West Midlands Police      Freedom 
of 
Information 
 
 
Request reference: 3305/10 
 
1) How many deaths in custody have occurred in the last 5 years? 
 
The figures by force area are published by the IPCC by financial year. Under section 
21 of the FOI Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request 
if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is 
available on the following website.  
 
http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/index/resources/research/reports_polcustody.htm 
 
2) Which station was responsible for each person who died? (E.g.  Bromley: X 
deaths. Brixton: Y deaths. Etc.) 
 
We have assumed that you require the station where each death occurred as the 
stations were not necessarily ‘responsible’ for these deaths. 
 
The deaths occurred on E1 (Bournville Lane), K1 (West Bromwich) and K2 
(Smethwick) Operational Command Units. 
 
3) How many members of the public are served by the police stations where 
deaths occurred? 
 
The data below are taken from the 2001 Census. 
 
OCU Population 
E1 139,558
K1 141,254
K2 141,653
 
West Midlands Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information 
Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, 
the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law.  Applications for the 
copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The 
Force Solicitor, West Midlands Police Headquarters, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 
6NQ. 
11/03/10  
 
Ref: 
3305/10 

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