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Essex Police will endeavor to respond to your application within 20
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Please note that Essex Police may refuse detailed or multiple requests
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for National Statistics

 

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Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Information Rights | Information Compliance & Assurance | Information
Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Email: [7][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

 

Essex Police have a publication strategy. Before submitting FOI
Information Requests, please visit this link, as information may already
be available: [8]Accessing information | Essex Police

Before submission of an FOI Information Request, please visit: [9]How to
access information from a public body | ICO

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [10]Information Rights |
Essex Police

Find out what is happening in your area: [11]Your area | Essex Police

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How do we use your data: [14]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

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If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
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Under [15]Section 17(7)(a)(b) FOIA complaints should be submitted within
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procedures provided by Essex Police.  The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [18]Home | ICO

 

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Essex Police refer to your recent request logged under the above reference
and subsequent acknowledgement. 

 

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) obliges us to respond to
requests promptly and in any case no later than 20 working days after
receiving your request.  

 

We must consider firstly whether we can comply with Section 1(1)(a) of the
Act, which is our duty to confirm whether or not the information requested
is held and secondly, we must comply with Section 1(1)(b), which is the
provision of such information.  However, when a qualified exemption
applies either to the confirmation or denial or the information provision
and the public interest test is engaged, the Act allows the time for
response to be longer than 20 working days, if the balance of such public
interest is undetermined. 

 

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to your request:   

 

Section 31 Law Enforcement  

By virtue of Section 31(1)(a)(b) or Section 31(1)(b), where public
authorities have to consider the balance of the public interest in
relation to a request, they do not have to comply with the request until
such times as is reasonable in the circumstances.   

 

This is a qualified exemption and there is a requirement to conduct a
public interest test.  Essex Police is obliged to consult with all
stakeholders who may be affected by the force complying with your
request.   

 

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the balance in compliance with both our duty to confirm or deny what
information exists and/or in disclosure of any relevant information.   

 

This process is ongoing and when considering these matters, we are
entitled to extend the deadline for complying with your request.   

 

Unfortunately, this does mean that Essex Police will not be able to
respond to your request in full within 20 working days of the original
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The new estimated date for compliance will be 24/04/2024.  If it appears
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Kind regards  

 

Freedom of Information

Information Rights Team | Information Compliance & Assurance

Information Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Essex Police

Email: [1][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [2]Information Rights | Essex
Police

 

Find out what is happening in your area: [3]Your area | Essex Police

Contact Us: [4]Help us help you | Essex Police 

Report non-emergency crime online: [5]Report | Essex Police

How do we use your data: [6]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

From: Info Rights Freedom Essex <[Essex Police request email]>
Sent: 27 February 2024 09:26
To: Daniel Rees <[FOI #1092852 email]>
Subject: FOI 19837 Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes by Essex District January 2023
to January 2024

 

Thank you for your request for information, which has been logged under
the above reference number.

 

Essex Police will endeavor to respond to your application within 20
working days, as set out within the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA). If a time extension is to be applied to your request, you will be
informed; the reason for the extension will also be provided.

 

Please note that Essex Police may refuse detailed or multiple requests
that are submitted at the same time, as per [7]Section 14 of the FOIA.
Furthermore, if the information sought is already publicly available, you
may be redirected to our publication scheme:
[8]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac... or other
official links, such as the [9]PFCC, [10]Home Office or the [11]Office
for National Statistics

 

Should you need to contact us whilst your information request is being
processed, please email [12][Essex Police request email], quoting
the above reference, and a member of the team will assist.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Information Rights | Information Compliance & Assurance | Information
Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Email: [13][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

 

Essex Police have a publication strategy. Before submitting FOI
Information Requests, please visit this link, as information may already
be available: [14]Accessing information | Essex Police

Before submission of an FOI Information Request, please visit: [15]How to
access information from a public body | ICO

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [16]Information Rights |
Essex Police

Find out what is happening in your area: [17]Your area | Essex Police

Contact us: [18]Help us help you | Essex Police 

Report non-emergency crime online: [19]Report | Essex Police

How do we use your data: [20]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

Your right to complain

If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request you have the right
to complain.

Under [21]Section 17(7)(a)(b) FOIA complaints should be submitted within
40 working days from the date of this response and should be addressed to
the Information Rights Manager at the above address or by email to:
[22][Essex Police request email] we will conduct a review to
investigate your complaint and endeavour to reply within 40 working days.
Please explain which aspect of the disclosure you are not satisfied with,
and if your complaint concerns the decision to apply an exemption.

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under the [23]Section 50 FOIA to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police.  The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [24]Home | ICO

 

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Thank you for your Freedom of information (FOI) request logged under the
above reference.  

 

Please accept our apologies in respect of the delay you have experienced,
we have not met the standard of service expected in respect of timeliness.
To explain, we are currently upskilling our workforce in the specialist
area of Freedom of Information, so that we are better equipped to meet the
growing demand for information under this right. We are working hard to
improve our service in this area.

 

We are now in a position to dedicate time to review our outstanding work
and can respond as below.

   

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public
authorities:    

   

Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at [1]Section 1(1)(a) is to
confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.   

The second duty (at [2]Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that
has been confirmed as being held.    

However, where exemptions are relied upon ([3]Section 17 of FOIA), there
is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:  

a) stating the fact   

b) detailing the exemption(s) in question and  

c) why the exemption applies (if not apparent).  

