FOI 0890-2025/26- Protest arrests

Request:

Please provide the following information for your police force area for the period 1 June 2022 to the date of this request, relating to arrests, charges, and outcomes for breach of protest conditions under:

• Section 12 Public Order Act 1986 (processions)
• Section 14 Public Order Act 1986 (assemblies)
• Section 14ZA Public Order Act 1986 (one-person protests)

For each of the above powers, please provide data separately for each statutory role, corresponding to the relevant sub-sections:

• Organiser offences – e.g. s.12(4), s.14(4), s.14ZA(4)
• Participant offences – e.g. s.12(5), s.14(5), s.14ZA(5)
• Inciting others to breach conditions – e.g. s.12(6), s.14(6), s.14ZA(6)

For each role (sub-section) under each power, please provide (if held):

• Number of arrests
• Number of suspects charged directly by the police (without CPS decision)
• Number of cases referred to the CPS for charging decision
• Number of suspects charged following CPS authorisation
• Number of prosecutions resulting in conviction (if known to the force)
• Number of prosecutions resulting in acquittal (if known to the force)
• Number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for breach of protest conditions
• Aggregate equality-monitoring data, where recorded:

O Sex

O Age group

O Ethnicity

O Religion or belief

O Disability

If the above information is not held in a fully retrievable format, please provide what is available and describe any gaps or limitations in recording.

If no use of these powers occurred during the period, please confirm this.

Response:

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

A search has been undertaken of offences and arrests between 01 June 2022 and 12 December 2025 on the following:

• Incite procession participant to breach a condition (Public Order Act 1986)
• Procession participant fail to comply with condition
• Public procession organiser fail to comply with condition
• Incite public assembly participant to breach condition
• Incite participant/organiser of one-person protest to breach a condition
• Participant/organiser of one-person protest fail to comply with condition

To which there were zero records found.

that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.