People arrested and charged under the Vagrancy Act 1824 from April 2019 to March 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.033296

I note you seek access to the following information:

We would like to know the total number of people who were arrested under the Vagrancy Act 1824 during the full financial years 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21 and 2019/20. We would also like to know for the age groups 16 -17 and 18- 25: the reasons for arrest and the frequency of each of the reasons.

Additionally, we would like to know the total number of people who were charged under the Vagrancy Act 1824 during the full financial years 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21 and 2019/20.

We would also like to know for the age groups 16 -17 and 18- 25: the subject of charges and frequency of the each of the charges.

We would like the responses to our requests to be age segmented.

Format of responses:
We have attached a template spreadsheet to this request for you to enter your response. Greyed out boxes in the template do not need to be completed.

Freedom of Information request:
We kindly request the information in the query below.
We are requesting data for:
• Annual total: 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023
• Annual total: 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2022
• Annual total: 1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021
• Annual total: 1st April 2019 – 31st March 2020

Additionally, we are requesting the data to be age segmented in to the following groups:
• 16 - 17
• 18 - 25
• 26 - 35
• 36 - 45
• 46 - 55
• 56 - 65
• 66+”

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please ensure that the data provided is read in conjunction with the notes page of the attached spreadsheet to ensure correct interpretation of the data provided.