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15 March 2024 | Incident and Crime Statistics

Request

Response

We can confirm that some relevant information is held by West Midlands Police. However, while the majority of the information is attached to this email.  I am not required to release all of the information requested. Please find enclosed our response.

 

The age of persons arrested is withheld by virtue of S40 (2) personal information.

 

Ground	In or Out	Reason	Gender	Home or Away	Total
Molineux
	In	Section 18 Wounding	Male	Away
	In	Pitch encroachment / Class a Possession	Male	Away
	Out	Common Assault	Male	Home
	Out	Class a possession	Male	Away
	In	Common Assault	Male	Away
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	In	Racial Agg Sec 5 / Assault police	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg Sec 5 PO	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg Sec 4A PO	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg Sec 4A PO	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg sec 5 PO	Male	Home	16
The Hawthorns
	In	Pyro offence / missile	Male	Away
	In	Pitch encroachment	Male	Home
	In	Pitch encroachment	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	Out	Pyro offence	Male	Away
	In	Sec 4 public order	Male	Away
	Out	Class a possession	Male	Away
	In	Pyro offence / missile	Male	Away
	In	Pyro offence	Male	Away
	In	Pyro offence / Class a possession / Off weapon	Male	Away
	In	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Possession bladed article / Off weapon	Male	Away
	In	Sec 4 public order	Male	Home
	In	Assault emergency worker	Male	Home
	In	Sec 4 public order	Male	Home
	In	Assault emergency worker	Male	Home
	In	Sec 4 public order	Male	Away
	In	Racial Agg Sec 4A PO	Male	Home	21
Poundland stadium
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	In	Affray	Male	Away
	In	Affray	Male	Away
	In	Affray	Male	Away
	In	Missile	Male	Away
	In	Common assault	Male	Away
	In	Pitch encroachment / Class a Possession	Male	Away
	In	Common Assault	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	Out	Affray	Male	Home	17
Villa Park
	Out	Common Assault	Male	Home
	Out	Class a possession	Male	Away
	Out	Sec 47 Assault	Male	Home
	Out	Drunk and disorderly	Male	Away
	Out	Common Assault	Male	Away
	Out	Class a possession	Male	Away
	In	Crim Dam	Male	Home
	In	Threat to cause damage	Male	Home
	In	Sec 4A public order	Male	Home
	Out	Sec 4 public order	Male	Home
	In	Common Assault	Male	Away
	Out	Class a possession	Male	Away
	Out	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Possession bladed article	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	Out	Violent Disorder	Male	Away
	In	Racial Agg Sec 5 PO	Male	Away
	In	Racial Agg Sec 4A PO	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg Sec 5 PO	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg Sec 4A PO	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home	64
St Andrews
	In	Drinking in view of pitch	Male	Home
	In	Missile	Male	Home
	In	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Sec 4 public order	Male	Away
	Out	Sec 4 public order	Male	Home
	In	Common assault	Male	Home
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	In	Common assault	Female	Away
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	In	Affray	Male	Home
	In	Affray	Male	Home
	In	Crim Dam	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Away
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	In	Racial agg sec 5 PO	Male	Away
	In	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home	17
CBS Arena
	In	Assault emergency worker	Male	Home
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	Out	Affray	Male	Home
	Out	Sec 5 public order	Male	Home
	Out	Class a possession	Male	Away
	Out	Sec 5 public order	Male	Away
	In	Pitch encroachment	Male	Away
	Out	Sec 4 public order	Male	Home
	In	Common assault	Male	Home
	Out	Sec 18 Wounding	Male	Away
	Out	Assault emergency worker	Male	Away
	Out	Sec 4 public order	Male	Away
	In	Missile	Male	Home
	Out	Sec 4 public order	Male	Away
	In	Racial Agg sec 5 PO	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg sec 5 PO	Male	Home
	In	Racial agg sec 5 PO	Male	Home
	In	Racial Agg Sec 4A PO	Male	Home	19

 

 

REASONS FOR DECISION

 

The withheld information is exempt by virtue of the following exemptions

 

 

Section 40 (2) personal data

 

 

Section 40(2) is an absolute and class-based exemption if to release the information exists would breach the third party’s data protection rights.  In this case to release this personal information would not constitute fair processing of the data. As this exemption is class based I am not required to identify the harm in disclosure and in this instance, I believe that the right to privacy outweighs any public interest in release

 

Any further details regarding these incidents are exempt by the following:

 

 

Section 40 (2) – Personal information

 

These exemptions and explanatory notes are shown here:

 

https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/information-management/freedom-of-information/#freedom-of-information-exemptions

 

 

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 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.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.

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