FOI 748/24 Arson at Pubs
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Enquiry Reference: 748 - 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
The number of arson investigations involving fires at public houses (pubs) for the following periods:
July 26 2019 – July 26 2020
July 26 2020 – July 26 2021
July 26 2021 – July 26 2022
July 26 2022 – July 26 2023
July 26 2023 – July 26 2024
Please include pubs that are both closed and open or unknown.
Please do not refer me to previous FOI requests as I’m compiling a national list, and the response need to be to the same questions.
Answer
Having made enquiries within the Force the below information is all the data we hold.
The below table shows the number of validated crimes broken down by the dates requested above, where ‘Arson’ appears in the stats class and where “public house” appears in the MO location of the record:
|
Dates |
Count |
|
July 2019/20 |
5 |
|
July 2020/21 |
7 |
|
July 2021/22 |
5 |
|
July 2022/23 |
3 |
|
July 2023/24 |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
23 |
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker