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Request:
Q1) the total number of arrests made by your organisation since 1 January 2024
Q2) the number of arrests of foreign nationals by your organisation since 1 January 2024
Q3) If possible, a breakdown of the alleged crimes committed by arrested foreign nationals since 1 January 2024.
Q4) If possible, a breakdown of arrested non-UK nationals by their nationality
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1. Between 01 January 2024 to 24 October 2024 there has been a distinct count of 10030 arrests made.
Q2 & Q4. Please see the table below the total number of non UK nationals arrested between 01 January 2024 to 24 October 2024, broken down by citizenship. I am exempting low numbers pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please see the exemption explanation below.
Citizenship |
Count |
Romania |
149 |
Poland |
101 |
Albania |
33 |
Ireland |
32 |
India |
31 |
Nigeria |
31 |
Iran, Islamic republic of |
21 |
China |
21 |
Afghanistan |
16 |
Zimbabwe |
16 |
United States of America |
15 |
Sudan |
14 |
Iraq |
14 |
Latvia |
14 |
Lithuania |
13 |
South Africa |
12 |
Turkey |
11 |
Portugal |
11 |
Fiji |
11 |
Bangladesh |
11 |
Viet Nam |
10 |
Spain |
9 |
Hungary |
9 |
Morocco |
9 |
Pakistan |
8 |
Brazil |
7 |
Czech Republic |
7 |
Eritrea |
7 |
Italy |
7 |
Germany |
6 |
Egypt |
6 |
Slovakia |
6 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
6 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
6 |
Bulgaria |
6 |
Hong Kong |
5 |
Malaysia |
5 |
Nepal |
< 5 |
Greece |
< 5 |
Kosovo |
< 5 |
Philippines |
< 5 |
Bhutan |
< 5 |
Netherlands |
< 5 |
Kenya |
< 5 |
Somalia |
< 5 |
Zambia |
< 5 |
Mauritius |
< 5 |
France |
< 5 |
Algeria |
< 5 |
Namibia |
< 5 |
New Zealand |
< 5 |
Malta |
< 5 |
Sweden |
< 5 |
Ethiopia |
< 5 |
Switzerland |
< 5 |
Albania;Italy |
< 5 |
Cyprus |
< 5 |
Thailand |
< 5 |
Moldova, Republic of |
< 5 |
Tunisia |
< 5 |
Botswana |
< 5 |
Congo |
< 5 |
Chile |
< 5 |
Taiwan |
< 5 |
Netherlands;Turkey |
< 5 |
Venezuela |
< 5 |
Albania;Greece |
< 5 |
Gambia |
< 5 |
Argentina |
< 5 |
Libya, State of |
< 5 |
Other |
< 5 |
Malawi |
< 5 |
Australia |
< 5 |
United Arab Emirates |
< 5 |
Peru |
< 5 |
West Indies |
< 5 |
Finland |
< 5 |
Dominican Republic |
< 5 |
Bolivia |
< 5 |
Sri Lanka |
< 5 |
Jamaica |
< 5 |
East Africa |
< 5 |
Puerto Rico |
< 5 |
Ghana |
< 5 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
< 5 |
Tajikistan |
< 5 |
Romania;Spain |
< 5 |
Colombia |
< 5 |
Saudi Arabia |
< 5 |
Guinea;Other |
< 5 |
Serbia |
< 5 |
Haiti;South Africa |
< 5 |
Seychelles |
< 5 |
Cameroon |
< 5 |
Singapore |
< 5 |
Honduras |
< 5 |
Jordan |
< 5 |
Estonia |
< 5 |
Kazakhstan |
< 5 |
Total |
794 |
Q3. Please see the table below showing all arrest reasons recorded for non UK nationals for the period between 01 January 2024 to 24 October 2024, broken down by arrest reason. I am exempting low numbers pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please see the exemption explanation below.
