2022/24996 - Crime Figures for Griffithstown
REQUEST
Please could you provide the following:
- Crime figures/category by street for the Griffithstown, Pontypool area only for period 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021
- Figures for the same period for arrests made and no further action taken (by month)
- Number of phone calls made to 999 for Griffithstown, Pontypool area only for this period (by month) by street/postcode. If street/postcode not available, please just provide number of calls (by month) for this area
- What does criteria does Gwent Police class at excessive calls to 999/101
- Please could you provide a copy of any policy/procedure for dealing with excessive calls to 999/101
* Please note I have viewed the Crime statistics online and unable to get the information I require.
**if you are unable to provide the above by street, please could you provide by postcode location. Please note I am not requesting house numbers.
RESPONSE
- Crime figures/category by street for the Griffithstown, Pontypool area only for period 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021
It was agreed with the requester that the data for the Panteg Ward would be provided instead of Griffithstown for questions 1 – 3 as there is no filter to show only offences or arrests from Griffithstown. The data below shows the number of recorded offences within the Panteg Ward in 2021.
|
Current Offence Group |
Total number of offences (recorded) |
|
All Other Theft |
36 |
|
Commercial Burglary |
4 |
|
Criminal Damage & Arson |
105 |
|
Drug Offences |
10 |
|
Homicide |
1 |
|
Misc. Crimes Against Society |
10 |
|
Non Notifiable Offences |
2 |
|
Other Sexual Offences |
9 |
|
Possession Of Weapons |
2 |
|
Public Order Offences |
96 |
|
Rape |
5 |
|
Residential Burglary |
8 |
|
Robbery |
1 |
|
Shoplifting |
6 |
|
Vehicle Crime |
22 |
|
Violence With Injury |
62 |
|
Violence Without Injury |
171 |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
550 |
- Figures for the same period for arrests made and no further action taken (by month)
This data below is based on the location of the arrest not the location of the offence. The arrest location and offence location may be two separate locations. This information shows the number of arrests in the Panteg ward in 2021.
|
Month |
Number of arrests |
|
January |
3 |
|
February |
3 |
|
March |
6 |
|
April |
7 |
|
May |
15 |
|
June |
4 |
|
July |
6 |
|
August |
8 |
|
September |
4 |
|
October |
8 |
|
November |
4 |
|
December |
3 |
|
Grand Total |
71 |
|
|
|
The data below shows the number of arrests which did not end in a charge (correct as of 16/03/2022).
|
Month |
Number of arrests which did not end in a charge |
|
March |
2 |
|
May |
3 |
|
June |
2 |
|
July |
3 |
|
August |
1 |
|
September |
1 |
|
October |
4 |
|
Grand Total |
16 |
- Number of phone calls made to 999 for Griffithstown, Pontypool area only for this period (by month) by street/postcode. If street/postcode not available, please just provide number of calls (by month) for this area.
The data below shows the number of incidents created as a result of a 999 call, filtered to the Panteg area.
|
Month |
Number of incidents |
|
January |
24 |
|
February |
24 |
|
March |
22 |
|
April |
30 |
|
May |
46 |
|
June |
26 |
|
July |
49 |
|
August |
36 |
|
September |
32 |
|
October |
37 |
|
November |
43 |
|
December |
50 |
- What does criteria does Gwent Police class at excessive calls to 999/101
We do not have set criteria for excessive and it is very much on a case by case basis.
- Please could you provide a copy of any policy/procedure for dealing with excessive calls to 999/101
Each case would be investigated on its own merit and relevant legislation applied as appropriate.