Data on different Home Office offences from 2016 to 2021
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.025316
I note you seek access to the following information:
1/ The annual number of
a) offences and
b) charges and court summons for different Home Office offence groups broken down by the location of the incident in either
i) rural areas or
ii) all areas within the force's jurisdiction in 2016 and 2021.
The offence groups forces are obligated to record are detailed here (eg. violence against the person, sexual offences)
Please state clearly if the force does not have rural areas within its jurisdiction but provide the rest of the data (i.e. parts a and b for ii).
2/ The number of officers who are stationed in rural areas for each year from 2015 to 2021 inclusive. This refers to the number of officers stationed (i.e. their principle base) in rural police stations. Ideally please provide their rank, but only if easily possible within the response timeframe.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in. This data is heavily relied on the Crime reports being updated and although the crime report may have been created for one offence, there may possibly be other offences that come out within the investigation that may not show up within this data.
Please note that data is not held by ‘rural’ areas therefore the data attached has been supplied by borough. I have also provided the link below in relation to your second question, again please note that this information is not held by ‘rural’ area but by Borough Command Units (BCU).