FOI 0740-2024/25- Incidents in schools

Request:

I would like to obtain information pertaining to the attendance of police in schools in your region for incidents from 2014 to the current date and the type of incidents recorded as follows;

Q1. The total number of recorded incidents for which police were asked to attend a primary or secondary school in your region since 2014 to the current time

Q2. The five most common reasons (as categorised in your records) for police attendance at those incidents for the same time period as in point 1 above.

Q3. The number of such incidents for which your record makes reference to a mobile phone/smartphone/iPhone being involved in the incident or in part of the incident for the same time period as in point 1 above

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 following information to you.

Q1 & Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of crimes recorded between 01 January 2014 to 09 December 2024 where the MO location is a school, broken down by crime type and ifficer attendance.

Q3. Of those above figures 303 records mention ‘phone’ within the MO remarks

*Please note for the purposes of reporting, attendance is taken as when an officer is needed to attend in a timely response, it will exclude any appointments made in the future where an officer may need to attend to take statements or CCTV collection.

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.