FOI 0276-2025/26 Sexual Offences

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Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am conducting a comprehensive analysis of sexual offences. To facilitate this, I kindly request detailed police-recorded data on all sexual offences for the most recent 12-month period, if available, for the most recent full reporting year, and the last 10 years.

Q1. Offence categories – e.g., rape, sexual assault (by penetration), sexual assault (non‑penetrative), grooming, online sexual crimes, etc.

Q2. Geographic breakdown – by policing divisions or lower (e.g., county, borough, LPA).

Q3. Victim and perpetrator demographics:

-Age group (e.g., 0–10, 11–17, 18–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60 +).

-Gender.

-Race and self-defined ethnicity (including subcategories, e.g., British‑Pakistani, White‑British, etc.).

-Nationality (specify if naturalised; where available, indicate country of birth).

Q4. Relationship between perpetrator and victim (e.g., family member, acquaintance, stranger, partner, authority figure).

Q5. Location of incident (e.g., home, public space, school, online).

Q6. Offender criminal history (e.g., first-time offender or previous convictions).

Q7. Optional: Outcome of the case (e.g., charge, conviction, no further action).

I understand that some categories may not be recorded or complete breakdowns may not be available. If this is the case, please specify what is available and advise on recommended routes for missing data (e.g., MoJ, NCA, CPS).

Please supply in a digital format (CSV, Excel) suitable for statistical analysis.

Clarification

For Q6 I meant he former - any crimes linked to the offender prior to their first sexual offence.

10 years is okay if it helps keep the FOI within the financial limitations, I was more looking to see if people who committed these crimes were doing so as a first-time offence or if there was a pattern that perpetrators had prior convictions or had got in trouble with the police before.

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.

Please note that I have disassociated tables pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please see the below exemption explanation.

Q1. Please see the table below showing the number of sexual offence crimes reported since 1 January 2015, broken down by crime description and calendar year.

HO Level 2 Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Abuse Of Children Through Sexual Exploitation	4	79	6	11	6	4	15	16	5	3	1	150
Abuse Of Position Of Trust Of A Sexual Nature	2	10	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	17
Causing Sexual Activity Without Consent	7	10	11	15	10	6	9	6	7	7	3	91
Exposure And Voyeurism	82	121	103	96	129	116	117	114	107	129	68	1182
Incest Or Familial Sexual Offences	7	4	4	2	7	5	1	1	2	2	0	35
Other Miscellaneous Sexual Offences	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	4	11	99	41	161
Rape Of A Female - Multiple Undefined Offenders	0	0	0	2	6	3	5	3	1	4	1	25
Rape Of A Female Aged 16 And Over	223	239	348	336	361	268	404	415	349	305	135	3383
Rape Of A Female Child Under 13	32	24	27	31	24	10	22	23	25	7	7	232
Rape Of A Female Child Under 16	45	53	52	71	65	55	64	88	76	57	19	645
Rape Of A Male - Multiple Undefined Offenders	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Rape Of A Male Aged 16 And Over	9	7	12	21	18	11	14	21	20	22	6	161
Rape Of A Male Child Under 13	6	14	11	8	21	11	9	5	4	6	1	96
Rape Of A Male Child Under 16	5	1	5	3	2	2	3	4	1	3	0	29
Sexual Activity Etc With A Person With A Mental Disorder	9	3	6	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	27
Sexual Activity Involving A Child Under 13	88	171	99	135	182	154	138	176	119	84	39	1385
Sexual Activity Involving Child Under 16	180	285	228	255	295	237	199	247	195	140	55	2316
Sexual Assault On A Female Aged 13 And Over	268	282	319	372	416	319	495	589	512	433	204	4209
Sexual Assault On A Female Child Under 13	56	50	57	54	71	53	51	58	56	62	20	588
Sexual Assault On A Male Aged 13 And Over	26	37	36	49	59	29	53	67	90	82	36	564
Sexual Assault On A Male Child Under 13	10	11	16	16	16	16	12	14	21	18	17	167
Sexual Grooming	11	10	22	30	38	41	37	57	56	46	15	363
Unnatural Sexual Offences	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Q2. The data provided at Question 1, broken down by calendar year and Safer Neighbourhood Command (SNC) area.

