FOI 79/25 Crimes involving Machete
Enquiry Reference: 79- 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
- For the months of November and December 2024 how many crimes were logged by your force where a machete was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the words "machete" or variants of the spelling to include "machette" and "machetes".
- 53 crimes
- Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are `linked’ to machete/s by its mention in the MO
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Date |
Volume of crime |
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November |
26 |
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December |
27 |
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Total |
53 |
- Taking the month of December 2024 please provide me with copies of the first 5 MOs that mention machetes. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].
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Male was located with a number of Class C blister packs on him outside of a drug house. A female then came out of the address and is believed to be concerned in the supply with him. When a search of the address has occurred 2 machetes, more Class C was located and some believed Class A was located. |
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Victim heard her front door being kicked; four males have then entered the address attempted to gain access to the down stairs bedroom but unable. One male had held a machete, and three males have went up the stairs. the four males have then left with four carrier bags of Christmas presents |
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Police have been called by ** who was reporting that 4 males had broken into his property of ** Road by smashing in through the window and they were in possession of machetes. He also stated that his son ** had a cut to his face and they had barricaded themselves in the bedroom in the property. |
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Between reported time date and location 3 unknown males have attempted to steal the victims’ motorbike VRM * from his front garden. the IP has challenged the suspects, and they have pulled out a machete and a baseball bat. one suspect has smashed the IP's front room window with the baseball bat before making off |
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Unknown male on pedal cycle has rode up to IPs address and used a machete to break two front windows of the IPs house before cycling away. |
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker