Firework Incidents
KEYWORDS
Fireworks, Firework Incidents, Firework illegal use, Firework Social Behaviour
PUBLICATION NUMBER
PUB 1118
FOI REFERENCE NUMBER(S)
15130
REQUEST TITLE
Firework Incidents
DATE RANGE
15th October 2020 to 14th November 2020
INFORMATION REQUESTED
Can you supply the following information for between the 15th of October, up to and including the 14th of November 2020.
1) The number of calls received by your force, regarding firework use.
2) The number of incidents where fireworks have been used against your Police officers.
3) The number of incidents of illegal use of fireworks.
4) The number of incidents of anti-social behaviour regarding fireworks.
5) Provide all records you may hold of any injuries relating to firework use.
DISCLOSURE WITH EXEMPTIONS
INFORMATION CORRECT AS AT
31.12.20
DATE OF DISCLOSURE
18.1.2021
RELATED DOCUMENTS
FOI 15130 RESPONSE
Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference.
Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of FOIA requires that we provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
In respect of your enquiry:
Please can you supply the following information for between the 15th of October, up to and including the 14th of November 2020.
1) The number of calls received by your force, regarding firework use.
2) The number of incidents where fireworks have been used against your Police officers.
3) The number of incidents of illegal use of fireworks.
4) The number of incidents of anti-social behaviour regarding fireworks.
5) Provide all records you may hold of any injuries relating to firework use.
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police and in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold some data relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the below data
Please note the following caveats and notes in relation to the data provided
Notes:
Two Universes were used to gather the data for this data request:
Athena Crime: The number of incidents where fireworks were used illegally, against police officers and that involved injuries from the use of fireworks were gathered from this Universe.
The ‘Initial Modulus Operandi’ data field was used to filter out only firework-related incidents.
For firework incidents involving any injuries, the ‘HMIC Crime Level 3’ data field was specified as: ‘VIOLENCE WITH INJURY.’
The ‘HO Classification Code’ data field was specified as: ‘8S’ and ‘104’ to filter out records involving assaults on police officers and constables.
Storm: ASB incidents involving fireworks and calls received by the force regarding the use of fireworks were gathered from the STORM Universe.
The ‘Final call type’ data field was selected to be ‘FIREWORKS’ to filter out only calls received by the force involving fireworks.
The disposal codes of ‘ASB-N’, ‘ASB-E’ and ‘ASB-P’ were selected to highlight only firework incident records involving anti-social behaviour incidents. These codes stand for: Antisocial behaviour Nuisance, Antisocial behaviour Environment and Antisocial behaviour Personal respectively.
Dates: 15th October 2020 to 14th November 2020
Between 15th October 2020 and 14th November 2020, a total of 604 calls were received by Essex police force regarding the use of fireworks.
Of these, 572 firework incidents of anti-social behaviour have been recorded. Their breakdown, by their individual details, is shown below:
|
Final Disposal Code and Description |
Count of Incidents |
|---|---|
|
ASB-E - ASB - ENVIRONMENT |
82 |
|
ASB-N - ASB - NUISANCE |
482 |
|
ASB-P - ASB - PERSONAL |
8 |
|
Sum: |
572 |
Table 1: Recorded firework incidents involving anti-social behaviour between 15th October and 14th November 2020
Between 15th October 2020 and 14th November 2020, a total of 69 crime incidents involving illegal use of fireworks have been recorded by Essex Police force. A summary table highlighting their details is shown below:
|
Crime Category |
Count of Crimes |
|---|---|
|
All Other Theft Offences |
1 |
|
Arson |
16 |
|
Criminal Damage |
20 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
1 |
|
Public Order Offences |
6 |
|
Violence With Injury |
4 |
|
Violence Without Injury |
21 |
|
Sum: |
69 |
Table 2: Summary table showing illegal firework crime incidents recorded by Essex police between 15th October and 14th November 2020
In this same time period, only 2 crime incidents have been recorded where fireworks have been used against police officers. These are shown in Table 3 below:
|
Crime Reference Number |
Crime description |
Full Offence Title |
Count of Crimes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
42/178552/20 |
Suspect Unknown Has Fired A Firework Directly At The Victim |
Assault or assault by beating of a constable |
1 |
|
42/181318/20 |
Suspects Unknown Have Fired A Firework Towards The Victim. The Victim Has Not Been Caused Any Injuries. |
Assault or assault by beating of a constable |
1 |
|
Sum: |
2 |
||
Table 3: Fireworks crime incidents recorded against police officers
Four of these crime incidents involved injuries relating to the use of fireworks. The breakdown, of these incident details, is shown in Table 4 below:
|
Full Offence Title |
Crime description two |
Count of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
|
Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
Assault Abh |
1 |
|
Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
Suspect Named Has Shut The Car Boot On The Victims Head Causing A Cut After The Victim Tried To Put Some Fireworks Away Securely To Prevent The Suspect From Setting Them Off. |
1 |
|
Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
Suspects Unknown Have Assaulted Victim By Aiming A Firework At Her Leg Resulting In Injury |
1 |
|
Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
Suspect Unidentified Has Lit A Firework And Thrown It On The Floor Near Victim, The Firework Has Gone Off And Embers Have Burnt A Bit Of The Victim Hair. |
1 |
|
Sum: |
4 |
|
Table 4: Firework crime incidents involving injuries to people