West Midlands Police Freedom of Information

Year / Count
2013 / 1226
2014 / 1263
2015 / 1326
2016 / 97
Total / 3912
  1. How many persons have been arrested and/or reported for crimes in the last three years who were students studying at university/college?
    Please provide the figures in calendar years (Jan-Dec) for: i)2013, ii) 2014 iii)2015
    The data below shows the number of crimes where the defendant’s occupation is recorded as ‘student’ and where the age is 18 or over.

Year / Charged / Cautioned
2013 / 619 / 141
2014 / 769 / 150
2015 / 860 / 150
2016 / 73 / 8
Total / 2321 / 449
  1. For each year, please include how many of these persons were charged/given cautions.

3. For the year 2015 (only), please include a breakdown of crimes that students were arrested/reported for.

OFFENCE / COUNT
ABDUCTION OF CHILD BY OTHER PERSON / 4
ABSTRACT ELECTRICITY / 2
ACQUIRE CRIMINAL PROPERTY - MONEY LAUNDER / 1
AFFRAY / 6
AGG VEH TAKE DRIVE - NOT CAUSE DEATH / 10
ASSAULT OCCASION ABH / 179
ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE / 21
ASSAULT W/I TO RESIST APPREHENSION / 1
ASSAULT W/INT TO ROB-PERSONAL PROPERTY / 4
ATTEMPT BURGLARY DWELLING / 5
ATTEMPT KIDNAPPING / 1
ATTEMPT ROBBERY-BUSINESS PROPERTY / 1
ATTEMPT TO CAUSE GBH W/I TO DO GBH / 4
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY-PERSONAL PROPERTY / 3
BLACKMAIL / 2
BOMB HOAX-COMMUNICATE FALSE INFORMATION / 1
BREACH OF A CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER / 4
BREACH OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER / 3
BREACH OF NON-MOLESTATION ORDER / 8
BREACH OF RESTRAINING ORDER / 14
BREACH SHPO/SOPO/INTERIM SHPO/SOPO/FOREIGN TRAVEL ORDER / 1
BURGLARY DWELLING / 24
BURGLARY OTHER BUILDING / 13
CARRY LOADED/UNLOADED/IMITATION FIREARM/AIR WEAPON IN PUBLIC PLACE / 2
CAUSE GBH WITH INTENT / 20
CAUSE INT HARASSMENT/ALARM/DISTRESS / 12
CAUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY FEMALE U16 - OFFENDER 18+ / 1
CAUSE/INCITE CHILD PROSITUTION OR PORNOGRAPHY 13-17 / 1
COMMIT ACT OUTRAGE PUBLIC DECENCY / 2
COMMON ASSAULT / 74
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO DWELLING / 36
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO OTHER BUILDING / 21
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE / 26
DANGEROUS DRIVING / 16
ESCAPE FROM LAWFUL CUSTODY / 1
EXPOSURE / 2
FALSE IMPRISONMENT / 3
FEAR/PROVOCATION OF VIOLENCE / 28
GO EQUIPPED FOR BURGLARY / 2
HANDLE STOLEN GOODS (RECEIVE) / 8
HARASSMENT / 12
HARASSMENT/ALARM OR DISTRESS / 11
HAVE ARTICLE BLADE/SHARP POINT PUBLIC PLACE / 23
HAVE OFFENSIVE WEAPON IN PUBLIC / 10
INFLICTING GBH WITHOUT INTENT / 12
INTERFERE WITH VEHICLE / 6
INTIMIDATE WITNESS / JUROR / 2
MAKE FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN INSURANCE / 1
MAKE OFF W/O PAYMENT / 20
MALICIOUS WOUNDING / 40
OTHER CRIMINAL DAMAGE / 24
