FOI Number Plate Offences (127-2024/25)
Request
How many instances of the below offence were logged per year, from 2020 to 2023?
SMO Summary motoring 170 Vehicle registration and excise licence offences (MOT) 81001 81001 - Motor vehicle licence obscured or not affixed"
How many instances of the below offence were logged per year, from 2020 to 2023?
SMO Summary motoring 170 Vehicle registration and excise licence offences (MOT) 81090 81090 – Other motor vehicle licence, trade licence, registration mark, trade plate and registration book offences (except forgery and deception offences)
Response
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Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Please see the table below which details all number plate related offences processed by North Yorkshire Police for each year from 2020 to 2023, broken down by year and offence.
I note that the below information was obtained by doing a search of our Pentip system for offences recorded under offence code 081.
I note that there may be a very small number of offences that did not make it to Pentip.
|
Offence |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Cause / use / permit registered trailer displaying incorrect registration mark |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Contravene / fail comply with regulations made under s. 24 Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
|
Contravene regs prescribed as applying under s.59(2)(a) |
3 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations |
386 |
362 |
360 |
272 |
|
Drive a vehicle and trailer with no registration plate - registered before 1/10/38 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
|
Drive a vehicle with no registration plate - registered before 1/10/38 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
Drive a vehicle with registration mark obscured / indistinguishable |
34 |
31 |
59 |
54 |
|
Drive vehicle / vehicle and trailer no rear registration plate - registered after 30/09/38 |
14 |
24 |
56 |
28 |
|
Drive vehicle no front registration plate - registered after 30/09/38 |
28 |
31 |
79 |
61 |
|
Keep / use registered trailer on a road when registration mark is obscured / not easily distinguishable |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Keep a vehicle when registration mark fails to conform with the regulations |
6 |
9 |
51 |
31 |
|
Keep a vehicle with registration mark obscured |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
|
Keep vehicle and trailer no rear registration plate - registered after 09/38 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Keep vehicle no front registration plate - registered after 30/09/38 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
Keep vehicle no rear registration plate - registered after 30/09/38 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
Use a vehicle displaying a trade licence for a purpose not permitted by that licence |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Use an incorrectly registered vehicle |
4 |
5 |
84 |
117 |
|
Total |
484 |
483 |
711 |
591 |
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.