Elderly Crime

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Dear West Midlands Police,

I am writing to request the information. Please treat this as a fresh request from a similar one you may have received from me (this one goes into more detail so you can ignore the previous one).

Could you please provide the following information?

All crimes recorded where the identified victim is aged over 65 for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 calender years, with an annual breakdown.

The number of such crimes (broken down by year) that resulted in a charge over the same years, with a similar breakdown.

Could you please breakdown the offences into specific crimes, ensuring that you use the Home Office's crime classifications (name and code) rather than any other classifications.

Many thanks for all of your help on this.

Yours faithfully,

Gurpreet Narwan

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Dear Gurpreet Narwan

 

FOI Request Reference: 011917/18

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 25/07/2018

 

REQUEST

 

I am writing to request the information. Please treat this as a fresh
request from a similar one you may have received from me (this one goes
into more detail so you can ignore the previous one). 

 

Could you please provide the following information?

 

All crimes recorded where the identified victim is aged over 65 for 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 calender years, with an annual breakdown.

 

The number of such crimes (broken down by year) that resulted in a charge 
over the same years, with a similar breakdown.

 

Could you please breakdown the offences into specific crimes, ensuring
that you use the Home Office's crime classifications (name and code)
rather than any other classifications.

 

RESPONSE

 

Please find attached our response.

 

Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing
numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily
indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition,
the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time
can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on
incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of
future incidents in that area.

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and
complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been
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subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes
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