OWNER/ PERSON IN CHARGE OF DOG DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING INJURY PERSON / 2
PERVERT COURSE OF PUBLIC JUSTICE / 2
POSS DRUG W/I TO SUPPLY-CLASS A-HEROIN / 6
POSSESS AMMO W/O CERTIFICATE / 1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-COCAINE / 14
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-CRACK / 3
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-ECSTASY / 1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-HEROIN / 5
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-LSD / 1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 187
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS B-OTHER / 1
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS A-COCAINE / 6
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS A-CRACK / 1
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 11
POSSESS F/ARM W/I CAUSE FEAR VIOLENCE / 4
POSSESS PROHIBITED WEAPON / 3
POSSESS SHORTENED S/GUN W/O CERT / 1
POSSESSING CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO SUPPLY - CLASS B / 2
POSSESSION CLASS B - MEPHEDRONE / CATHINONE DERIVATIVE / 3
PRODUCE CONTROLLED DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 10
PUTTING PEOPLE IN FEAR OF VIOLENCE / 7
RACIALLY AGGRAVATED DAMAGE OTHER BUILDING / 1
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED FEAR/PROVOCATION OF VIOLENCE (S4) / 2
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT WITHOUT VIOLENCE S2 / 4
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT,ALARM OR DISTRESS S5 / 2
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED INTENTIONAL HARASSMENT,ALARM OR DISTRESS / 11
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED S47 ASSAULT AND MALICIOUS WOUNDING / 3
RAPE OF FEMALE 16 OR OVER / 7
ROBBERY-BUSINESS PROPERTY / 1
ROBBERY-PERSONAL PROPERTY / 28
SEND COMMUNICATION/ARTICLE CONVEYING A THREATENING MESSAGE / 9
SEND COMMUNICATION/ARTICLE CONVEYING INDECENT/GROSSLY OFFENSIVE MESSAGE / 1
SEND MISLEAD MESSAGE TO PREJUDICE SAFETY / 1
SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH FEMALE U16 - OFFENDER 18+ PENETRATION / 1
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE 13 OR OVER / 2
STALKING INVOLVING SERIOUS ALARM/DISTRESS / 1
SUPPLY CONTROLLED DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 1
TAKE MOTOR/VEH W/O OWNER CONSENT / 14
THEFT BY EMPLOYEE / 8
THEFT DWELLING NOT MACHINE/METER / 10
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE / 13
THEFT FROM PERSON / 5
THEFT FROM SHOP OR STALL / 147
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE / 11
THEFT OF P/CYCLE / 4
THEFT OTHER / 16
THREATEN PERSON WITH A BLADE/SHARPLY POINTED ARTICLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE / 4
THREATEN TO DAMAGE PROPERTY / 5
THREATEN WITNESS / JUROR / 2
THREATS TO KILL / 5
WILFULLY ASSAULT YOUNG PERSON UNDER 16 / 8
Total / 1326

