Drone / UAV Related Calls 2021-2022
Publication Number: 1500
FOI Number: 18219
Information Request
For the period 1st July 2021 to 31st December 2021 can you please tell me how many drone/UAV related calls per month were received and logged by Essex Police, with a breakdown of the specific nature of each call.
Similarly for the period 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 can you please tell me how many drone/UAV related calls per month were received and logged by Essex Police, with a breakdown of the specific nature of each call.
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Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 10 March 2023
Data is from 01/07/2021 to 31/12/2022 and is based on where the Final Call Type in the Storm incident recording system was “Drone”.
Number of recorded incidents related to Drones by month and year
|
Month |
2021 |
2022 |
Grand Total |
|
January |
- |
11 |
11 |
|
February |
- |
8 |
8 |
|
March |
- |
19 |
19 |
|
April |
- |
26 |
26 |
|
May |
- |
21 |
21 |
|
June |
- |
39 |
39 |
|
July |
24 |
35 |
59 |
|
August |
24 |
21 |
45 |
|
September |
15 |
25 |
40 |
|
October |
7 |
23 |
30 |
|
November |
13 |
4 |
17 |
|
December |
7 |
12 |
19 |
|
Grand Total |
90 |
244 |
334 |
As regards a breakdown of the specific nature of each call, please note that the Call Type categories on Storm for the results above are only recorded as ‘Final Call Type: DRONE’ and ‘Final Call Type Description: DRONE INCIDENT’.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
Please note that various articles regarding drones are available via our publication scheme: