Dispersal orders regarding ASB 2021-2023
Request
I would like the following figures on your police force’s use of dispersal orders
under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, for the last two
financial years (2021/22, 2022/23):
1. The total number of times the power was used.
2. The total number of arrests made under the power.
Response
I approached our Performance Review Unit for assistance with your request. An
analyst within this unit has conducted a search of our Crime Management System -
Connect which records complaints or allegations of those matters, which the Home
Office specify should be recorded as 'crimes'. All our systems are designed and used
first and foremost for Policing Purposes and have limited search capability. They
provided me with the following:
Q1
2021/22 – 106
2022/23 – 75
I then approached our arrests department administrator for assistance with Q2:
| Count of Arrests | Count of Arrests | |
| Reason For Arrest | 2021/22 | 202/23 |
| ASB, Crime and Policing Act S30(1) - Breach a criminal behaviour order |
32 | 40 |
| ASB, Crime and Policing Act S39(1) - Fail to comply with direction excluding a person from an area |
1 | 2 |
| ASB, Crime and Policing Act S48(1) - Fail to comply with a community protection notice |
4 | 6 |
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 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.