Illegal Bikes and Quads (455A/22)
Request
Please confirm how many reports from members of individual members of public, and how many crime reference numbers have been generated in regards to unlawful vehicle (illegal bikes and quads) in Priory Fields Nature Reserve (B280XN) and Maypole FC (B14 4JL) and Christ Church Cemetery (B14 4EP) since April 01 2021.
Please note, I’m not asking for personal info of individual members of the public. Rather how many, to your records, have made such reports.
Please also confirm the rank of the most senior office to review any reports from April 01 until now, irrespective of the decision made.
Response
Please find attached our response.
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.
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.