Corrosive substances
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 24/1796
Version Date: 19/04/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Please provide me with the number of reports for each of these offences broken down by year (calendar) each of 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
1) Section 6 - Possession of a corrosive substance in public place
2) Section 18 - Wounding or causing GBH with intent with the use of a corrosive substance
3) Section 20 – Unlawful wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm with the use of a corrosive substance
4) Section 29 – Sending, throwing or using explosive or corrosive substance or noxious thing with intent to do grievous bodily harm (when it is corrosive substance)
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Crime Description |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Section 6 Possession of corrosive substance in public place |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Section 18 Wounding with corrosive substance |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Section 20 Unlawful wounding of inflicting GBH with corrosive substance |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Section 29 Sending, throwing, or using explosive or corrosive substance with intent to do GBH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Please note that the Section 6 offence only came into being from 6 April 2022.