SNC	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Craven SNC	53	49	68	82	112	76	71	89	78	76	18	772
Hambleton & Richmondshire SNC	148	368	194	209	251	185	267	250	233	213	117	2435
Harrogate SNC	164	190	234	293	315	189	277	340	277	236	106	2621
Scarborough & Ryedale SNC	295	322	346	357	436	393	406	525	501	408	175	4164
Selby SNC	103	107	130	122	132	155	173	164	137	157	49	1429
York SNC	296	372	385	442	486	341	452	529	426	415	201	4345
Not Recorded	12	5	6	4	1	4	4	12	8	5	3	64
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Q3. Please see the below tables showing the above data, broken down by victim and offender age range, gender, self-defined ethnicity and citizenship.

Victim Age Range	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	47	173	67	99	118	76	62	102	99	87	40	970
0-11	114	151	131	129	155	126	105	132	118	79	41	1281
11-17	456	565	546	587	746	555	669	802	630	564	220	6340
18-29	250	277	362	390	350	279	428	427	382	356	189	3690
30-39	85	108	105	147	159	144	208	198	186	183	73	1596
40-49	71	81	87	108	123	91	89	125	126	132	47	1080
50-59	30	38	31	31	51	42	60	65	56	55	33	492
60+	18	20	34	18	31	30	29	58	63	54	26	381
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Victim Gender	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Female	914	1032	1152	1178	1394	1104	1370	1505	1280	1139	487	12555
Male	115	223	157	242	236	167	211	272	245	242	118	2228
Not Recorded	3	-	-	4	3	2	5	16	7	6	11	57
Total	1032	1255	1309	1424	1633	1273	1586	1793	1532	1387	616	14840

Victim Self Defined Ethnicity	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	127	321	242	312	313	178	235	547	510	520	261	3566
A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
A1. Indian	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	10
A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	6
A2. Pakistani	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
A3. Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3
A3. Bangladeshi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
A4. Asian Chinese inc Asian British	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	9
A4. Chinese	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
A9. Any other Asian background	3	2	2	4	1	0	2	0	2	4	2	22
B1. Black Caribbean inc Black British	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	1	9
B1. Caribbean	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
B2. African	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
B2. Black African inc Black British	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	1	9
B9. Any other Black background	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	7
M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5
M1. White and Black Caribbean	1	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	10
M2. Mixed White & Black African	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	3	0	3	0	14
M2. White and Black African	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4
M3. Mixed White & Asian	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	2	16
M3. White and Asian	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
M9. Any other mixed	0	1	3	1	3	2	4	2	3	6	2	27
NS. Not stated	498	601	597	618	764	681	854	705	533	376	134	6361
O9. Any other	7	6	1	2	10	5	2	9	9	5	3	59
W1. British	296	335	341	355	415	289	319	306	240	117	50	3063
W1. White British	132	123	159	182	180	170	213	296	336	438	205	2434
W2. Irish	0	2	1	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	12
W2. White Irish	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	9
W3. Gypsy or Irish Traveller	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
W3. White Gypsy or Irish Traveller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
W9. Any other white background	3	13	12	13	20	9	11	23	14	18	6	142
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Victim Citizenship	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	647	948	854	955	1113	911	1134	1359	1163	1075	500	10659
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Austria	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bangladesh	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Brazil	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
China	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	6
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Czech Republic	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
England	26	38	39	41	41	48	36	51	43	31	16	410
England;Brazil	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
England;United States of America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Fiji	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6
France	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gambia;Nigeria	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Germany	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Guinea	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Iran, Islamic republic of	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ireland	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Italy	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Japan	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jersey	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	7
Lithuania	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Moldova, Republic of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
Norway	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Palestinian Territory, occupied	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Peru	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Philippines	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4
Poland	2	4	3	4	4	6	3	2	3	3	1	35
Portugal	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8
Romania	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	8
Russian Federation	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Scotland	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
South Africa	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
Spain	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Turkey	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	9
UK	387	399	460	490	548	358	452	474	428	376	142	4514
UK;England	4	6	5	4	5	7	12	7	11	14	5	80
UK;England;Other	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Ireland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
UK;Kenya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Mexico	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Poland	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
UK;Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
UK;Scotland	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;United States of America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
United States of America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Viet Nam	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Wales	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Offender Age Range	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	874	1110	1175	1338	1496	1189	1480	1684	1485	1403	631	13861
0-11	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
11-17	29	45	25	14	27	13	13	13	11	20	1	211
18-29	78	132	67	64	58	51	69	102	45	25	16	707
30-39	45	67	40	30	88	37	39	63	55	35	8	507
40-49	13	21	22	17	32	18	14	21	20	11	8	197
50-59	19	15	18	27	18	20	21	16	27	10	3	194
60+	11	21	16	18	14	15	14	10	17	6	2	144
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Offender Gender	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Female	7	6	1	2	12	5	5	3	5	4	2	52
Male	190	297	186	168	225	149	165	222	169	102	36	1909
Not Recorded				1				1	1	2		5
Total	197	303	187	171	237	154	170	226	175	108	38	1966

