Doncaster Crime U18

Request

In regards to 24.011439.

The data i was requesting was for the crimes committed in each area so the locations where the crimes are being committed can be compared in my dissertation.

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 enclosed spreadsheet in response and the following explanation regarding their search criteria:

Please see attached spreadsheet - FOI2024/00423. 

Criteria Used - Incident Created Date is between 01/01/2024 and 31/08/2024, SYP & crime only filter, BCU Desc is equal to / is in Doncaster, Ward Desc is equal to HISTORIC Balby, Hexthorpe & Balby North, Balby South, HISTORIC Wheatley, Wheatley Hills & Intake, Town, Person Role is equal to SUSPECT, SUSPECT (ELIMINATED), SUSPECT (INSUFFICIENT TO PROCEED), SUSPECT
(INTERVIEWED), SUSPECT (NO ACTION) EVIDENTIAL DIFF., SUSPECT (NO ACTION) TIME LIMIT EXPIRED, SUSPECT (NOT INTERVIEWED), SUSPECT (PROSECUTION PREVENTED), SUSPECT PRE ATHENA, Age At Incident is less than 18, HO Group Name is equal to DRUG OFFENCES, BURGLARY, THEFT or HO Sub Group Name is equal to CRIMINAL DAMAGE, VIOLENCE WITH INJURY or Full Offence Title is equal to Attempted - Participate in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, Participate in the criminal activities of an organised crime group.

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 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.