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Uned Rhyddid Gwybodaeth / Freedom of Information Unit

Response Date: 09/05/2018

2018/371 – Rape & Murder Offences

In response to your recent request for information regarding;

Arrests Please note that the below data refer to the number of Arrests, and not the number of people; one individual could have been arrested on multiple occasions during 2017.

Offence Description Romania Albania Syria Acquire / use / possess criminal property (recordable) 1 0 0 Affray (recordable) 2 0 0 Aggravated burglary - dwelling (recordable) 1 0 0 Arrest by a constable as unlikely to surrender to custody - breach of bail conditions 0 1 0 Assault a constable in the execution of his / her duty (recordable) 2 0 0 Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm (recordable) 3 0 0 Assault by beating (recordable) 8 0 1 Cause / incite a girl 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over - penetration (recordable) 0 0 1 Commit offence other than kidnapping or false imprisonment with intent to commit human trafficking offence 1 0 0 (recordable) Common assault (recordable) 1 0 0 Criminal damage to property valued under £5000 (recordable) 5 0 0 Drive a motor vehicle dangerously (recordable) 1 0 0 Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit (recordable) 5 0 0 Drive whilst disqualified (recordable) 1 0 0 Drunk and disorderly in a public place (recordable) 1 0 0 Enter into / concerned in acquisition / retention / use or control criminal property (recordable) 1 0 0 Fail to surrender to police / court bail at the appointed time (recordable) 1 0 0 Fraud by false representation - Fraud Act 2006 (recordable) 2 0 0 Going equipped for theft - not motor vehicle (recordable) 2 0 0 Harassment without violence (recordable) 1 0 0 Impersonate a police constable (recordable) 1 0 0 Offender 18 or over engage in non penetrative sexual activity with girl 13 to 15 - SOA 2003 (recordable) 0 0 1 Rape a girl aged 13 / 14 / 15 - SOA 2003 (recordable) 1 0 0 Rape a woman 16 years of age or over - SOA 2003 (recordable) 1 0 0 Receiving stolen goods (recordable) 1 0 0 Robbery (recordable) 3 0 0 Section 18 - wounding with intent (recordable) 1 0 0 Sell goods with sign / packaging bearing a sign identical / likely to be mistaken for registered trade mark 0 0 1 (recordable) Sexual assault on a female (recordable) 1 0 0 Take away a child in care without lawful authority (recordable) 1 0 0 Theft - other - including theft by finding (recordable) 3 0 0 Theft from a shop (recordable) 8 0 0 Theft from the person of another (recordable) 2 0 0 Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance 1 0 0 Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence 1 0 0 (recordable) Total 64 1 4

Charged The below data refer to the number of times a person was recorded as Charged on a record of a Rape or Murder offence during 2017. The data do not refer to the number of individuals, as a person could be charged for more than one offence

United Kingdom; Offence Type China England Ireland Portugal United Kingdom Bangladesh Wales Not Recorded Murder 0 1 1 0 18 0 1 6 Rape 1 3 2 1 78 1 10 34 Total 1 4 3 1 96 1 11 40

THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000, AND IS CORRECT AS AT 04/05/2018