Anti-social Behaviour: Rural Areas

(asked on 17th May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for antisocial behaviour in rural areas there have been in each year since 2020.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 23rd May 2023

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales, by financial year, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

However, the data are collected by wider offence group, e.g. “theft offences”, therefore data on more specific offences such as antisocial behaviour and theft of agricultural machinery are not available.

Additionally, the data are collected by Police Force Area only with no further geographical breakdown, therefore the number of arrests that occurred in rural areas is not available.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions as part of the quarterly ‘Criminal Justice System’ statistical bulletin, available here: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The outcomes by offence data tool provides a breakdown of prosecutions by offence type, including offences which would be considered ASB. A detailed breakdown of items stolen within theft offences is not available.

The Home Office does not hold data showing trend in these crimes (ASB or theft of agricultural machinery) over time.

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