Vagrancy Act Offences 2016 – Sept 2020
Request
For each of these financial years: 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, and 2021/21 from the start of the financial year 2020 to 10 Sept 2020:
1) The number of arrests the force made for offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824
2) The number of charges the force made for offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824
3) The number of warnings issued for offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824
4) The number of fixed penalty notices issued for offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824
Please break down the information by the title of the offence and by the financial year.
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
| Arrests made under the Vagrancy Act 1824 | |
| Financial Year | Total |
| 2016-2017 | 189 |
| 2017-2018 | 90 |
| 2018-2019 | 81 |
| 2019-2020 | 58 |
| 2020 – Sept 10th | 17 |
| Charges made under the Vagrancy Act 1824 | |
| Financial Year | Total |
| 2016-2017 | 123 |
| 2017-2018 | 44 |
| 2018-2019 | 37 |
| 2019-2020 | 32 |
| 2020 – Sept 10th | 6 |
| Cautions (warnings) issued under the Vagrancy act | |
| Financial Year | Total |
| 2016-2017 | 13 |
| 2017-2018 | 10 |
| 2018-2019 | 8 |
| 2019-2020 | 3 |
| 01/04/2020-10/9/2020 | 4 |
West Midlands Police do not issue fixed penalty offences for The Vagrancy Act and associated offences. They would all need to be dealt with by way of a charge, or caution.
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