyond time limit |
9 |
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 |
4 |
Intentional strangulation |
16 |
Intimidate a witness / juror |
1 |
Kidnap - common law |
2 |
Knowingly enter the UK in breach of a deportation order |
2 |
Knowingly enter the UK without leave |
1 |
Make off without making payment |
2 |
Murder - victim one year of age or older |
1 |
NULL |
37 |
Obstruct / resist a constable in execution of duty |
5 |
Offender 18 or over engage in non penetrative sexual activity with boy 13 to 15 - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Persistently make use of public communication network to cause annoyance / inconvenience / anxiety |
1 |
Possess a class C controlled drug |
1 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class A - MDMA |
1 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class A - Other |
2 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis / Cannabis Resin |
7 |
Possess a firearm without a certificate |
1 |
Possess a prohibited weapon ( automatic ) |
1 |
Possess an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence |
2 |
Possess an offensive weapon in a public place |
10 |
Possess indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child |
1 |
Possess knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988 |
11 |
Possess to show / distribute - indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child |
1 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Cocaine |
4 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Crack Cocaine |
2 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Heroin |
1 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis |
5 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B - Ketamine |
1 |
Produce controlled drug of Class B - cannabis |
7 |
Public Nuisance - indecent exposure |
1 |
Racially / religiously aggravated harassment / alarm / distress by words / writing |
1 |
Racially / religiously aggravated intentional harassment / alarm / distress - words / writing |
2 |
Rape a boy aged 13 / 14 / 15 years of age - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Rape a girl aged 13 / 14 / 15 - SOA 2003 |
4 |
Rape a woman 16 years of age or over - SOA 2003 |
18 |
Receiving stolen goods |
3 |
Robbery |
1 |
Section 18 - grievous bodily harm with intent |
3 |
Section 18 - wounding with intent |
2 |
Seek / obtain leave to enter / remain / ETA in UK by deceptive means - immigration |
2 |
Send communication / article of an indecent / offensive nature |
1 |
Sex offenders register - fail comply with notification requirements - SOA 2003 |
1 |
Sexual assault on a female |
11 |
Sexual assault on a male |
3 |
Stalking involving fear of violence |
3 |
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress |
1 |
Stalking without fear / alarm / distress |
5 |
Take a motor vehicle without the owners consent |
1 |
Theft - other - including theft by finding |
4 |
Theft from a motor vehicle |
3 |
Theft from a shop |
44 |
Theft from the person of another |
10 |
Theft of pedal cycle |
1 |
Threat to damage / destroy property |
4 |
Threaten a person with an offensive weapon / bladed article / corrosive substance in a private place |
1 |
Threats to kill |
15 |
Trespass on the railway after warning |
1 |
Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance |
5 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress |
6 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence |
5 |
Use threatening / abusive words / behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress |
4 |
Violent disorder |
1 |
WARRANT |
12 |
Wound / inflict grievous bodily harm without intent |
6 |
Total |
831 |
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 02/09/2024)