Predictive policing software 706/2025

FOI Reference: 706/25

Request 1 - 16:

I am seeking information about software trialled and/or deployed by your force. For background context to assist you, here are the definitions of the two types of software I will refer to:

1) Geographic predictive policing systems: These are systems which focus on places and seek to predict whether crime will occur there, profile the area as a high-risk crime area, or crime ‘hotspot’. The software uses historic crime data to predict where crimes are more likely to occur in the future.

2) Individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment systems: These are software systems which focus on individuals, seeking to predict their likelihood or risk of certain behaviour, such as committing a crime or criminalised act. These systems are also sometimes referred to as individual risk assessment systems. Police in the UK use these systems to give individuals a risk score, such as low, medium or standard, or high.

Here is my request:

1          In the year 2020, did your force trial geographic predictive policing software?

2          If yes, what year was this software first introduced?

3          In the year 2020, did your force use geographic predictive policing software as an ongoing tool?

4          If yes, what year was this software first introduced?

5          In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on trialling geographic predictive policing software?

6          In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on using geographic predictive policing software as an ongoing tool?

7          Please provide the name(s) of any geographic predictive policing software trialled in 2020?

8          Please provide the name(s) of any geographic predictive policing software used in 2020 as an ongoing tool?

            *Please also provide answers to the above questions for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (to date)*

9          In the year 2020, did your force trial individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software?

10        If yes, what year was this software first introduced?

11        In the year 2020, did your force use individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software as an ongoing tool?

12        If yes, what year was this software first introduced?

13        In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on trialling individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software?

14        In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on using individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software as an ongoing tool?

15        Please provide the name(s) of any individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software trialled in 2020?

16        Please provide the name(s) of any individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software used in 2020 as an ongoing tool?

Response 1, 3, 9 and 11:

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

No.

Response 2,4,5,6,7,8,10,12,13,14,15 & 16.

A response is not applicable, based on the response for questions 1, 3, 9 and 11.                                               

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.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 25/07/2025)