Arrest Reason |
Count |
Abscond from a designated immigration officer having been detained under section 2 - UK Borders Act 2007 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Abstract / use without authority electricity (recordable) |
< 5 |
Acquire / use / possess criminal property (recordable) |
10 |
Act of outraging public decency - common law (recordable) |
< 5 |
Administer substance with intent to stupefy / overpower to allow sexual activity (recordable) |
< 5 |
Adult abuse of position of trust - sexual activity with a girl 13-17 cared for in s.21 premises - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Adult attempt to engage in sexual communication with a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Adult meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming (recordable) |
< 5 |
Adult sexual activity with a female child family member 13 to 17 - penetration (recordable) |
< 5 |
Affray (recordable) |
11 |
Aggravated burglary - dwelling (recordable) |
< 5 |
Aggravated burglary - other than dwelling (recordable) |
< 5 |
Aggravated vehicle taking - ( initial taker ) and property damage £5000 or over (recordable) |
< 5 |
Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation (recordable) |
< 5 |
Arrest by a constable as unlikely to surrender to custody - breach of bail conditions |
< 5 |
Arrest by a constable for breaking / likely to break bail conditions - duty to surrender into the custody of a court |
8 |
Assault / ill-treat / neglect / abandon a child / young person to cause unnecessary suffering / injury (recordable) |
5 |
Assault a constable in the execution of his / her duty (recordable) |
< 5 |
Assault a female 13 and over by penetration with part of body / a thing - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Assault a girl under 13 by touching - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm (recordable) |
42 |
Assault by beating (recordable) |
105 |
Assault by beating of an emergency worker (recordable) |
10 |
Assisting offender - either way offences only (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt arson (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt murder - victim aged 1 year or over (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt robbery (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt theft from shop (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt theft from the person of another (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt theft of motor vehicle (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt to arrange / facilitate commission of sexual activity with child / cause / incite child to engage - penetration (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt to drive a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt to fraudulently evade duty / prohibition / restriction / provision (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt to rape a woman 16 or over - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Attempt to Take a child so as to remove him / her from a person having lawful control (recordable) |
< 5 |
Being equipped to lock on |
< 5 |
Bind over - commit breach of the peace |
9 |
Blackmail (recordable) |
< 5 |
Breach a Domestic Violence Protection Notice |
< 5 |
Breach a non-molestation order - Family Law Act 1996 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Breach bail condition while on immigration bail (recordable) |
< 5 |
Breach of a domestic violence protection order |
< 5 |
Breach of Pre-Charge Bail |
< 5 |
Burglary dwelling - with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm (recordable) |
< 5 |
Burglary dwelling - with intent to steal (recordable) |
18 |
Burglary dwelling and theft - no violence (recordable) |
< 5 |
Burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal (recordable) |
< 5 |
Cause / incite a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over - penetration (recordable) |
< 5 |
Cause administer poison / noxious thing with intent to injure / aggrieve / annoy (recordable) |
< 5 |
Cause assault / ill treatment / neglect / abandonment of child / young person to cause unnecessary suffering / injury (recordable) |
7 |
Cause serious injury by dangerous driving (recordable) |
< 5 |
Choke / suffocate / strangle to render unconscious / incapable of resistance with intent to commit indictable offence (recordable) |
< 5 |
Commit offence other than kidnapping or false imprisonment with intent to commit human trafficking offence (recordable) |
< 5 |
Common assault (recordable) |
22 |
Common assault of an emergency worker (recordable) |
< 5 |
Conceal / disguise / convert / transfer / remove criminal property (recordable) |
< 5 |
Concerned in production of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis (recordable) |
< 5 |
Concerned in the supply of a class A drug - other (recordable) |
7 |
Concerned in the supply of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis (recordable) |
< 5 |
Concerned in the supply of class B drug - other (recordable) |
< 5 |
Conspire to commit a burglary dwelling with intent to steal (recordable) |
< 5 |
Conspire to commit burglary a dwelling with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm upon a person therein (recordable) |
< 5 |
Conspire to commit violent disorder (recordable) |
< 5 |
Conspire to supply a class A controlled drug - other (recordable) |
< 5 |
Conspire to supply a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin (recordable) |
< 5 |
Control prostitution for gain - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Criminal damage to property - value over £5000 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Criminal damage to property valued under £5000 (recordable) |
43 |
Cultivate cannabis plant a class B controlled drug (recordable) |
6 |
Daytime trespass in pursuit of game - poaching (recordable) |
< 5 |
Distribute an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non UK national (recordable) |
< 5 |
Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without due care and attention |
< 5 |