      

Information Request

 

Please would you be able to send over month-by-month data from January
2023 to January 2024 (inclusive) for anti-Semitic hate crimes recorded by
Essex Police in:

 

• Colchester

• Southend

• Castle Point

• Rochford

• Basildon

• Chelmsford

• Tendring

• Harlow

 

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your
request.   

Second Duty – See below 

Fact – This disclosure is subject to the following exemption. 

Exemption – Section 40 Personal Information 

 

Essex Police can report as follows:

 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 22/04/2024.

 

Notes:

A query was done on all Home Office Classification NC/10 crimes and
non-crimes between the Created dates of 01/01/2023 and 31/01/2024 as
requested.

Two separate results tabs were created with filters to bring back only
‘Hate Incident – Religious – Jewish’ type in both but Offence
Investigation Type ‘CRIME in one tab and ‘NONCRIME’ in the other tab.

Pivot tables were created to draw out the results split by
Crime/Non-Crime, created month/year, and the districts specified.

The results are on two tabs, Antisemitic hate crime and Antisemitic hate
non-crime. Both are broken down by year, month, and district.

 

Antisemitic Non-Crime Hate Incidents by District - 01 January 2023 to 31
January 2024

 

District
Castle
Basildon Point Chelmsford Colchester Harlow Rochford Southend-on-Sea Tendring
Total <5 6 <5 <5 <5 <5 9 <5

 

Antisemitic Non-Crime Hate Incidents by Month - 01 January 2023 to 31
January 2024

 

Year / Month Total
2023
January  <5
February <5
March    <5
April    <5
May      6
June 0
July 0
August 0
September <5
October  <5
November 5
December <5
2024
January  <5

 

No further information will be provided by virtue of the exemption Section
40 Personal Information, as to provide correlated data which is low in
volume by month and by District has the potential to identify individuals.

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is
accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed
primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes
of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although
data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the
results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand
our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.

 

Please note the above request will be included within our [4]Publication
Scheme.

 

Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.

 

Freedom of Information

Information Rights Team | Information Compliance & Assurance

Information Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Essex Police

Email: [5][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [6]Information Rights | Essex
Police

 

Find out what is happening in your area: [7]Your area | Essex Police

Contact Us: [8]Help us help you | Essex Police 

Report non-emergency crime online: [9]Report | Essex Police

How do we use your data: [10]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

FOI requests

Before submission of an FOI Information request, please visit: [11]How to
access information from a public body | ICO and please review our
publications regarding various subjects through [12]Accessing information
| Essex Police to prevent unnecessary requests.

 

Your right to complain

 

If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request you have the right
to complain.

 

Under [13]Section 17(7)(a)(b) FOIA complaints should be submitted within
40 working days from the date of this response and should be addressed to
the Information Rights Manager at the above address or by email to:
[14][Essex Police request email] we will conduct a review to
investigate your complaint and endeavour to reply within 40 working days.
Please explain which aspect of the disclosure you are not satisfied with,
and if your complaint concerns the decision to apply an exemption.

 

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under the [15]Section 50 FOIA to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police.  The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [16]Home | ICO

 

 

 

 

 

From: Info Rights Freedom Essex <[Essex Police request email]>
Sent: 27 February 2024 09:26
To: Daniel Rees <[FOI #1092852 email]>
Subject: FOI 19837 Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes by Essex District January 2023
to January 2024

 

Thank you for your request for information, which has been logged under
the above reference number.

 

Essex Police will endeavor to respond to your application within 20
working days, as set out within the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA). If a time extension is to be applied to your request, you will be
informed; the reason for the extension will also be provided.

 

Please note that Essex Police may refuse detailed or multiple requests
that are submitted at the same time, as per [17]Section 14 of the FOIA.
Furthermore, if the information sought is already publicly available, you
may be redirected to our publication scheme:
[18]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac... or other
official links, such as the [19]PFCC, [20]Home Office or the [21]Office
for National Statistics

 

Should you need to contact us whilst your information request is being
processed, please email [22][Essex Police request email], quoting
the above reference, and a member of the team will assist.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Information Rights | Information Compliance & Assurance | Information
Management Dept. | Professionalism Command

Email: [23][Essex Police request email]

Telephone: 01245 452647 (Open office hours, Monday to Friday or
answerphone facility available)

Address: Information Rights Team, Information Management Dept., Essex
Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA

 

Essex Police have a publication strategy. Before submitting FOI
Information Requests, please visit this link, as information may already
be available: [24]Accessing information | Essex Police

Before submission of an FOI Information Request, please visit: [25]How to
access information from a public body | ICO

Services offered by Information Rights Team: [26]Information Rights |
Essex Police

Find out what is happening in your area: [27]Your area | Essex Police

Contact us: [28]Help us help you | Essex Police

Report non-emergency crime online: [29]Report | Essex Police

How do we use your data: [30]Privacy notice | Essex Police

 

Your right to complain

If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request you have the right
to complain.

Under [31]Section 17(7)(a)(b) FOIA complaints should be submitted within
40 working days from the date of this response and should be addressed to
the Information Rights Manager at the above address or by email to:
[32][Essex Police request email] we will conduct a review to
investigate your complaint and endeavour to reply within 40 working days.
Please explain which aspect of the disclosure you are not satisfied with,
and if your complaint concerns the decision to apply an exemption.

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under the [33]Section 50 FOIA to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via [34]Home | ICO

 

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