FOI 1096-2025/26- Failure to Appear warrants

Request:

Q1. Please provide the total number of outstanding Failure to Appear warrants the force has yet to execute, as of today’s date.

Q2. Please state how many of the outstanding Failure to Appear warrants referenced in Q1 were issued in each of the following years:

1. 2025
2. 2024
3. 2023
4. 2022
5. 2021
6. 2020
7. Pre-2020

Q3. Please state how many of the outstanding Failure to Appear warrants in your response to Q.1 are:

1. Category A offences
2. Category B offences
3. Category C offences

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.

The figures are as follows as of 09/02/2026

Q1. 323

Q2. The above broken down by the requested years.

 *Please note the above does not include 2026 data

Q3. Please see the table below the number of outstanding Failure to Appear warrants broken down by offence grades.

*Please note the figures are pulled from a live system which is subject to change on an hourly basis

Please note 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.