Incidents and single crewing (1222A/22)

12 October 2022 | Incident and Crime Statistics, Operational Policing, Investigations and Events

Request

Response

Part A)

For the years 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019, please could you provide the figures for:

– The total number of incidents that police were called out to.

– The total number of incidents that police were called out to, where they attended as a single unit or ‘single crewed.’

 

West Midlands Incident logs
Between 1 January 2019 and 31 August 2022
As at 27/09/2022
	2019	2020	2021	1 Jan 2022 to 31-Aug-2022
Total number of incidents	850,599	660,841	630,672	416,753
Total number of incidents attended	345,658	324,969	316,771	204,466
Incidents where = crew type – single attended	N/A	* 24575	34,145	24,525

 

 

* The ‘crew type’ information is only available from 03/03/2020 onwards as this is when the force introduced a new force system.  The previous system did not contain this information.

 

 

Part B)

– What is your force’s policy on single crewing? – no specific policy

– Is single crewing the default in your force?

– Has this policy changed since 2019?

 

There is no specific policy in relation to “single crewing”.

“There is no default position within Force Response with respect to single/double crewing. The allocation of officers to response call signs is based on availability of assets, assessment of risk and demand which is reviewed continually throughout the tour of duty.”

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.

 

As recommended as good practice by the Information Commissioner’s Office a version of this response may be published on the West Midlands Police website.

 

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