Nationality of people arrested/crime data recorded for crimes in 2022 and 2023
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.034822
I note you seek access to the following information:
Request 1
Can I please request a breakdown of total crimes by nationality of suspect for 2022 to 2023 within London.
Request 2
Request 1 but for each borough
Request 3
Can I please request a detailed breakdown by nationality for specific crime
I see you responded to another FOI related to this, code 01.FOI.22.022615 titled 'Nationality of people arrested/crime data recorded for crimes listed from 2017 to 2021'
Is it possible I can get something like this but for these specific offences for 2023?
The crimes I am after are:
Theft
Shoplifting
Drug offences
Knife crime offences
Possession of a Weapon
Sexual offences
Burglary
Violence against the person
Robbery
Decision
I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. Some data has been withheld as it is exempt from disclosure and therefore this response serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) by virtue of the following exemptions:
Section 40(2)(3)&(4) – Personal Information
Reason for decision
Before I explain the reasons for the decisions I have made in relation to your request, I thought that it would be helpful if I outline the parameters set out by the Act within which a request for information can be answered. The Act creates a statutory right of access to information held by public authorities. A public authority in receipt of a request must, if permitted, confirm if the requested information is held by that public authority and, if so, then communicate that information to the applicant.
The right of access to information is not without exception and is subject to a number of exemptions which are designed to enable public authorities to withhold information that is not suitable for release. Importantly, the Act is designed to place information into the public domain, that is, once access to information is granted to one person under the Act, it is then considered public information and must be communicated to any individual should a request be received.
Details of an investigation could cause an individual to be identified and is therefore exempted in this case.
Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 confirms that information which relates to an identified or identifiable living individual is Personal Data.
The Freedom of Information Act provides an exemption for Personal Data and this is known as the section 40 exemption.
Some of the information sought under your Freedom of Information request includes the following which we consider to be Personal Data
- Low numbers of offences that could, if disclosed, identify an individual.
Where the request is seeking access to third party personal data the section 40(2) exemption may be engaged.
In order to apply the Section 40(2) exemption the disclosure of the requested information must satisfy either the first, second or third conditions as defined by subsections 3A, 3B and 4A of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (as amended by Section 58 of the Data Protection Act 2018).
The first condition ensures that the exemption would apply in circumstances where the disclosure of the information would breach any of the Data Protection Act 2018 principles.
There are six Data Protection principles set out in the 2018 act and these can be found at section 34.
In this instance I have decided that the disclosure of the Personal Data would be incompatible with the first Data Protection principle which states that the processing (in this case the disclosure) of the data must be both lawful and fair.
Disclosure
The harm of disclosure is reduced by redacting the low numbers from the data. Please see below a spreadsheet, pursuant to your request for information.
Table’s worksheet
People Proceeded Against for Total Notifiable Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Burglary Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Drugs Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Knife Crime Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Possession of Weapon Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Robbery Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Sexual Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Shoplifting Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Violence against the Person Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded Against for Theft Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
Borough TNO Worksheet
People Proceeded Against for Total Notifiable Offences
- Low numbers of offences have been redacted to reduce the possibility of people being identified including self-identification.
People Proceeded against (PPA), are the Suspects that the MPS have taken some form of formal police action against (charge, caution) You do not need to be arrested to be PPA (such as where someone has been issued with a drug warning).