Our Ref: 004144/13

Freedom of Information Section Police HQ Sherwood Lodge, Arnold NG5 8PP

Tel: 101 Ext 800 2507 Fax: 0115 967 2896

30 May 2013

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

I write in connection with your request for information, which was received by on 30/04/2013.

Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within Nottinghamshire Police to locate the information you require.

Please find below answers to your questions:-

RESPONSE

Under S 1 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), I can confirm that Nottinghamshire Police does hold some of the information you have requested. a) Total Number of gun crime incidents in the city a1) Breakdown by gender of arrests for gun crime incidents a2) Breakdown by area of where incidents have been committed a3) Breakdown of the prison sentences for gun crime incidents by area and sentence a4) Number of person arrested in Meadows area for gun crime since 1995

a5) number of person sentenced in Meadows area for gun crime since 1995 a6) Number of gun crime incidents in City of Nottingham and County of Nottinghamshire since 1995 a7) Number of initiatives funded to prevent gun crime incidents and breakdown of funding by area a8) Chronological of deaths by gun in Nottingham since 1995 a9) Chronological of injury by gun in Nottingham since 1995

Clarification Received: a) Total Number of gun crime incidents in the city

Number of Gun Crimes* recorded by City and County

City/County Financial Year Total City County 2008/09 126 102 228 2009/10 81 88 169 2010/11 68 61 129 2011/12 62 57 119 2012/13 67 52 119 2013/14 3 8 11 Total 407 368 775

* The above data consists of the number of gun crimes recorded as per our Home Office Return

a1) Breakdown by gender of arrests for gun crime incidents since 1995

Number of Offenders of Gun Crime by Gender

Gender** Total FEMALE 13 MALE 304 Total 317

** Some Crimes will not be detected therefore we will not have an offender recorded

a2) Breakdown by area of where incidents have been committed

By Beat

Beat Name Total ABBEY 1 AINSLEY ESTATE 3 ARNOLD TOWN CENTRE 1 ASPLEY 10 AWSWORTH 2 BAKERSFIELD 9 BALDERTON AND 8 FARNDON BALLOON WOODS 5 BEACON WINTHORPE COLLINGHAM AND 2 MEERING BEECHDALE 4 BEESTON CENTRAL 2 BEESTON NORTH 4 BEESTON RYLANDS 6 BEESTON TOWN 1 CENTRE BEESTON WEST 4 BELLS LANE 5 BENDIGO 2 BERRY HILL 2 BESTWOOD 6 BESTWOOD PARK 9 5 BINGHAM WEST 1 3 BONINGTON 2 BOUGHTON 3 BRAMCOTE 3 BRIDGE 3 BRINSLEY 1 BROADMARSH 3 BROXTOWE 7 10 BULWELL FOREST 6 BULWELL HALL 4 BULWELL TOWN 4 CENTRE BURTON JOYCE 4 CARLTON 6 CARLTON HILL 7 CARLTON LANGOLD 5 BLYTH CARRINGTON 10 CASTLE 9 CHILWELL WEST 7 CLAYWORTH AND 1 STURTON COMPTON ACRES 5 1 COUNTY 1 CRANMER 1 CUMBERLANDS 3 DAYBROOK 4 DENEWOOD 4 DUNKIRK 3 EAKRING 6 EASTWOOD SOUTH 9 EDWALTON VILLAGE 1 EDWARDS LANE 2 EDWINSTOWE 2 EVERTON AND 1 BECKINGHAM FAIRHAM 4 FARNSFIELD 2 FOREST FIELDS 9 FOREST RECREATION 20 GROUND ARBORETUM FOREST TOWN EAST 4 FOREST TOWN WEST 1 GAMSTON 1 GEDLING 1 GOTHAM 1 GREASLEY (WATNALL) 5 GREEN LANE 5 3 HEMPSHILL VALE 7 CENTRAL 3 HUCKNALL EAST 14 HUCKNALL NORTH 1 HUCKNALL WEST 2 HYSON GREEN 13 JACKSDALE 4 KEYWORTH SOUTH 1 KILLISICK 2 KIMBERLEY 6 KINGSWELL 4 KIRKBY CENTRAL 3 KIRKBY EAST 10 KIRKBY WEST 2 LACE MARKET 5 LADY BAY 1 LADYBROOK 6 LEAKE 2 LEEMING 2 LEEN 9 LENTON TRIANGLE 6 LINDHURST 5 LOWDHAM 1 LUTTERELL 1 MAGNUS AND DEVON 4 TOWN 2 CENTRE MANVERS 1 3 MAPPERLEY PLAINS 6 MARKET SQUARE 4 MARMION 9 MARPLE SQUARE 15 MEADOWS 3 MEDEN CHURCH 4 WARSOP MISTERTON 1 MUSTERS 1 NETHERFIELD 15 NEW BASFORD 12 NEW LENTON 6 NUTHALL EAST 1 OAK TREE 1 3 PARK LANE 7 PHOENIX 2 PLEASLEY HILL BULL 1 FARM PORCHESTER 5 PORTLAND 11 PRIORY 2 QMC 2 RADFORD EAST 12 RADFORD WEST 11 2 RANSKILL AND SUTTON 2 RAVENSDALE 4 1 EAST 1 RETFORD NORTH 1 RETFORD TOWN 2 CENTRE RETFORD WEST 1 RISE PARK 4 RIVER GREEN 7 ROBIN HOOD 1 RUDDINGTON 2 SELSTON 2 SHERWOOD 12 SHERWOOD RISE 10 SNEINTON ELEMENTS 6 SNEINTON HERMITAGE 14 SOAR VALLEY 1 SOUTHWELL NORTH 2 AND EAST ST. ANNS WELL ROAD 19 ST. JAMES 1 ST. MARYS 2 STAPLEFORD NORTH 1 STAPLEFORD SOUTH 3 EAST STAPLEFORD SOUTH 1 WEST STOCKHILL 8 STRELLEY 5 SUTTON CENTRAL 5 SUTTON EAST 9 SUTTON NORTH 10 SUTTON WEST 3 THE PARK 2 12 TOTON AND CHILWELL 1 MEADOWS TRENT 1 TRENT BRIDGE 4 TROWELL 2 UNDERWOOD 2 UNIVERSITY PARK 2 VALLEY 4 VICTORIA CENTRE 5 WARSOP BIRKLANDS 2 WELLS ROAD 10 WHITEMOOR 8 WILFORD 3 EAST 4 WOLLATON WEST 2 WOODTHORPE 4 NORTH EAST 2 WORKSOP NORTH 8 WEST WORKSOP SOUTH AND 2 WELBECK WORKSOP SOUTH EAST 7 WORKSOP TOWN 3 CENTRE Total 775

