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Publication Number: 1023
FOI Number: 18082
Information Request
How many arrests have been under the Vagrancy Act over the past full financial years - 2017-18, 2018-19; 2019-20; 2020-21 and 2021-22, and please clarify what offence codes you are referencing.
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – See below
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 24 February 2023
Key points to note:
Athena Custody used to fulfil this query using business objects
Dates searched: 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2022
Query filters: Reason for Arrest (RFA) Offence Description:
Total number of arrests by financial year:
Sum: |
26 |
Arrest Fiscal Year |
Count |
2017 |
4 |
2018 |
9 |
2020 |
5 |
2021 |
8 |
Breakdown of arrests by financial year, offence type and outcome:
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26 |
Arrest Fiscal Year |
Rfa Offence Description |
Disposal Description |
Count |
2017 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2017 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2017 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2017 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Community Resolution |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge - Postal |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Released Without Charge - Mental Health Reasons |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2018 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2018 |
Begging - Persistent |
Charge |
1 |
2020 |
Begging |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2020 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
2020 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2020 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2020 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Refused Charge (NFA) |
1 |
2021 |
Begging |
Charge |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Bail to Police Station |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
2021 |
Found on enclosed Premises |
Charge |
1 |
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.