Cannabis warning s and fines (917A/20)

18 November 2020 | Incident and Crime Statistics

Request

Response

Please find enclosed our response.

 

Q1: how many cannabis warnings were issued for first time Cannabis possession offences?

Please note that the data for this question is up to date 28^th October 2020.

 

Clear up codes	2019		inc 28/10/2020		Grand Total
Adult Caution (Alt Offence)	4		3		7
Cannabis Warning	766		579		1345
Caution – Adult	311		171		482
Caution – Youth	52		24		76
Charge	714		566		1280
Charge / Summons (Alt Offence)	10		9		19
Community Resolution	227		103		330
Filed, no Susp, no further enq	585		514		1099
Further non-Police Action	7		4		11
Not Public Interest CPS			1		1
Not Public Interest Police	276		134		410
Offender Died	2		1		3
Penalty Notice	107		58		165
Postal Charge	352		186		538
Postal Charge (Alt Offence)	8		4		12
Susp ID: No Victim Support	169		215		384
Susp ID: Not in public interest	63		11		74
Susp ID: Oth Evidential Difficulty	653		594		1247
Susp ID: Susp too Ill	8		6		14
Susp ID: Time Limit Expired	1		1		2
Susp ID: Vict Evidential Difficulty	3				3
Youth Caution (Alt Offence)			2		2
(blank)	113		749		862
Grand Total	4431		3935		8366
Offence		2019		inc 28/10/2020		Grand Total
ATT POSS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS B-CANNABIS		1		2		3
CONCERNED PRODUCE DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS		3		2		5
CONCERNED SUPPLY DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS		7		1		8
OFFER SUPPLY DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS		3		1		4
PERMIT PREM-PRODUCE DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS				1		1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS		3147		2796		5943
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS A-COCAINE				1		1
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS B-CANNABIS		113		84		197
PRODUCE CONTROLLED DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS		1152		1039		2191
SUPPLY CONTROLLED DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS		5		8		13
Grand Total		4431		3935		8366

 

Q2: how many penalty notices for disorder were used for cannabis possession?

 

2019 = 143 penalty notices issued

2020 (up to 18^th September 2020) = 78 penalty notices issued

For the 2018 data:

Under section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available on the following website. West Midlands Police Freedom of Information published FOI’s site, here is a link to the request:

 

https://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/cannabis-offences-6006-19/

 

Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have 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 those data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

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