Thames Valley Police
Chief Constable John Campbell QPM
Headquarters
Oxford Road
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
OX5 2NX
Ms Amber Mehmood
Telephone: 101
Direct dial: 01865 542051
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxxxx.xx
Our ref:
HQ/PA/002769/19
9th July 2019
Dear Ms Amber Mehmood,
I write in response to the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
submitted on the 19th June 2019. Thames Valley Police has now considered this
request, which for clarity, has been repeated below:
Request
Response
Could you please provide me with the
This request is being refused under
total number of reported Islamophobic
Section 12(1) of the FOIA.
hate crimes for each year from 1st
January 2013 to 31st May 2019.
Section 12 of the FOIA allows that public
(Annual figures). CM.
authorities do not have to comply with
section 1(1) of the Act if the cost of
complying would exceed the appropriate
limit. In accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act, this letter represents a
Refusal Notice for this request.
The requested information is not held in an
easily retrievable format. Thames Valley
Police’s crime recording system has a
classification for ‘religious’ hate crime. We
would therefore have to manually review
all the records (both electronic and hard
copy, many of which will have been
archived) in order to determine if there is
any recording of the offence being
islamaphobic. For the year 2018/19 there
were 187 crimes and 44 non crime
occurrences recorded as a religious hate
crime. To review each report individually
www.thamesvalley.police.uk
Thames Valley Police
Chief Constable John Campbell QPM
would exceed the appropriate 18 hour time
and £450 cost limit.
Section 16:- Further advice &
assistance
Thames Valley Police cannot further
advise how this information might be
retrieved within the constraints. However,
you may wish to dramatically reduce the
time scale which will decrease the amount
of reports that would need reviewing.
The numbers of religious hate crimes are
published on our website at
https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/SysSit
eAssets/foi-media/thames-valley-
police/priorities_and_how_we_are_doing/p
erformance-figures/thames-valley-police-
performance-figures.pdf
Complaint Rights
If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision made by Thames
Valley Police, you can lodge a complaint with the force to have the decision reviewed
within two months of the date of this response. Complaints should be made in writing
to the FOI inbox; xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxxxx.xx.
If, after lodging a complaint with Thames Valley Police, you are still unhappy with the
outcome, you may make application to the Information Commissioner at the
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact this office.
Yours sincerely
Claire Morton
Public Access
Joint Information Management Unit
