Referrals received from Crimestoppers 2023-2025

Your request details

Please provide the number of referrals received from Crimestoppers and of these how many were (i) investigated, and (ii) resulted in charges/prosecution, in each of the last three calendar years ending December 2025.

Response

I approached the Force Intelligence Team for assistance wit your request, who have provided the following information:

All information passed from Crimestoppers is Intelligence from an anonymous source and graded appropriately.  The Intelligence can be developed and lead to positive action, but it is almost impossible to say if a singular piece of Intelligence has led to an individual being prosecuted.  The data we supply back to Crimestoppers does not get broken down to finite detail.  A positive outcome could be that it is developed but just form part of an Intelligence picture.  Arrest and charge could be that the intelligence played an integral part of the development process.

Please see the below data that was supplied to Crimestoppers on a quarterly basis for their reporting period which is from April to March each year.:

Year 2022 – 2023

‘Referrals’ (Intelligence) – 6077

Positive Outcomes – 941

Arrest & Charge – 60

Year 2023 – 2024

‘Referrals’ (Intelligence) – 6260

Positive Outcomes – 1017

Arrest & Charge – 31

Year 2024 – 2025

‘Referrals’ (Intelligence) – 7214

Positive Outcomes – 1284

Arrest & Charge – 62

Please note, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that data has been extracted from data sources used by this force for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording systems and information assets.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should be taken into account when those data sets are used.

Police forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures for capturing the data. For these reasons this response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with responses you may receive from other police forces.