ii) If possible, please include whether an individual was charged for the crimes listed - if this is not possible, (for instance, if it is too time consuming) - please just provide the information requested in the first part of this question (3i).

Offence / Charged
ABDUCTION OF CHILD BY OTHER PERSON / 4
ABSTRACT ELECTRICITY / 1
ACQUIRE CRIMINAL PROPERTY - MONEY LAUNDER / 1
AFFRAY / 3
AGG VEH TAKE DRIVE - NOT CAUSE DEATH / 9
ASSAULT OCCASION ABH / 122
ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE / 19
ASSAULT W/I TO RESIST APPREHENSION / 1
ASSAULT W/INT TO ROB-PERSONAL PROPERTY / 4
ATTEMPT BURGLARY DWELLING / 5
ATTEMPT KIDNAPPING / 1
ATTEMPT TO CAUSE GBH W/I TO DO GBH / 4
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY-PERSONAL PROPERTY / 3
BLACKMAIL / 1
BREACH OF A CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER / 4
BREACH OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER / 3
BREACH OF NON-MOLESTATION ORDER / 8
BREACH OF RESTRAINING ORDER / 14
BREACH SHPO/SOPO/INTERIM SHPO/SOPO/FOREIGN TRAVEL ORDER / 1
BURGLARY DWELLING / 22
BURGLARY OTHER BUILDING / 11
CAUSE GBH WITH INTENT / 20
CAUSE INT HARASSMENT/ALARM/DISTRESS / 5
COMMIT ACT OUTRAGE PUBLIC DECENCY / 2
COMMON ASSAULT / 39
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO DWELLING / 17
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO OTHER BUILDING / 10
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE / 13
DANGEROUS DRIVING / 16
ESCAPE FROM LAWFUL CUSTODY / 1
EXPOSURE / 2
FALSE IMPRISONMENT / 3
FEAR/PROVOCATION OF VIOLENCE / 16
GO EQUIPPED FOR BURGLARY / 2
HANDLE STOLEN GOODS (RECEIVE) / 7
HARASSMENT / 5
HARASSMENT/ALARM OR DISTRESS / 5
HAVE ARTICLE BLADE/SHARP POINT PUBLIC PLACE / 21
HAVE OFFENSIVE WEAPON IN PUBLIC / 9
INFLICTING GBH WITHOUT INTENT / 11
INTERFERE WITH VEHICLE / 6
INTIMIDATE WITNESS / JUROR / 2
MAKE FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN INSURANCE / 1
MAKE OFF W/O PAYMENT / 17
MALICIOUS WOUNDING / 34
OTHER CRIMINAL DAMAGE / 16
PERVERT COURSE OF PUBLIC JUSTICE / 2
POSS DRUG W/I TO SUPPLY-CLASS A-HEROIN / 6
POSSESS AMMO W/O CERTIFICATE / 1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-COCAINE / 7
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-CRACK / 2
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-ECSTASY / 1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-HEROIN / 4
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS A-LSD / 1
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 68
POSSESS CONTROL DRUG-CLASS B-OTHER / 1
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS A-COCAINE / 6
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS A-CRACK / 1
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 11
POSSESS F/ARM W/I CAUSE FEAR VIOLENCE / 4
POSSESS PROHIBITED WEAPON / 3
POSSESS SHORTENED S/GUN W/O CERT / 1
POSSESSING CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO SUPPLY - CLASS B / 2
PRODUCE CONTROLLED DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 5
PUTTING PEOPLE IN FEAR OF VIOLENCE / 5
RACIALLY AGGRAVATED DAMAGE OTHER BUILDING / 1
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED FEAR/PROVOCATION OF VIOLENCE (S4) / 1
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT WITHOUT VIOLENCE S2 / 3
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT,ALARM OR DISTRESS S5 / 1
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED INTENTIONAL HARASSMENT,ALARM OR DISTRESS / 9
RACIALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AGGRAVATED S47 ASSAULT AND MALICIOUS WOUNDING / 3
RAPE OF FEMALE 16 OR OVER / 7
ROBBERY-BUSINESS PROPERTY / 1
ROBBERY-PERSONAL PROPERTY / 28
SEND COMMUNICATION/ARTICLE CONVEYING A THREATENING MESSAGE / 5
SEND MISLEAD MESSAGE TO PREJUDICE SAFETY / 1
SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH FEMALE U16 - OFFENDER 18+ PENETRATION / 1
SUPPLY CONTROLLED DRUG-CLASS B-CANNABIS / 1
TAKE MOTOR/VEH W/O OWNER CONSENT / 12
THEFT BY EMPLOYEE / 3
THEFT DWELLING NOT MACHINE/METER / 6
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE / 10
THEFT FROM PERSON / 2
THEFT FROM SHOP OR STALL / 72
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE / 11
THEFT OF P/CYCLE / 3
THEFT OTHER / 10
THREATEN PERSON WITH A BLADE/SHARPLY POINTED ARTICLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE / 4
THREATEN TO DAMAGE PROPERTY / 2
THREATEN WITNESS / JUROR / 2
THREATS TO KILL / 5
WILFULLY ASSAULT YOUNG PERSON UNDER 16 / 4
Total / 860

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