Anti-social Behaviour: Arrests and Prosecutions

(asked on 19th May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for antisocial behaviour there were in (i) Enfield North, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 26th May 2023

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales, by financial year, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

However, the data are collected by wider offence group, therefore data on more specific offences such as antisocial behaviour are not available.

Additionally, the data are collected by Police Force Area only (e.g. the Metropolitan Police, City of London Police), therefore the number of arrests at lower geographical areas such as Enfield North and the London Borough of Enfield are not available.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions as part of the quarterly ‘Criminal Justice System’ statistical bulletin, available here: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The outcomes by offence data tool provides a breakdown of prosecutions by offence type, including offences which would be considered antisocial behaviour.

The Crime Survey for England and Wales for year to December 2022, show that criminal damage down 68% compared with March 2010.

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