Norfolk Constabulary
Mr
D. Perry
Freedom of Information Department
Jubilee House
www.
whatdotheyknow.com
Falconers Chase
Wymondham
Date: 6
th of January 2010
Norfolk NR18 0WW
Tel: 01953 42 4487
Fax: 01953 42 4080
Email: [Norfolk Constabulary request email]
www.norfolk.police.uk
Non-Emergency Tel: 0845 456 4567
Dear Mr Perry
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: FOI 665/09
I write in connection with your request for information received by the Norfolk Constabulary on the
23rd of November 2009, in which you sought access to the following information:
•
How many arrests have been made as a result of racially aggravated offences in each of
the last five years (2004 to 2009)?
•
What were the reasons for these arrests and how many arrests were made for each
offence?
•
How many of these arrests resulted in convictions in court?
Extent of Searches to Locate Information:
To locate the information relevant to your request, searches were conducted within the Business
Performance Analysis Unit of the Norfolk Constabulary.
The time taken to identify, locate, and retrieve the information relevant to your request was 4
hours; all of the information contained in this response has been provided to you free of charge.
At a statutory rate of £25 per hour, as provided for by the Freedom of Information (Appropriate
Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004, the estimated cost to the Norfolk Constabulary for retrieving the
information relevant to your request was £100
Result of the Searches to Locate Information Relevant to your Request.
Due to the way in which information is recorded on the Norfolk Constabulary’s custody database,
our data analysts are unable to provide statistical data relating to arrests for racially aggravated
offences recorded since January 2004.
The only method of retrieving this data would be to manually review every custody record created
within the past 6 years for information that refers to a racially motivated offence.
Research of this magnitude would exceed the appropriate limit for dealing with Freedom of
Information requests, in terms of costs, and therefore Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information
Act applies.
Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act states that a public authority is not obliged to:
“…comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost
of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations, defines the ‘appropriate
limit’ for the Norfolk Constabulary as £450, and specifies that this sum equates to 18 hours work at
a standard rate of £25 per hour.
In accordance with Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), this letter serves as a
Refusal Notice for your request.
Additional Information
Although we are not able to provide you with the information you have requested relating to
arrests, we are able to provide some data from our recorded crime database concerning racially
motivated recorded crimes.
Please see the accompanying data sheets for recorded crimes and recorded crime disposals.
Should you have any further queries concerning this request, please contact me quoting the
reference number shown above.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Kindleysides
Freedom of Information Department
A full copy of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) can be viewed on the ‘Office of Public Sector
Information’ web-site;
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/
The Norfolk Constabulary is not responsible for the content, or the reliability, of the website referenced. The
Constabulary cannot guarantee that this link will work all of the time, and we have no control over the
availability of the linked pages.
Disposals in the crime recording system for racially aggravated offences from 1 January 2004 to 9 December 2009
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Total
008/33
Racially Aggravated Malicious Wounding Or Grievous Bodily Harm
1
2
0
1
1
1
6
008/34
Racially Aggravated Assault Actual Bodily Harm
14
18
18
26
15
7
98
008/36
Racially Aggravated Intentional Harassment, Alarm Or Distress
30
29
27
25
24
32
167
008/37
Racially Aggravated Harassment
3
6
5
1
3
4
22
008/38
Racially Aggravated Putting People In Fear Of Violence
6
9
6
3
2
4
30
008/47
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Assault Actual Bodily Harm
1
0
1
1
0
0
3
008/49
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Intentional Harassment, Alarm Or Distress
0
0
4
1
0
3
8
058/03
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated criminal damage to a vehicle
2
1
1
0
0
0
4
066/09
Racially Aggravated Fear Or Provocation Of Violence
7
3
5
12
12
10
49
125/58
Racially Aggravated Harassment, Alarm Or Distress
43
57
45
46
42
44
277
125/61
Religiously Aggravated Harassment, Alarm Or Distress
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
125/63
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Harassment, Alarm Or Distress
0
0
1
2
2
0
5
58E/01
Racially Aggravated Criminal Damage To A Dwelling
2
6
3
2
2
3
18
58F/01
Racially Aggravated Criminal Damage To A Building Other Than A Dwelling
7
3
3
2
1
1
17
58F/02
Religiously Aggravated Criminal Damage To A Building Other Than A Dwelling
0
0
1
0
3
0
4
58G/01
Racially Aggravated Criminal Damage To A Vehicle
1
2
2
0
4
0
9
58H/01
Racially Aggravated Other Criminal Damage
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
58H/03
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Other Criminal Damage
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
Recorded Disposals for Racially Aggravated Offences
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Total
A1. Charge
65
72
70
100
81
82
470
A2. Charge‐ASBO
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
A3. Summons
16
32
9
7
7
7
78
B1. Caution
15
5
22
11
11
7
71
B3. Final Warning
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
B3. Reprimand
0
0
5
3
6
8
22
D6. CPS decide not to prosecute
21
24
9
2
0
0
56
E. Penalty Notice Issued
0
2
5
1
1
1
10
R1. Restorative / Youth Restorative Disposal
0
0
0
0
5
5
10
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Norfolk Constabulary
Operations and Communications Centre
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Wymondham
Norfolk NR18 0WW
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