Drive a motor vehicle dangerously (recordable) |
5 |
Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence |
20 |
Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - non-endorsable offence |
< 5 |
Drive a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs (recordable) |
< 5 |
Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit (recordable) |
62 |
Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit (recordable) |
18 |
Drive on a road a motor vehicle whilst not wearing a seat belt |
< 5 |
Drive whilst disqualified (recordable) |
6 |
Drive whilst unfit through drink (recordable) |
11 |
Driver of a vehicle fail to stop after a road accident (recordable) |
< 5 |
Drunk and disorderly in a public place (recordable) |
15 |
Drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven years (recordable) |
< 5 |
Engage in controlling / coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship (recordable) |
16 |
Engage in sexual communication with a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Enter / remain in UK beyond leave time limit (recordable) |
< 5 |
Enter into / concerned in acquisition / retention / use or control criminal property (recordable) |
< 5 |
Enter United Kingdom lawfully without leave but remain beyond time limit (recordable) |
< 5 |
Enter United Kingdom without leave - immigration (recordable) |
10 |
Escape from lawful custody (recordable) |
< 5 |
Exposure - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Fail to co-operate with a preliminary test - motor vehicle offence (recordable) |
< 5 |
Fail to give name and address to an accredited person - relevant offence - Police Reform |
< 5 |
Fail to provide specimen - person in charge of vehicle (recordable) |
< 5 |
Fail to provide specimen for analysis - vehicle driver (recordable) |
< 5 |
Fail to stop a mechanically propelled vehicle when required by constable / traffic warden |
5 |
Fail to stop vehicle when directed by PC / traffic warden / traffic officer / CSO engaged in regulation of road traffic |
< 5 |
Fail to surrender to police / court bail at the appointed time (recordable) |
< 5 |
False imprisonment (recordable) |
< 5 |
Fraud by false representation - Fraud Act 2006 (recordable) |
11 |
Fraudulently use a registration mark / registration document (recordable) |
< 5 |
Going equipped for burglary (recordable) |
< 5 |
Going equipped for theft - not motor vehicle (recordable) |
21 |
Going equipped for theft of a motor vehicle (recordable) |
< 5 |
Handle stolen goods (recordable) |
8 |
Harassment - breach of a restraining order on conviction (recordable) |
5 |
Harassment - put in fear of violence (recordable) |
6 |
Harassment without violence (recordable) |
6 |
Immigration - enter / remain in UK beyond time limit (recordable) |
32 |
In charge of a motor vehicle with proportion of specified controlled drug above specified limit (recordable) |
< 5 |
In charge of motor vehicle - alcohol level above limit (recordable) |
< 5 |
In charge of vehicle whilst unfit through drugs (recordable) |
< 5 |
Intentional strangulation (recordable) |
28 |
Intimidate a witness / juror (recordable) |
< 5 |
Keep / manage a brothel used for prostitution (recordable) |
< 5 |
Kidnap - common law (recordable) |
< 5 |
Lodge in Custody due to unable to return to prison |
7 |
Make indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Make off without making payment (recordable) |
< 5 |
Murder - victim one year of age or older (recordable) |
< 5 |
Obstruct / resist a constable in execution of duty (recordable) |
9 |
Offender 18 or over cause / incite a girl 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity - no penetration - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Offender 18 or over engage in non penetrative sexual activity with girl 13 to 15 - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Offender 18 or over engage in non penetrative sexual activity with girl under 13 - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Offender under 18 attempt to cause / incite a girl 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity - no penetration (recordable) |
< 5 |
Pass as genuine a thing knowing it was a counterfeit of a currency note - Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Paying for the sexual services of a girl aged 16 / 17 - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Permit taking of indecent photo / pseudo-photograph of a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess / control identity documents with intent (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a class C controlled drug (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class A - Other (recordable) |
7 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis (recordable) |
17 |
Possess a controlled drug of Class B - Other (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a firearm of length less than 30cm / 60cm - prohibited weapon (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a firearm without a certificate (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a loaded / unloaded air weapon in a public place (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a paedophile manual (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess a prohibited image of a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess an imitation firearm in a public place - Firearms Act 1968 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess an offensive weapon in a public place (recordable) |
7 |
Possess an offensive weapon in private place (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess controlled drug with intent to supply of Class B - cannabis resin (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess extreme pornographic image / images portraying an act of intercourse / oral sex with a dead / alive animal (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess forged / counterfeit goods for export / import - evade prohibition / restriction / defraud His Majesty (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988 (recordable) |
10 |
