FOI 93/25 Call Outs to Gambling Establishments

Enquiry Reference 93 - 25                                                                                              

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request.  Below is your request and our response.

1. A summary of the number of betting shops within your jurisdiction and the corresponding number of police callouts/incidents associated with these establishments between 21^st January 2024 and 21^st January 2025.
2. The same data (number of premises and police callouts/incidents) for adult gaming centres over the same time period.

Please note we are unable to provide the number of betting shops in our area as this is not Police information and

suggest that this would be better suited to direct request to from relevant  Councils that license them.

There are MO location descriptions of ‘betting shop’ and ‘gambling/gaming place’ so we can provide separate counts for crimes with the MO location of those.

1. A summary of the number of betting shops within your jurisdiction and the corresponding number of police callouts/incidents associated with these establishments between 21^st January 2024 and 21^st January 2025.

Below is the number of crime records between the dates stated where ‘betting shop’ appears in the MO location description:

(Please note location categories are not available for incidents and would require a keyword search in occurrence summaries that would not be accurate)

2. The same data (number of premises and police callouts/incidents) for adult gaming centres over the   same time period.

There are no results being returned for ‘adult gaming centres’ in either the Location field or MO comments.  The analyst has looked for similar locations and have included the below locations into the table FYI: ‘Leisure; Amusement arcade’ and ‘Leisure; Gambling/gaming place’

Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.

The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The Freedom of Information Code of Practice (see below link) states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced. Public authorities are not obliged to accept internal reviews after this date.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Decision Maker