Drug Divert Programme Cranstoun (1370A/22)

31 October 2022 | Other

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Response

Please see our response enclosed.

What is the cost to West Midlands Police to refer individuals to Cranstoun.

There is zero cost to WMP to refer individuals on to the Divert course. The PCC commissions the service and pays the whole cost of the contract.

Home – West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner (westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk)

How many crimes of drug possession Class A – C have been recorded between 2017 – 2022

The below table represents Crimes for Possession only

Class of Drug	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total
Class A	858	932	991	811	1103	1080	5775
Class B	2475	2783	3666	3866	4548	4175	21513
Class C	28	43	30	20	17	15	153
Total	3361	3758	4687	4697	5668	5270	27441

 

Since the Drug Divert Programmes inception in October 2020 how many offenders have been referred to them?

From 1^st October 2020 – 14^th October 2022 5690 referrals were made to Divert

How many of those referred engaged with the programme?

This is difficult to answer numerically and accurately, as some offenders take several months to complete the intervention and Cranstoun update us on a weekly basis – many of those referred in the last 6 months are still ‘live’. Records provided by Cranstoun in July 2022 show that 71% of referrals result in an intervention.

How many of those referred have gone onto to be caught with illegal drugs again?

358 of the 5690 have been repeat referrals.

What are the crime outcomes for the offences from 2017 – 2022 (charged/ community resolution/NFA ect)

Outcome Description	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total
ADULT CAUTION WITH ALTERNATIVE OFFENCE	5	3	2	2	0	0	12
Cannabis Warning	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
CANNABIS/KHAT WARNING	475	587	855	613	5	0	2535
Caution – Adult (Inc Conditional Caution)	504	476	388	260	106	66	1800
CAUTION – YOUTH (INC CONDITIONAL CAUTION)	87	51	66	34	12	8	258
CHARGE OR SUMMONS	1190	1076	1102	887	656	428	5339
CHARGE/SUMMONS WITH ALTERNATIVE OFFENCE	10	8	11	8	0	0	37
Community Resolution	65	118	263	566	1574	1351	3937
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action	0	0	0	0	13	3	16
Evidential Difficulties – Victim Based – Named suspect not identified	0	0	1	0	41	43	85
Formal action against the offender is not in the public interest (Police)	0	0	2	5	24	7	38
Further action will be taken by another body	0	0	0	0	21	35	56
Investigation Complete: No suspect identified	20	16	23	53	258	198	568
NAME SUSPECT IDENTIFIED, INVESTIGATION NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, POLICE DECISION	32	19	67	16	1	0	135
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support)	49	55	182	314	521	392	1513
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support)	214	303	602	886	1256	894	4155
NON-CRIME	0	1	1	2	0	0	4
OTHER AGENCY TAKES PRIMACY	6	1	6	9	1	0	23
PENALTY NOTICE	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
PENALTY NOTICE FOR DISORDER (PND)	107	86	116	63	1	0	373
POSTAL CHARGE	444	666	567	392	28	0	2097
POSTAL CHARGE WITH ALTERNATIVE OFFENCE	8	8	10	8	0	0	34
Prosecution prevented – Named suspect identified but is too ill (physical or mental health) to prosecute	2	5	8	7	6	2	30
PROSECUTION TIME LIMIT EXPIRED: SUSPECT IDENTIFIED BUT PROSECUTION TIME LIMIT HAS EXPIRED	4	3	1	1	0	0	9
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CHARGE, BUT CPS DECIDED NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PROSECUTE	1	2	1	2	0	0	6
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CHARGE, BUT POLICE DECIDED NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PROSECUTE	120	251	327	174	8	0	880
Suspect Identified, but not in the public interest for police to investigate	0	0	0	0	4	1	5
Taken into consideration (TIC)	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
THE OFFENDER HAS DIED (ALL OFFENCES)	2	0	1	1	0	0	4
TURNING POINT PROJECT	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
YOUTH CAUTION WITH ALTERNATIVE OFFENCE	3	1	0	2	0	0	6
unknown / not recorded	12	19	84	379	639	0	1133
unknown / not recorded	0	0	0	12	492	1841	2345
Total	3361	3758	4687	4697	5668	5270	27441

 

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 considered 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 considered when those data are used.

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