005123/18 Date of Decision - 18 January 2019 Subject Area - Statistics Decision - Disclosed

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Request Number - 005123/18 Date of Decision - 18 January 2019 Subject Area - Statistics Decision - Disclosed

Request

The number of drug related arrests made across Lincolnshire over the past 5 years.

The year range I am referring to is 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014.

In addition, I am requesting the arrests are broken down by which city/town across Lincolnshire the arrest took place (e.g. Lincoln, Boston, Sleaford etc).

Year Arrests 2014 1507 2015 1591 2016 1321 2017 1742 2018 1917 Total 8078

City/Town Number ALFORD 18 ALFRETON 1 ALLINGTON 4 BARKSTON 2 BARROWBY 1 BASTON 3 BAUMBER 3 BELTON 2 BIRMINGHAM 1 BLACKPOOL 1 BLEASBY 1 BOSTON 1592 BOURNE 89 BRADFORD 1 BURGH LE MARSH 3 BURGH ON BAIN 1 BURWELL 3 CANDLESBY 1 CHAPEL ST LEONARDS 10 CHESTERFIELD 2

Lincolnshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, Lincolnshire Police, PO Box 999, Lincoln LN5 7PH Document 1

CLEETHORPES 1 COLLYWESTON 1 COLSTERWORTH 4 CONINGSBY 4 COQUELLES 1 CROFT 1 CROWLAND 1 CROXTON KERRIAL 2 DEEPING ST JAMES 5 DERBY 2 DEREHAM 1 DONCASTER 6 DRIBY 1 DRIBY TOP 4 EDENHAM 1 FRAMPTON 3 FULBECK 2 GAINSBOROUGH 270 GIPSEY BRIDGE 1 GRANTHAM 1073 GREAT CASTERTON 2 GRIMOLDBY 1 GRIMSBY 17 GRIMSTHORPE 1 HAGWORTHINGHAM 3 HALLINGTON 1 HALTON HOLEGATE 1 HARBY 1 HASTINGS 1 HEATHROW 2 HEMINGBY 2 HOGSTHORPE 3 HOLDINGHAM 2 HOLTON LE CLAY 2 HORNCASTLE 41 HORSINGTON 1 HOUGHAM 1 HULL 2 INGOLDMELLS 26 ISLEWORTH 1 KING'S LYNN 1 LANGTOFT 7 LANGWORTH 3 LEEDS 1 LEGBOURNE 2 LEICESTER 5 LINCOLN 2684 Lincolnshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, Lincolnshire Police, PO Box 999, Lincoln LN5 7PH Document 1

LIVERPOOL 1 LONDON 2 LONDONTHORPE 1 LONG BENNINGTON 2 LOUTH 104 LUTON 4 MABLETHORPE 48 MANCHESTER 4 MAREHAM LE FEN 2 MARKET DEEPING 8 MARKET RASEN 39 MARSHCHAPEL 1 MARSTON 3 MINTING 2 MORTON 3 NEWARK 10 NORTH CAVE 2 NORTH SOMERCOTES 2 NORTH WHEATLEY 2 NORTHWICH 1 NOTTINGHAM 12 OAKHAM 6 ORSTON 1 PARTNEY 2 PETERBOROUGH 40 PINNER 1 RETFORD 1 SCUNTHORPE 1 SHEFFIELD 2 SIBSEY 5 SKEGNESS 947 SKENDLEBY 1 SLEAFORD 134 SOUTH WITHAM 1 SPALDING 527 SPILSBY 36 ST. IVES 1 STAMFORD 124 STOKE ROCHFORD 1 STRAGGLETHORPE 1 STRETTON 1 SUTTERTON 5 TALLINGTON 3 TATTERSHALL 1 THURLBY 5 TOYNTON ALL SAINTS 1 TRUSTHORPE 1 Lincolnshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, Lincolnshire Police, PO Box 999, Lincoln LN5 7PH Document 1

TUMBY 1 ULCEBY 2 ULCEBY CROSS 1 WAINFLEET 3 WELBY 1 WELTON LE MARSH 1 WEST BRIDGFORD 2 WEST DEEPING 5 WESTON 1 WHATTON 1 WISBECH 2 WOODHALL SPA 1 WORKSOP 3 WRAGBY 7 WYBERTON 1 Total 8071

NB: Some of the arrests took place out of Lincolnshire Police’s force area and on seven occasions, the city/town was not recorded.

Please also be aware that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.