Offender Self Defined Ethnicity	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	878	1115	1183	1342	1507	1191	1487	1689	1488	1404	633	13917
A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4
A1. Indian	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	8
A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
A2. Pakistani	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
A3. Bangladeshi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
A4. Chinese	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
A9. Any other Asian background	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	14	0	22
B1. Caribbean	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
B2. African	0	4	3	1	2	1	3	1	3	0	0	18
B2. Black African inc Black British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
B9. Any other Black background	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	4
M1. White and Black Caribbean	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
M2. White and Black African	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
M3. Mixed White & Asian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
M3. White and Asian	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5
M9. Any other mixed	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	9
NS. Not stated	59	106	56	76	75	36	35	31	37	15	3	529
O2. Arab	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
O9. Any other	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	11
W1. British	101	128	76	65	104	86	92	144	88	21	8	913
W1. White British	24	45	29	14	34	21	18	18	33	47	20	303
W2. Irish	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
W2. White Irish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
W9. Any other white background	5	8	10	6	2	2	6	14	3	3	1	60
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Offender Citizenship	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	880	1116	1183	1339	1508	1191	1485	1686	1488	1406	633	13906
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Albania	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Bangladesh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3
Bulgaria	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Canada	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
China	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Congo, The D.R. of	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Czech Republic	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	7
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
England	12	16	12	10	18	7	7	24	10	9	7	132
England;Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Fiji	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Gambia	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Guinea;Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Hungary	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
India	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4
Iran, Islamic republic of	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Iraq	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ireland	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Israel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Korea, Republic of	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Latvia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lithuania	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mauritius	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Moldova, Republic of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nigeria	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	9
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Palestinian Territory, occupied	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Poland	3	3	3	5	3	1	1	4	2	2	0	27
Portugal	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Romania	0	1	2	2	4	1	5	3	0	0	0	18
Russian Federation	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Scotland	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	11
Slovakia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
South Africa	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
Spain	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Tanzania, United Republic of	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Turkey	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK	170	260	144	145	184	133	134	167	136	67	25	1565
UK;Belgium	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Czech Republic	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Egypt	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;England	2	2	1	3	6	2	1	5	8	15	0	45
UK;Germany	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
UK;India	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
UK;Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
UK;Russian Federation	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
UK;Spain;United States of America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
UK;Turkey	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
UK;Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
UK;Wales	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK;Zimbabwe	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
United States of America	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
West Indies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Q4. Please see the below table showing the relationship between offender and victim (where recorded). I am exempting an annual breakdown of this data pursuant to Section 40 of the Act.

