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Request:
The hotel/address is Residence Hall/University of York, Heslinton, York YO10 5DD
The relevant dates are Jan 19 through Jun 23, 2023; Sep 18 through Dec 15 2023.
Q1. We are requesting that your department provide us with crime statsics for those specific dates referenced above and for the following offenses that occurred on or within that property.
Q2. Please also specify if any of the above-listed offences were categorised as hate crime.
Q3. Please include statistics for arrests only for the following Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) categories:
Q4. Please include separate statistics for all incidents of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
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. Please see the table below showing the total number of crimes recorded where the address premises name is University of York for the timeframe of 19 January 2023 to 23 June 2023 and 18 September 2023 to 15 December 2023, broken down by by crime type.
Crime Type |
Count |
Burglary |
7 |
Drug Offences |
1 |
Fraud |
1 |
Misc Crimes Against Society |
1 |
Public Order Offences |
4 |
Sexual Offences |
1 |
Theft: All Other Theft |
7 |
Theft: Bicycle Theft |
26 |
Theft: Shoplifting |
2 |
Theft: Theft From Person |
1 |
Vehicle Offences |
2 |
Violence Against The Person |
4 |
Total |
57 |
Q2. There are 4 of the above listed crimes that are catergorised as hate crimes.
Q3. Zero
Q4. There were no crimes flagged as domestic violence and no crimes of stalking. There was no dating violence as this is not an incident or crime type.
I am exempting the specific locations of these crimes pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please see the exemption explanation below.
Exemption Explanation
Section 40 – Personal Information
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.