Non-crime hate incidents (1178A/22)
Request
1.Please provide how many non-crime hate incidents that were logged by your force in the following years: 2019 and – 2020
2.In relation to the non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2019 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents fell into each of the categories of:
- A) Race.
B) Religion.
C) Sexual orientation.
D) Disability.
E) Transgender identity.
3.In relation to the non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2020 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents fell into each of the categories of:
- A) Race.
B) Religion.
C) Sexual orientation.
D) Disability.
E) Transgender identity.
4.In relation to the race non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2019 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents took place on a social media platform.
5.In relation to the race non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2020 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents took place on a social media platform.
6.In relation to the race non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2021 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents took place on a social media platform.
Response
Please be advised that the information that you have requested is not available in a readily retrievable format. In relation to Questions 4 / 5 / 6 as this is not a central recording category within our systems. Each log would need to located and retrieved and the summary read to see if it related to any type of social media platform.
Therefore, the cost of providing you with the information is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of locating and retrieving the information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this part of the request and if one part of a request exceeds the fees limit then S12 of the Act applies to the whole request
However, in accordance with Section 16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in relation to your request and can provide information in relation to Questions 1/ 2 / 3
This should not be taken as a precedent that additional information would be supplied outside of the time/fees legislation for any subsequent requests
Further information on section 12 of FOI is available here: