FOI Crimes recorded in the Home Office Counting Rules 2017-2021 (0762-2022/23)
Request
For the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (from 1st January of each year - 31st December of each year) please confirm:-
Q1. The number of crimes recorded in the Home Office Counting Rules (if the offence was still applicable) recorded as the principal crime of:-
(a) section 71 of the Coroners Act 2009;
(b) section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004;
(c) sections 57 - 59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;
(d)section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
(e)section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
(f) Conspiracy to Traffick
(g) An offence which is not under (a) - (g) but has been flagged as an offence relating to modern slavery.
Q2. Of the crimes recorded in (1) (a) - (g) please confirm for each of the crimes (if still applicable) what were the outcomes of these cases, namely what were:
(a) number where no further action was taken;
(b)the number where an offender was referred to the CPS for charging;
(c)the number where an offender was charged with the relevant offence;
(d)the number where an offender was (i) prosecuted for the offence and of these (ii) the number who were successfully convicted of the offence.
Response
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Q1. Please see the table below which details the number of modern slavery crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021, broken down by year.
|
Year |
Crime Count |
|
2017 |
15 |
|
2018 |
54 |
|
2019 |
68 |
|
2020 |
72 |
|
2021 |
50 |
|
Total |
259 |
Q2. Please see the table below which details the recorded outcomes of modern slavery crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021, broken down by year.
|
Outcome |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
01-Charged/Summonsed |
0 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
09-Not in public interest (CPS) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified |
1 |
7 |
29 |
34 |
17 |
|
15-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action |
9 |
22 |
13 |
3 |
6 |
|
16-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action |
4 |
9 |
14 |
16 |
13 |
|
18-Investigation complete - no suspect identified |
0 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
|
20-Action by other agency |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
Total |
15 |
54 |
67 |
69 |
40 |
Please note, a number of these crimes are yet to be finalised.
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.