FOI 326-24 Corrosive Substance
Enquiry Reference: 326-24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
Under the FOI Act 2000, please provide me with the number of reports for each of these offences broken down by year (calendar) each of 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
- Section 6 - Possession of a corrosive substance in public place
- Section 18 - Wounding or causing GBH with intent with the use of a corrosive substance
- Section 20 – Unlawful wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm with the use of a corrosive substance
- Section 29 – Sending, throwing or using explosive or corrosive substance or noxious thing with intent to do grievous bodily harm (when it is corrosive substance)
Having made enquires in the Force, I have searched for corrosive substances based on the crime codes we have recorded, these are:
- 005/07 – Causing explosions or throwing corrosive substances with intent to do GBH
- 008/75 – Have a corrosive substance in a public place
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Offence HO Class Text |
2022 |
2023 |
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005/07 - Causing explosions or throwing corrosive substances with intent to do GBH |
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1 |
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008/75 - Have a corrosive substance in a public place |
4 |
4 |
In relation to the type of corrosive substance, 8/9 mentioned Ammonia in the MO comments and 1 mentioned no substance:
008/75 - Have a corrosive substance in a public place – 8 related to Ammonia
005/07 - Causing explosions or throwing corrosive substances with intent to do GBH – 1 was unknown substance
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Manager