Possess loaded / unloaded firearm and suitable ammunition in public place (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation - class C drug (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess prohibited weapon - self contained gas cartridge air weapon (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess to show / distribute - indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Other (recordable) |
< 5 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis (recordable) |
5 |
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B - Other (recordable) |
< 5 |
Proceeds of Crime - fail to disclose in regulated sector - money launder (recordable) |
< 5 |
Proceeds of Crime Act - nominated person fail to disclose in regulated sector - money launder (recordable) |
< 5 |
Produce a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis resin (recordable) |
< 5 |
Racially / religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm (recordable) |
< 5 |
Racially / religiously aggravated common assault / beating (recordable) |
< 5 |
Racially / religiously aggravated fear / provocation of violence by words / writing (recordable) |
< 5 |
Racially / religiously aggravated intentional harassment / alarm / distress - words / writing (recordable) |
< 5 |
Racially / religiously aggravated wounding / grievous bodily harm (recordable) |
< 5 |
Rape a girl aged 13 / 14 / 15 - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
< 5 |
Rape a woman 16 years of age or over - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
23 |
Recall to prison after release on licence which is revoked |
< 5 |
Robbery (recordable) |
5 |
Section 18 - grievous bodily harm with intent (recordable) |
< 5 |
Section 18 - wounding with intent (recordable) |
10 |
Seek / obtain leave to enter / remain / ETA in UK by deceptive means - immigration (recordable) |
< 5 |
Send by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter (recordable) |
< 5 |
Send communication / article of an indecent / offensive nature (recordable) |
< 5 |
Sexual activity with a girl 13 to 17 - not s. 21 premises - adult abuse of position of trust (recordable) |
< 5 |
Sexual assault on a female (recordable) |
23 |
Share photograph or film of person in intimate state intending to cause alarm distress or humiliation (recordable) |
< 5 |
Stalking involving fear of violence (recordable) |
8 |
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress (recordable) |
< 5 |
Stalking without fear / alarm / distress (recordable) |
6 |
Take a child so as to keep him / her from a person having lawful control (recordable) |
< 5 |
Take a child so as to remove him / her from a person having lawful control (recordable) |
< 5 |
Take a motor vehicle without the owners consent (recordable) |
< 5 |
Taking a pedal cycle without consent (recordable) |
< 5 |
Theft - other - including theft by finding (recordable) |
22 |
Theft from a motor vehicle (recordable) |
< 5 |
Theft from a shop (recordable) |
106 |
Theft from the person of another (recordable) |
8 |
Theft in dwelling other than an automatic machine or meter (recordable) |
< 5 |
Theft of motor vehicle (recordable) |
15 |
Threat to damage / destroy property (recordable) |
< 5 |
Threaten a person with an offensive weapon / bladed article / corrosive substance in a private place (recordable) |
< 5 |
Threaten to destroy / damage own property - endanger life (recordable) |
< 5 |
Threats to kill (recordable) |
26 |
Trespass in proximity of railway / on railway property |
< 5 |
Use a handheld mobile phone / device while driving a motor vehicle on a road - endorsable offence |
< 5 |
Use a motor vehicle / trailer in a condition likely to cause danger of injury |
< 5 |
Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance |
29 |
Use a motor vehicle on a road without a valid test certificate |
< 5 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress (recordable) |
< 5 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence (recordable) |
< 5 |
Use threatening / abusive words / behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress (recordable) |
7 |
Violent disorder (recordable) |
< 5 |
Warrant |
44 |
Warrant - European Arrest Warrant |
< 5 |
Work when disqualified by reason of immigration status (recordable) |
< 5 |
Total |
1239 |
*Please note that a person can be arrested for more than one offence.
Exemption Explanation
Where an individual can be identified by such data, releasing it would clearly breach the first data protection principle of being ‘fair’ to the data subject.
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption, which does not require a public interest test, but requires the balancing of the legitimate interests of the public against the interests of the individual under the first Data Protection Principle; in that processing of personal data must be lawful and fair (DPA 2018 35(1), EUGDPR Article 5(1)).
This exemption applies because the right given under the FOI Act to request official information held by public authorities does not apply to the personal data of third parties where disclosure of that information would not be fair to the individual, and where there is no legitimate public interest in disclosure.
In all the circumstances of the case it has been determined that the duty to the individual under the Data Protection Act 2018 & EU General Data Protection Regulations, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure of personal information held by the force in such instances, outweighs the public interest in disclosure. In this instance, personal information can only be disclosed to the individual concerned.
Releasing personal details to a person other than the data subject would not only breach the data subject’s Data Protection rights it may also breach the obligations placed on an authority under the European Convention on Human Rights
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a refusal notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to your request.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.