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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 23/1322
Version Date: 19/12/2023
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Data source:
Force incident recording systems: FWS (data 01/01/2018 – 20/10/2020) and Storm (data 21/10/2020 – 21/11/2023)
Force crime recording system: Niche (all crime data)
Data processing:
Crimes only extracted from Niche
Data limitations/caveats:
Marine incidents (e.g. ASB, fire, collisions, etc) and Marine crimes (e.g. theft, Project Kraken, etc) for Dorset County and Poole Harbour separately.
Between 2018 to present day by year
Crimes |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (Section 47) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Attempt burglary other than dwelling - with intent to commit damage (recordable) |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Attempt theft - other - including by theft ' finding ' (recordable) |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Attempt theft from vehicle - other than a motor vehicle (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Attempt theft of conveyance other than motor vehicle / pedal cycle (recordable) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Burglary - Business & Community (Unconnected Building) |
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|
|
|
|
1 |
Burglary - Business and Community |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Burglary – Outbuilding Business & Community |
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|
|
1 |
|
|
Burglary – Outbuilding Residential |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
Burglary dwelling - with intent to steal (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal (recordable) |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress (S4A POA) |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Common assault (recordable) |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
Criminal damage Other |
5 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
Criminal damage to a Vehicle |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
Criminal damage to property valued under £5000 (recordable) |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Master of ship fail to comply with duty of safe navigation and avoidance of dangerous situations (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Possess / control explosive with intent to endanger life / injure property (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Possess knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place - Criminal Justice Act 1988 (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Rape of a Female aged 16 or over (Sec 1 SOA 2003) |
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|
|
|
|
1 |
Send letter / communication / article conveying a threatening message (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Take a conveyance (not motor vehicle / pedal cycle) without consent - TWOC (recordable) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Theft - other - including theft by finding (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Theft from a motor vehicle (recordable) |
4 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
Theft from a vehicle - other than a motor vehicle (recordable) |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
Theft from shops and stalls (Shoplifting) |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Theft from the person of another (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Theft of conveyance other than motor vehicle or pedal cycle (recordable) |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
Theft of motor vehicle (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Theft other |
19 |
30 |
21 |
18 |
12 |
13 |
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence (recordable) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Incidents |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Animals/Wildlife |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Asb - Environmental |
1 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
Asb - Nuisance |
12 |
12 |
26 |
|
|
|
Asb - Personal |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Burglary Business & Comm |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
Burglary Business & Community |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Burglary Residential |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Civil Dispute |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Concern For Safety |
|
|
|
2 |
4 |
9 |
Concern Safe/Coll/Ill/Inj/Trpd |
8 |
8 |
4 |
|
|
|
Criminal Damage |
4 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
Criminal Damage Cri |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Environmental |
|
|
|
6 |
4 |
3 |
Highway Disruption |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
|
Lost/Found Prop/ Found Person |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Messages |
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
Nuisance |
|
|
1 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
Other Notifiable Crime |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
Personal |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Police Generated Resource Act |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Police Generated Resource Acti |
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Rail/Air/Marine |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Road Related Offence |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Rtc - Damage Only |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
Rtc - Death/Injury |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sudden Death |
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Sus Circs/Insecure Prem Or Veh |
13 |
9 |
16 |
|
|
|
Sus Circs/Insecure Prem/Veh |
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|
|
6 |
4 |
4 |
Suspicious Package/Object |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Theft |
27 |
29 |
31 |
19 |
18 |
7 |
Theft Cri |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
Vehicle Crime |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
2 |
1 |
Violence - S47 & Less Serious |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
Please provide outcomes for the offences
Outcomes |
Count |
Charged |
2 |
Summonsed/postal requisition |
3 |
Police - formal action not in public interest |
2 |
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
7 |
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
11 |
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
4 |
Investigation complete no suspect identified |
171 |
Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
1 |
Adult caution |
1 |
Community resolution |
2 |
New |
8 |
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