Crime in Priestwood & Garth

Dr K J Hamer made this Freedom of Information request to Thames Valley Police

The request was successful.

From: Dr K J Hamer

6 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
Statistics on the crime mapping site for Priestwood & Garth show
that between February 2009 and April 2009, there were 105 reported
crimes categorised as 'Anti Social Behaviour'.

Please provide the following information relating to these crimes:

1. Date crime took place.
2. Time crime took place.
3. Road name on which the crime took place.
4. Whether Police attended (Y/N).
5. Whether arrests were made (Y/N).
6. Whether charges were made (Y/N).

Yours faithfully,

Dr K J Hamer

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From: Hopgood Kirsty
Thames Valley Police

8 June 2009

Dear Dr Hamer

Reference No: RFI2009000415

Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2009 concerning
105 reported crimes categorised as Anti Social Behaviour from February
2009 - April 2009.

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act,
subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to
a third party. In some circumstances Thames Valley Police may be unable
to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and
given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

Kirsty Hopgood
Freedom of Information

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From: Dr K J Hamer

7 July 2009

Dear Ms Hopgood,
As you know under the FOI Act I should have received a response to
my request no later than yesterday.
I would be grateful if you would provide me with an update and the
information I have requested.

Yours sincerely,

Dr K J Hamer

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From: FOI
Thames Valley Police

10 July 2009

Attachment RFI2009000415 Final release data 1.pdf
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Dear Dr Hamer,

Reference No: RFI2009000415

Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2009 which for
clarity I have repeated -

Statistics on the crime mapping site for

Priestwood & Garth show that between February 2009 and April 2009, there
were 105 reported crimes categorised as 'Anti Social Behaviour'.

Please provide the following information relating to these crimes:

1. Date crime took place. 2. Time crime took place. 3. Road name on which
the crime took place. 4. Whether Police attended (Y/N). 5. Whether arrests
were made (Y/N).

6. Whether charges were made (Y/N).

Your request for information has now been considered and our response is
detailed in the attachment to this e mail.

The data used for the website was from the Thames Valley Police Command
and Control system. This is the system that records incidents reported by
members of the public, which are then categorised and recorded
appropriately. For these particular incidents in this time frame, there
were no arrests recorded.

1. See attached - date incident reported
2. See attached - time incident reported
3. Part post code given so as not to inadvertently identify individuals
4. See attached
5. No arrests recorded for the incidents shown
6. See answer 5

Thank you for your interest in Thames Valley Police and I must apologise
for any inconvenience caused by the delay in my response.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Picking

Freedom of Information Officer

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From: Dr K J Hamer

10 July 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for responding to my FOI request. I appreciate that the
vast majority of information has been provided and this is
insightful.

However, Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Thames Valley
Police's handling of my FOI request 'Crime in Priestwood & Garth'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cr...

Part of the FOI request was for the road name on which the crime
was committed "3. Road name on
which the crime took place."
This information has not been provided. The first part of the
postcode has been given, which of course is consistent for the area
(RG42). I believe this is contrary to the Freedom of Information
Act, as the information requested has been withheld without
explaining what exemption is being applied and why. Furthermore as
I presume this would be a qualified exemption under Section 40, the
public interest test should be invoked.

I do not believe that providing the road name on which a crime was
committed is classed as personal data. Had I asked for the name of
the caller or address of the caller, I could understand. However
the street on which the crime is committed may or may not reflect
the location of the informant. It is perfectly reasonable for the
public to know on what streets there are persistent problems and
what the Police response to those are.

Yours faithfully,

Dr K J Hamer

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From: FOI
Thames Valley Police

16 July 2009

Dear Dr Hamer

Reference No: IR2009000013

I acknowledge receipt of your email dated 10^th July 2009 requesting that
Thames Valley Police review its response to your request for information
concerning road names for Anti-social Behaviour in Priestwood and Garth.

The review will be conducted in accordance to Thames Valley Police's
review procedure and every effort will be made to have a response to you
by the 4^th September 2009. However if it becomes clear that the review
will not be completed by this date you will be contacted.

If you wish to discuss this matter prior to Thames Valley Police's
response please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

M Hopgood

Freedom of Information Officer

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From: Dr K J Hamer

16 July 2009

Dear Mr/Ms Hopgood,

Thanks you for your email.

I am concerned by your statement that "every effort will be made to
have a response to you by the 4th September 2009". As you know,
this is the statutory maximum time by which a response must be
given.

Furthermore, FOI Good Practice Advice No. 5 advises that: "the
Commissioner considers that a reasonable time for completing an
internal review is 20 working days from the date of the request for
review. There may be a small number of cases which involve
exceptional circumstances where it may be reasonable to take
longer. In those circumstances, the public authority should, as a
matter of good practice,
notify the requester and explain why more time is needed."

I do not understand why this Internal Review would be considered an
exceptional case, nor why the review should take twice the time
expected by the Information Commissioner for such reviews.

I would be grateful if you could advise me on the above.

Yours sincerely,

Dr K J Hamer

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From: FOI
Thames Valley Police

28 September 2009

Attachment IR2009000013 Review Response Letter 1.pdf
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Dear Dr Hamer

Please find attached our response to your request for an internal review.

M Hopgood

Freedom of Information Officer

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From: Hopgood Malcolm
Thames Valley Police

2 March 2010

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Dear Dr Hamer

Reference No: IC2009000001

ICO Case Reference No. FS50271332

I write in connection with your request for information originally
received by Thames Valley Police 8^th June 2009, relating to statistics on
the crime mapping site for Priestwood and Garth.

As a result of our discussions with the Information Commissioner's Office
we find it is no longer necessary to refuse part 3 of your request for the
street name where the anti-social behaviour occurred or engage the
exemptions previously applied.

Accordingly, I have attached the requested information detailing the
street names.

Please contact me quoting the above reference number if you would like to
discuss this matter further and may I take this opportunity to thank you
for your interest in Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

Malcolm Hopgood | Freedom of Information Officer | Telephone 0845 8 505
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