FOI 283/25 Non Crime Hate Incidents
Enquiry Reference: 283- 25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
Between the dates 1/1/23 - 31/8/24
- How many reports have been received between for non-crime hate incidents?
Answer
238 reports were formally logged as NCHI in the 20-month period.
- How many suspects were contacted to follow up?
Answer
48 persons listed as suspect of the crime.
39 persons NFA
- Were they contacted formally or informally
Answer
9 were arrested
- How many interviewed?
Answer
9
- How many formally logged as non crime incidents?
Answer
238
In relation to questions
- You say that all reports you receive are formally logged - do you mean that all reports that have been made have resulted in NCHI’s being logged against the accused on your system? Has a 100% of the reported NCHI’s resulted in this being logged against the alleged offenders name
Answer
No
We only have records of those that we formally logged. If someone reports what they consider to be a NCHI but it doesn’t fit the criteria then it won’t be logged.
- Can you clarify that the suspects who did NOT attend for a voluntary interview were arrested so that this interview could take place?
Answer
Information is defined in section 84 of the Act as 'information recorded in any form'. The Act therefore only extends to requests for recorded information. Explanations, clarifications or comments on the public authority’s business is not a valid question. However, we can say as above 9 were arrested and none are listed as voluntary attending. The other 39 may have been spoken too but we only have access to the formal interviews.
- Can you clarify that 100% of all reports of NCHI’s were followed up (either by contacting suspect to invite for voluntary interview or by arresting suspects to conduct an interview) by police before being closed? All of these will be allocated to a neighbourhood policing team. I do not know if all reports are followed up. It would require someone manually reviewing all 238 records and speaking to the officer the investigation was allocated to.
Answer
Information is defined in section 84 of the Act as 'information recorded in any form'. The Act therefore only extends to requests for recorded information. Explanations, clarifications or comments on the public authority’s business is not a valid question. However, what we can say is that all are allocated to a neighbourhood policing team. We do not hold/record if the reports are followed up. To ascertain this information, it would require someone manually reviewing all 238 records and speaking to the officer the investigation was allocated to, to create the information requested. Please note that under the Act, there is no requirement to create data.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker