Data on wanted offender from January 2018 to April 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.029239

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please could you tell me the total number of offenders you have in your force area classed as 'wanted' for each of the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

Please use per calendar year or per financial year, or whichever is most convenient for how you record the data.

Could you break this information down to tell me:

- The number of wanted offenders by category, i.e. Absconder/Escapee, Breach of court bail, Failure to appear, (or in whatever way you record this).
- The risk level of each wanted offender, i.e. low, medium or high risk (or in whatever way you record this).

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please find attached two datasets.

One is the total count of wanted offenders recorded in each year.
The other is a count of wanted offenders circulated in each year by date of issue.