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Online Racial Abuse
2020 to 2021
1. How many reports of online racial abuse / written material likely to stir up racial hatred did your force receive between 1st January 2021 and 19th July 2021?
2. How many children (anybody under the age of 18) did your force identify as the alleged perpetrator of online racial abuse, or displaying written material that is likely to stir up racial hatred, between 1st January 2021 and 19th July 2021?
2i. Please provide a breakdown per month.
2ii. Please provide a breakdown by age of the alleged perpetrator.
2iii. Please provide a breakdown of the outcomes of each incident. For example, how many resulted in an arrest? How many resulted in a warning being given?
3. How many reports of online racial abuse / written material likely to stir up racial hatred did your force receive between 1st January 2020 and 19th July 2020?
3i. Please provide a breakdown per month.
4. How many children (anybody under the age of 18) did your force identify as the alleged perpetrator of online racial abuse, or displaying written material that is likely to stir up racial hatred, between 1st January 2020 and 19th July 2020?
4i. Please provide a breakdown per month.
4ii. Please provide a breakdown by age of the alleged perpetrator.
4iii. Please provide a breakdown of the outcomes of each incident. For example, how many resulted in a conviction? How many resulted in a warning being given?
Full Disclosure
18 August 2021
13 September 2021
N/A
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 18 August 2021.
Dates: 2021: 01 January to 19 July 2021 and 2020: 01 January to 19 July 2020.
Offences: Short Title = Use of words or behaviour or display or written material (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Publishing or distributing written material (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Public performance of play (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Distributing, showing or playing a recording (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Broadcasting or including programme in programming service (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Possession of racially inflammatory material (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Attempted - Publishing or distributing written material (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Attempted - Possession of racially inflammatory material (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Attempted - Broadcasting or including programme in programming service (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Attempted - Distributing, showing or playing a recording (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Attempted - Public performance of play (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred); Attempted - Use of words or behaviour or display or written material (Acts intended to stir up racial hatred).
1. How many reports of online racial abuse / written material likely to stir up racial hatred did your force receive between 01 January 2021 and 19 July 2021? 1i. Please provide a breakdown per month.
2021 to 19 July 2021 |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Offences |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2. How many children (anybody under the age of 18) did your force identify as the alleged perpetrator of online racial abuse, or displaying written material that is likely to stir up racial hatred, between 01 January 2021 and 19 July 2021? 2i. Please provide a breakdown per month. 2ii. Please provide a breakdown by age of the alleged perpetrator. 2iii. Please provide a breakdown of the outcomes of each incident. For example, how many resulted in an arrest? How many resulted in a warning being given?
No children suspects identified, therefore, information for points 2ii and 2iii cannot be provided.
2021 to 19 July 2021 |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Over 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Not recorded |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3. How many reports of online racial abuse / written material likely to stir up racial hatred did your force receive between 01 January 2020 and 19 July 2020? 3i. Please provide a breakdown per month.
2020 to 19 July 2020 |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Offences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
4. How many children (anybody under the age of 18) did your force identify as the alleged perpetrator of online racial abuse, or displaying written material that is likely to stir up racial hatred, between 01 January 2020 and 19 July 2020? 4i. Please provide a breakdown per month. 4ii. Please provide a breakdown by age of the alleged perpetrator. 4iii. Please provide a breakdown of the outcomes of each incident. For example, how many resulted in a conviction? How many resulted in a warning being given?
No children suspects identified, therefore, information for points 4ii and 4iii cannot be provided.
2020 to 19 July 2020 |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Over 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
Not recorded |
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
8 |
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.
The Force Information Management Board chaired by the Deputy Chief Constable has oversight of the Force wide programme of work to improve the quality of Force data. This work has identified data quality leads in all key areas of the business including the Crime and Public Protection Command. Liaison between the Force Data Quality Team and the Crime and Public Protection Command lead for data quality will identify and resolve issues through a variety of mechanisms to ensure regular and appropriate supervisory oversight.