Relationship	Total
Not Recorded	365
Acquaintance	6400
Brother (incl. step/half/adopted)	171
Daughter (incl. step/half/adopted)	7
Ex-partner: Heterosexual	272
Ex-partner: Non-heterosexual	8
Ex-partner: Not known	718
Grandchild (incl. step/adopted)	2
Grandparent (incl. step/adopted)	44
Hist - Family	332
Hist - Neighbour	76
Hist - Spouse/partner	814
Hist - Victim refuses to identify	51
Not known/No current suspect	684
Not seen by victim	352
Other relative	143
Other sexual relationship	41
Parent (incl. step/adopted)	232
Partner: Heterosexual	283
Partner: Non-heterosexual	9
Partner: Not known	632
Sister (incl. step/half/adopted)	20
Son (incl. step/half/adopted)	18
Stranger	3567
Victimless/crime against state	589
Total	15830

Q5. Please see the below table showing the MO location. I am exempting an annual breakdown of this data pursuant to Section 40 of the Act.

MO Location	Total
Not Recorded	8955
Allotment	3
Amusement arcade	2
Army	44
Bakery	2
Beach	11
Beauty spot	28
Bed & Breakfast	7
Bedsit	3
Betting shop	1
Boat	8
Bus station	4
Bus stop	15
Bus/coach	81
Café	28
Car	53
Car park (multi storey)	1
Car park (open air)	28
Caravan site/campsite	38
Caravan static	47
Care establishment other	213
Cemetery	6
Charity shop	3
Childrens home	32
Church/religious building	13
Churchyard	5
Cinema/theatre	3
Clothes shop	10
Club licenced	152
College	48
Community centre	9
Convenience store	14
Country lane	1
Cycle path	11
Cycle shop	1
Daycare/nursery	8
Department store	3
Emergency service building	4
Factory	5
Fairground/circus	6
Farm	5
Farmhouse	6
Fast food	47
Field	51
Flat	446
Footpath/bridleway	28
Gambling/gaming place	5
Golf course	4
Government building	2
Guest house	7
Hall	1
Hall of residence	21
Hist - Military establishment	1
Holiday home	9
Hospice	1
Hospital	48
Hostel	30
Hotel/motel	271
House	2301
Houseboat	2
Industrial estate	1
Lake	1
Law court	1
Lay-by	10
Leisure/swimming centre	55
Library	5
Local authority building	3
Market	4
Mental health unit	70
Motor home	2
Motorway services	1
Museum/gallery	1
Nature reserve	1
Newsagent	1
Nursing home	28
Off licence	1
Office	2
On water	1
Opticians	1
Other (commercial)	5
Other (dwelling)	20
Other (education)	6
Other (hospitality)	23
Other (leisure)	21
Other (medical)	17
Other (moving vehicle)	1
Other (public building)	6
Other (shop)	10
Other (travel)	1
Other open space	29
Park/garden	282
Pavement	46
Petrol station	5
Post office	1
Prison	4
Private club	19
Public house	274
Public toilet	20
Quarry	1
Railway station	5
Restaurant	45
Retail park/shopping centre	3
Retirement complex	2
River/canal	23
Royal Air Force	1
School	503
Shed (Garden Shed)	2
Shoe shop	1
Skate park/BMX	1
Sports club/pavilion	12
Sports shop	1
Sports stadium	8
Stables/riding school	4
Stationers	1
Street/road	800
Supermarket	35
Surgery/health centre	6
Taxi	32
Tent	5
Theme park	17
Tip/recycling centre	1
Touring caravan/motor home	1
Town centre	16
Toy shop	1
Training centre	8
University	19
Van	6
Warehouse	2
Waste ground	3
Wine bar	25
Woods	66
Youth club	1
Zoo/wildlife park	2
Total	15830

Q6. Please see the below table showing the criminal history of the offender (where recorded).

Offender History	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
First Time Offender	91	137	107	93	120	81	77	90	96	62	15	969
Previous History	106	166	83	78	117	72	93	136	79	46	23	999
Not Recorded	874	1110	1173	1338	1496	1190	1480	1683	1485	1402	631	13862
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Q7. Please see the below table showing crime outcomes.

Crime Outcome	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Not Recorded	11	10	17	19	21	23	32	70	107	309	413	1032
01-Charged/Summonsed	168	213	168	148	201	131	153	197	152	68	17	1616
02-Caution – youths	8	11	7	4	1	2	1	0	1	16	0	51
03-Caution – adults	10	17	6	13	13	7	6	7	4	2	1	86
04-Taken into consideration	0	48	2	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	62
05-Offender Died	2	2	2	3	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	16
06-PND	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
08-Community Resolution	3	9	14	4	11	2	3	3	2	1	3	55
09-Not in public interest (CPS)	0	6	9	4	8	0	1	2	1	2	0	33
10-Not in public interest (Police)	65	143	44	64	66	54	29	15	4	1	1	486
11-Prosecution prevented – suspect under age	14	17	18	12	22	6	20	30	23	20	7	189
12-Prosecution prevented – suspect ill	5	7	7	7	10	3	13	16	9	12	1	90
13-Prosecution prevented – victim/key witness dead/ill	2	5	3	5	0	2	9	3	5	5	1	40
14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified	54	55	74	91	144	110	180	210	164	155	38	1275
15-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action	351	377	461	435	418	306	341	390	346	233	26	3684
16-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action	236	262	295	422	475	408	564	617	508	453	107	4347
17-Prosecution time limit expired	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18-Investigation complete - no suspect identified	110	150	132	173	195	199	168	205	180	133	27	1672
20-Action by other agency	5	6	22	33	32	17	31	44	43	21	7	261
21-No Investigation - Not in public interest (Police)	27	75	81	57	111	66	90	88	97	67	19	778
22-Diversionary or referral pathway; no public interest	0	0	1	1	5	5	6	10	14	11	1	54
Total	1071	1413	1363	1509	1733	1343	1650	1909	1660	1510	669	15830

Exemption Explanation

Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

Section 40(2) Personal Information
I have disassociated tables and removed an annual breakdown of certain data to refrain from particular incidents becoming identifiable and consequently the personal details of any persons involved being disclosed.

Where an individual can be identified by such data, releasing it would clearly breach the first data protection principle of being ‘fair’ to the data subject.

Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption, which does not require a public interest test, but requires the balancing of the legitimate interests of the public against the interests of the individual under the first Data Protection Principle; in that processing of personal data must be lawful and fair (DPA 2018 35(1), EUGDPR Article 5(1)).

This exemption applies because the right given under the FOI Act to request official information held by public authorities does not apply to the personal data of third parties where disclosure of that information would not be fair to the individual, and where there is no legitimate public interest in disclosure.

In all the circumstances of the case it has been determined that the duty to the individual under the Data Protection Act 2018 & EU General Data Protection Regulations, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure of personal information held by the force in such instances, outweighs the public interest in disclosure. In this instance, personal information can only be disclosed to the individual concerned.

Releasing personal details to a person other than the data subject would not only breach the data subject’s Data Protection rights it may also breach the obligations placed on an authority under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a refusal notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to your request.

North Yorkshire Police have noted your preference in receiving this information in excel format however, it is our responsibility to protect the personal data and other sensitive information which may be contained within our data sheets. As you may be aware excel data sheets may contain hidden information which may contain personal or sensitive information that, if exposed, could lead to a data breach. It is for this reason we have decided to provide you with the requested information in an alternative format.

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.

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