2022/25197 - Section 127
REQUEST
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
I am requesting information on police activity related to Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. Please can you provide a count per calendar year for your police force of:
- The number of arrests
- The number of charges
- The number of suspects released on bail or without charge
Which have been carried out under the act.
I would like this data from 2003-date, with breakdowns of offence types according to their CJS code, and ideally in .csv or Excel format.
I would also like the same figures, for the same period (that is, arrests, charges, and suspects released on bail or without charge) for 8/72 offences under the Malicious Communications Act 1988: Offence of sending letters etc. with intent to cause distress or anxiety, which have involved electronic communications. If your force does not record whether these offences involved electronic communications, please send the full data instead.
More detail on the offences concerned are here:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/27/section/1/1991-02-01