Vagrancy Act

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008944/M

Version Date: 06/11/2025

1. In total, how many arrests have been made under the Vagrancy Act since 21 June 2024?
   
   2. Please provide figures as a monthly breakdown and clarify how many arrests were made under each offence code for each month (e.g. 182/00, 183/00, 185/01, 188/05).
   
   

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source

Crimes recorded on crime information system – NICHE

Force incident recording system - STORM                    

Data Processing:

Qliksense Detainee Management Report

Filtered on Arrest Offence Codes

182/00

183/00

185/01

188/05

Filtered on Arrest Date: 21st June 2024 - 13th October 2025

Data Limitations:

Please note that the data is reliant on offences being linked correctly to Custody records.

Data:

There were 3 arrests under the Vagrancy Act in Devon & Cornwall.