Vagrancy Act charges

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004861/P

Version Date: 22/07/2026

For the period 1st Jan 2025 - 30th Jun 2026, how many people have been charged under the Vagrancy Act 1824. Please provide a breakdown by month and by section of the Vagrancy Act 1824. If this is too costly, please just provide a breakdown by month.

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Searches were completed within Niche Custody for arrests linked to the following Home Office codes as we do not record arrests by Act:

• 188/05
• 182/00
• 183/00
• 185/01

The results were filtered to only show records with a charge disposal.

Data

Searches resulted in 2 records, both for the offence of “Vagrant - being found in or upon enclosed premises (recordable)”.