FOI 002385 Corrosive Fluid Attacks (2021)

Request Number: 002385/22
Date of Decision: 09 September 2022
Subject Area: Statistics
Decision: Disclosed

Request

I would like to request statistics that reveal the number of corrosive fluid offences or acid attacks recorded in the Lincolnshire area in 2021.

1. I would like to request the number of offences that were categorised as an acid attack or corrosive fluid offence between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021 inclusive, broken down by month where possible;

2.The percentage and or number of said offences mentioned in 1. that were recorded as Violent Offences within the category ‘Violence Against the Person’ also broken down by month;

3. Where available the percentage and or number of said offences mentioned in 1. that were flagged as Hate Crimes also broken down by month;

4. The ethnicity, age and gender of victims of the said Violent Offences mentioned in 2. broken down by month;

5. The ethnicity, age and gender of suspects in the said Violent Offences mentioned in 2. broken down by month;

6. The outcomes of the said Violent Offences mentioned in 2. broken down by month;

7. Of the said positive outcomes mentioned in 6. the ethnicity, age and gender of suspects broken down by month.

Reply

Please see the table belows - Corrosive Fluid Attacks (2021)

Q1 

Crime Recorded YYYY-MM	Occurrence Number
2021-01	1
2021-02	1
2021-03	2
2021-04	3
2021-05	1
2021-06	2
2021-07	4
2021-08	2
2021-09	7
2021-11	4
2021-12	2
Sum:	29

Q2 & Q6

Crime Recorded YYYY-MM	HO Group Desc	Outcome Description	Occurrence Number	%
2021-03	MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties	1	-
2021-04	ASSAULT WITHOUT INJURY	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties	1	-
2021-04	MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS	18: Investigation complete no suspect identified	1	-
2021-05	HARASSMENT (HARASSMENT ACT 1997)	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties	1	-
2021-06	MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties	1	-
2021-07	ASSAULT W/I CAUSE SERIOUS HARM - 5/1, 5/6, 5/27 ONLY	15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties	1	-
2021-09	HARASSMENT (HARASSMENT ACT 1997)	18: Investigation complete no suspect identified	1	-
2021-09	HARASSMENT (HARASSMENT ACT 1997)	1: Charged	1	-
2021-09	MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS	18: Investigation complete no suspect identified	1	-
2021-09	STALKING	1A: Alternate offence charged	1	-
2021-11	CONSPIRACY TO MURDER	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties	1	-
2021-11	MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS	16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified	1	-
2021-12	MALICIOUS COMMUNICATIONS	1: Charged	1	-
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	Sum:		13	0.448276

Please note:

Q3 Hate Crimes = There is no tab in the spreadsheet as this was NILL.

There will be different figures for victims/suspects/total occurrences due to repeat victims or offenders or more than one offender/victim per occurrence etc.

Q4 Victims

Crime Recorded YYYY-MM	Ethnicity	Person Age (at Date of Offence)	Person Gender
2021-03	2. White - South European	21	Female
2021-04	2. White - South European	29	Female
2021-04	1. White - North European	32	Female
2021-05	1. White - North European	19	Unknown
2021-06	1. White - North European	40	Female
2021-07	1. White - North European	35	Female
2021-08	1. White - North European	27	Female
2021-09	1. White - North European	33	Female
2021-09	1. White - North European	26	Female
2021-11	1. White - North European	60	Male
2021-11	1. White - North European	45	Not Stated
2021-12	1. White - North European	52	Female

Q5&7 Suspects

Crime Recorded YYYY-MM	Ethnicity	Person Age (at Date of Offence)	Person Gender	Outcome Description
2021-03	1. White - North European	23	Male	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
2021-04	1. White - North European	36	Male	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
2021-05	0. Unknown		Male	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
2021-06	1. White - North European	55	Female	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
2021-07	1. White - North European	33	Male	15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
2021-08	1. White - North European	29	Male	UU unresolved
2021-09	6. Middle Eastern	40	Male	1: Charged
2021-11	1. White - North European	46	Male	15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
2021-12	1. White - North European	35	Male	1: Charged

 

Please also be aware that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

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