FOI 0891-2025/26- Kerb crawling diversion/education course

Request:

Q1: Do you currently offer a diversion/education course for people who have been caught for kerb crawling? If not: have you ever offered such a course, and if so, why was the course discontinued? Are there any discussions about introducing such a course at the moment?

Q2: If you currently offer such a course, could you please provide me with the following info:

- start date of the initiative

- how often is it running and participants per course

- Anything you might be able to share about aims/objectives

- how many people has to been offered to on an annual basis for the last 5 years

- what are the criteria for being offered the course?

- how many people chose to do the course / declined to do the course

- what was the reoffending rate for kerb crawling among those that participated in the course / did not participate in the course?

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.

Q1. North Yorkshire Police do not have a diversionary/ education course for kerb crawling and there are no current plans to implement one.

Q2. N/A

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