Children detained in custody at Lewisham Police Station

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.25.046856

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please could you send me the following data.

Children detained in police custody at Lewisham police station, financial year 2024/25.

Children (10-17 years) who have been detained in Lewisham police custody including those who have been transferred from Lewisham police station to other police custody suites over the year ending 31 March 2025.

1. Number of children (10-17 years) detained in police custody pre-charge from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. For each child please record; gender, ethnicity, and age group – 10-13, 14-15 and 16-17 years, and categorised as follows:
   i) Detained up to 4 hours; 5 to 12 hours; 13 – 20 hours; over 20 hours.
2. Number of children (10-17 years) detained in police custody post-charge from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. For each child please record; gender, ethnicity, and age group – 10-13, 14-15 and 16-17 years, and categorised as follows:
   ii) Detained up to 4 hours; 5 to 12 hours; 13 – 20 hours; over 20 hours.
3. Number of children (10-17 years) detained overnight for the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. For each child please record; gender, ethnicity, and age group – 10-13, 14-15 and 16-17 years, and categorised as follows:
   (i) Pre-charge
   (ii) Post-charge
   (iii) Pre-charge and post-charge
   The definition of overnight means they must have spent a minimum of 4 hours in custody and that at least part of this period in custody must be between 12:00am and 08:00am.
4. The number of children (10-17 years) who have been strip searched whilst detained in Lewisham police custody (pre-charge and post-charge) from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. For each child please record; gender, ethnicity, and age group – 10-13, 14-15 and 16-17 years.
5. The number of children (10-17 years) who have been strip searched whilst detained in Lewisham police custody (pre-charge and post-charge) from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 and had a parent/family member/carer/trusted adult/appropriate adult present during the strip search.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. Please see the below spreadsheet.

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