Arrests under Public Order laws

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007515/N

 Version Date: 19/03/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department and Alliance Operations Planning have provided the following information.

Data Source:

Crime data from Niche

Data Processing:                                                                          

Q2:

Qliksense "Detainee Management" report, filtered on:

Arrest Offence:Intentionally / recklessly cause a public nuisance (recordable)

Data exported.

Duplicates removed on Custody ID variable.

Data restricted to 28/06/2022 to 01/01/2025.

Q4:

Qliksense "Detainee Management" report, filtered on:

Arrest Offence: Wilful obstruction of a highway (recordable)

Data exported.

Duplicates removed on Custody ID variable.

Data restricted to 12/05/2022 to 01/01/2025.

Data Limitations:                                                                          

Only primary arrests are available from UNIFI derived records at present (this applies to arrests up to 14/11/2022) whilst both primary and additional arrests are available from Niche (for arrests from 15/11/2022 onwards).

(1) In the time period 28/06/2022 up to 01/01/2025, on how many occasions has your force used the powers allowed for in Section 75 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Offences under sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986?

Sections 12 and 14 of the 1986 Act (as amended by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022) allow the police to impose any type of condition on a public procession or public assembly necessary to prevent: significant impact on persons or serious disruption to the activities of an organisation by noise; serious disorder; serious damage to property; serious disruption to the life of the community; or if the purpose of the persons organising the protest is the intimidation of others with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do, or to do an act they have a right not to do.

Nil return.

(2) In the time period 28/06/2022 up to 01/01/2025, how many arrests has your force made under Section 78 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: the offence of intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance

26 arrests.

(3) In the time period 28/06/2022 up to 01/01/2025, on how many occasions has your force used the powers allowed for in Section 79 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: imposing conditions on one-person protests?

Nil return

(4) In the time period 12/05/2022 up to 01/01/2025, how many arrests has your force made under Section 80 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: wilful obstruction of a highway?

10 arrests.