Crime data in Schools/Nurseries from January 2018 to July 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.032077

I note you seek access to the following information:

NEW REQUEST:
Please can you amend the original request to ignore whether there is a split between state or independent (for all schools within the force area of the Met police) that have taken place within school grouns and I am specifically looking for offences 3B, 11A, 5E, 5D, 8N, 105A – burglary (34A, 34B, 30C), vehicle offences (37/2, 45, 48, 126), theft (39, 44, 41, 49, 33), All arson and criminal damage (56A- 59), Public Order offences (9A, 9B, 62A, 66), possession of weapons.

PREVIOUS REQUEST:
I would like to know the crime statistics for the last 5 years for schools in your force area (spilt state/ex state and independent schools). Specifically I would like to know, assault, burglary (non domestic), burglary (going equipped to steal), criminal damage, criminal damage (arson), fraud by abuse of position, possession of offensive weapons (non firearms), possession of a firearm, public order.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

These searches successfully located the information relevant to your request. I have attached an excel spreadsheet with the answers to your questions. Please note there are three separate tabs within the spreadsheet, titled cover sheet, notes and table. The notes page should be read in conjunction with the data to ensure the report is interpreted correctly.

DATA CAVEAT
Please note the VENUE Location Type filter LA was used to obtain the attached data. This filter refers to School and Nursery as a combined category, but there is no way to differentiate between the venue types without reading all of the relevant crime reports, which would render this a cost refusal.

Therefore, it should be noted that some of the offences in the attached dataset would not have taken place in nurseries.