FOI 17390-25 Arrests under s127 Comms Act 2003 and s1 Mal Comms Act 1988

Request to Northamptonshire Police

Please may you provide me with:

The number of arrests your force has made under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988. Can this data be broken down by calendar year, from 2017 to the most recent available year.

Response

Arrests made by Northamptonshire Police under s127 of the Communications Act 2003 from 2017, broken down by year: -

Arrests made by Northamptonshire Police under s1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 from 2017, broken down by year: -

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