FOI 18169-25 Crimes in Hospitals 2019 to 2024
Request to Northamptonshire Police:
The total number of crimes logged by your force that happened in, or on, hospital grounds in the years 2019/20 to 2023/24.
Please could these be broken down as follows:
- For each year
- By the nature of each crime description
- What the crime outcome was for each crime And the name of the hospital in each case
Response:
I can advise that the requested information is held; however, it is exempt from disclosure by virtue of the following:
Section 40(2) Personal Information
Section 40 is an absolute class-based exemption, which does not require evidence of the harm disclosure would cause and does not require consideration of a public interest test. That being said, where Section 40(2) is engaged, in order to make the exemption absolute there needs to be evidence that a Data Protection Principle would be breached by disclosure. This exemption is engaged where disclosure of information relates to personal data of a third party or could lead to the identification of an individual, either from that information alone or combined with any other information from within the Police Service or public domain. In this case, due to extremely low numbers, providing the requested information about outcomes is likely to identify an individual and provide personal information in relation to that individual. Such a disclosure would breach individuals’ rights under the Data Protection Act 2018, in particular Article 5(1) of the GDPR which states that personal data shall be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.
Accordingly, this letter serves as a refusal notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act.
We have decided we can provide partial answers to your questions whilst protecting the personal data of those involved by using the well-established alternative ‘<5’.
|
Crime Description |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
22/23 |
23/24 |
Grand Total |
|
ALL OTHER THEFT OFFENCES |
53 |
39 |
54 |
47 |
39 |
232 |
|
ARSON |
<5 |
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
5 |
|
BICYCLE THEFT |
8 |
11 |
<5 |
<5 |
10 |
36 |
|
BURGLARY - BUSINESS/COMMUNITY |
8 |
12 |
<5 |
<5 |
6 |
30 |
|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
|
<5 |
|
CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
71 |
54 |
46 |
52 |
56 |
279 |
|
DRUG POSSESSION |
13 |
10 |
13 |
12 |
19 |
67 |
|
DRUG TRAFFICKING |
<5 |
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
<5 |
|
MISC CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY |
9 |
5 |
<5 |
11 |
5 |
31 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
28 |
38 |
27 |
55 |
40 |
188 |
|
POSSESSION OF WEAPONS OFFENCES |
6 |
9 |
<5 |
7 |
8 |
33 |
|
PUBLIC DISORDER |
67 |
97 |
89 |
99 |
84 |
436 |
|
RAPE |
10 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
14 |
73 |
|
ROBBERY OF BUSINESS PROPERTY |
|
|
|
<5 |
|
<5 |
|
ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY |
|
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
SHOPLIFTING |
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
<5 |
6 |
|
STALKING AND HARASSMENT |
29 |
45 |
26 |
44 |
43 |
187 |
|
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE |
35 |
15 |
12 |
11 |
5 |
78 |
|
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
<5 |
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
7 |
|
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE |
<5 |
|
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
|
VEHICLE INTERFERENCE |
<5 |
<5 |
|
<5 |
<5 |
11 |
|
VIOLENCE WITH INJURY |
275 |
260 |
191 |
186 |
209 |
1121 |
|
VIOLENCE WITHOUT INJURY |
264 |
258 |
227 |
321 |
303 |
1373 |
|
Grand Total |
890 |
874 |
717 |
878 |
848 |
4207 |
|
Outcome |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
22/23 |
23/24 |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
59 |
73 |
62 |
70 |
63 |
327 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
37 |
54 |
29 |
41 |
16 |
177 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
|
11: Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
<5 |
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
<5 |
|
12: Named suspect identified but is dead or too ill (physical/mental) to prosecute |
64 |
48 |
104 |
49 |
76 |
341 |
|
13: Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
9 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
26 |
17 |
22 |
27 |
21 |
113 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
9 |
18 |
9 |
7 |
|
43 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
276 |
333 |
220 |
287 |
317 |
1433 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
218 |
120 |
113 |
196 |
172 |
819 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
5 |
<5 |
12 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
119 |
134 |
123 |
129 |
125 |
630 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
7 |
18 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
51 |
|
1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
<5 |
11 |
<5 |
|
<5 |
18 |
|
2: Youth caution |
<5 |
|
|
|
|
<5 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
22 |
11 |
<5 |
14 |
14 |
64 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
26 |
9 |
|
7 |
5 |
47 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, has been undertaken |
|
|
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
|
3: Adult caution |
<5 |
|
|
|
|
<5 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
12 |
<5 |
24 |
|
3A: Alternate offence adult caution |
<5 |
|
|
|
|
<5 |
|
5: Offender has died |
|
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
|
8 |
|
7: Cannabis warning |
<5 |
|
|
|
|
<5 |
|
8: Community resolution |
<5 |
15 |
10 |
14 |
12 |
55 |
|
9: CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
<5 |
<5 |
|
|
6 |
13 |
|
UU unresolved |
|
<5 |
|
5 |
<5 |
10 |
|
Grand Total |
890 |
874 |
717 |
878 |
848 |
4207 |
|
Hospital Name |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
22/23 |
23/24 |
Grand Total |
|
Berrywood Hospital |
111 |
129 |
127 |
145 |
135 |
647 |
|
Brackley Medical Centre and Community Hospital |
<5 |
<5 |
|
<5 |
|
6 |
|
Corby Community Hospital |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
9 |
|
Danetre Hospital |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
12 |
|
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
|
Isebrook Hospital |
<5 |
7 |
<5 |
5 |
<5 |
18 |
|
Kettering General Hospital |
106 |
154 |
124 |
128 |
126 |
638 |
|
Northampton General Hospital |
220 |
201 |
195 |
227 |
248 |
1091 |
|
St Andrew's Hospital |
382 |
278 |
195 |
257 |
210 |
1322 |
|
St Crispin Hospital |
|
<5 |
|
23 |
27 |
51 |
|
St Edmunds Hospital |
<5 |
|
|
|
|
<5 |
|
St Mary's Hospital |
43 |
65 |
40 |
63 |
83 |
294 |
|
St Matthew's (North) Hospital |
7 |
<5 |
10 |
5 |
<5 |
28 |
|
St Matthew's Hospital |
13 |
26 |
14 |
14 |
<5 |
71 |
|
Three Shires Hospital |
|
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
8 |
|
Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust |
|
|
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
|
Upton House Day Hospital |
|
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
<5 |
|
Woodland Hospital |
<5 |
|
|
<5 |
<5 |
6 |
|
Grand Total |
890 |
874 |
717 |
878 |
848 |
4207 |
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.
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