Assaults in sports shops

Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-113

Version date: 28/02/2022

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:

For this request, we have searched Niche Crime Recording System for the dates and Home Office Codes requested

Please state how many of the following crimes were alleged to have occurred and recorded by your force as happening in Sports Direct and JD Sports shops:

Assault offences to include all assault offences

• 5D - Assault with intent to cause serious harm
• 8N - Assault with injury
• 8P - Racially or religiously aggravated assault with injury
• 105A - Assault without injury
• 105B - Racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury 

For the calendar years:

• 2019,
• 2020
• 2021

Please note I am only interested in assaults which involved members of the public assaulting employees of Sports Direct or JD Sports within store premises.

The data should be broken down by year and by whether the assault happened in Sports Direct or JD Sports.

In addition, please provide me with a summary from the crime report notes/modus operandi (MO) for the five most recent cases. I understand these will have to be redacted to remove private information.

There was only one offence that related to the requirements of this request after reviewing the data download

2021	JD Sports	Victim was working in JD Sports and saw suspect conceal clothing in a bag. Victim challenged suspect and grabbed the bag at which point suspect pushed them and made threats whilst leaving