a3) Breakdown of the prison sentences for gun crime incidents by area and sentence Sentencing is dealt with by the Courts and so Nottinghamshire Police do not hold this information. a4) Number of person arrested in Meadows area for gun crime since 1995 We are unable to provide information on where an individual is arrested – we can only provide the number of crimes which are recorded as taking place in the Meadows.

Number of Crimes which took place in the Meadows

Meadows 3

a5) number of person sentenced in Meadows area for gun crime since 1995 Sentencing is dealt with by the Courts and so Nottinghamshire Police do not hold this information. a6) Number of gun crime incidents in City of Nottingham and County of Nottinghamshire since 1995 As above. Please see our answer to ‘a’. a7) Number of initiatives funded to prevent gun crime incidents and breakdown of funding by area organisation & year We are unable to supply the answer to this question as the information is not held centrally or in the format you have requested. Initiatives may not be aimed solely at Gun Crime incidents but may be part of a wider initiative and therefore we would be unable to retrieve the data as requested within the cost threshold.

This letter constitutes a refusal notice under Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 with Section 12(1) of the act being applied

12. – (1) Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.

Due to the large amount of information which would need to be searched over multiple departments, I am unable to suggest a refinement that would bring the request within the cost threshold.

In accordance with the Act, once one part of the request is excess cost the whole request exceeds the cost threshold however, in the spirit of the Act, but outside of it, we have supplied what information we are able to in relation to the other questions you have asked.

a8) Number of deaths by gun in Nottingham since 1995 ordered by year

Number of Gun Crimes which resulted in a Death ***

City/County Financial Year Total City County 2009/10 1 0 1 2010/11 1 0 1 2012/13 2 2 4 Total 4 2 6

*** Death includes Murder and Manslaughter

a9) Number of Injury by gun in Nottingham since 1995 ordered by year

Number of Gun Crimes which resulted in an Injury ****

City/County Financial Year Total City County 2008/09 26 38 64 2009/10 18 33 51 2010/11 25 18 43 2011/12 18 16 34 2012/13 16 17 33 2013/14 3 3 6 Total 106 125 231

**** This data includes 'Used as a Blunt Instrument'

Please Note-: This data has been extracted from our Gun Compilation which we use to complete our Home Office Return and could be subject to change Source-: Management Information 15.05.2013

Complaints Rights Your attention is drawn to the enclosed review procedure, which details your right of complaint.

Copyright Nottinghamshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under Sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) 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, Nottinghamshire Police, Force Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, NG5 8PP.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Nottinghamshire Police.

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Yours sincerely

Disclosure Officer

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