FOI 42/25 Dangerous Driving
Enquiry Reference: FOI 42-25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information. Below is your request and our response.
Please could you provide me with data on the number of individuals arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving in the full calendar years 2023 and 2024, broken down by the following:
(i) Nationality
The below table shows the number of arrests between 2023 – 2024 where the arrest reason within the custody record included the word ‘dangerous driving’ broken down by nationality:
|
Year/Nationality |
Count |
|
2023 |
78 |
|
Albania |
1 |
|
Czech Republic |
1 |
|
England |
1 |
|
Ireland |
1 |
|
Pakistan |
1 |
|
UK |
73 |
|
2024 |
82 |
|
Albania |
1 |
|
Czech Republic |
1 |
|
England |
6 |
|
India |
1 |
|
Iraq |
1 |
|
Kuwait |
1 |
|
UK |
71 |
|
Grand Total |
160 |
(ii) Ethnicity (both ethnic description and ethnicity appearance)
(iii) For each arrest, specify in which neighbourhood the alleged offence took place and the date when it took place
As well as this breakdown, I would be grateful if you could provide an overall arrest figure for each year broken down by (i) nationality and (ii) ethnicity.
|
Year/self-ethnicity |
Count |
|
2023 |
78 |
|
A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British |
1 |
|
A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British |
3 |
|
A9. Any other Asian background |
2 |
|
B2. Black African inc Black British |
2 |
|
M3. Mixed White & Asian |
2 |
|
O9. Any other |
2 |
|
W1. White British |
63 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
1 |
|
NS. Not stated |
2 |
|
2024 |
82 |
|
A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British |
2 |
|
A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British |
2 |
|
A3. Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British |
1 |
|
B1. Black Caribbean inc Black British |
1 |
|
M9. Any other mixed |
2 |
|
O2. Arab |
1 |
|
W1. White British |
70 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
2 |
|
NS. Not stated |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
160 |
|
Year/ethnic appearance |
Count |
|
2023 |
78 |
|
Asian |
5 |
|
Black |
1 |
|
Chinese,Japanese,SE Asian |
1 |
|
White - North European |
70 |
|
White - South European |
1 |
|
2024 |
82 |
|
Arabic or North African |
1 |
|
Asian |
7 |
|
Black |
1 |
|
White - North European |
72 |
|
White - South European |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
160 |
|
LPA/Month |
Hartlepool |
Middlesbrough |
Redcar and Cleveland |
Stockton |
Out of Force |
Total |
|
Jan-23 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
||
|
Feb-23 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
Mar-23 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
Apr-23 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
May-23 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
||
|
Jun-23 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
|
Jul-23 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
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|
Aug-23 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
|
|
Sep-23 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
Oct-23 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|
|
Nov-23 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
Dec-23 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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|
Jan-24 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
||
|
Feb-24 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
||
|
Mar-24 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
|
Apr-24 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
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|
May-24 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|||
|
Jun-24 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
||
|
Jul-24 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
||
|
Aug-24 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
||
|
Sep-24 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
Oct-24 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
|
|
Nov-24 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
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|
Total |
32 |
56 |
26 |
45 |
1 |
160 |
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Information Rights Decision Maker