Warrants issued for failure to appear in court 2019-2024

Response

We approached our Warrants and Firearms Team with your request. They have provided the following data and explanations:

1. How many warrants were issued for failure to appear in court for the periods:

Jan 2019-Dec 2019 2491
Jan 2020-Dec 2020 2275
Jan 2021-Dec 2021 2899
Jan 2022-Dec 2022 2817
Jan 2023-Dec 2023 2863
Jan 2023-May 2024 1185

2. How many arrest warrants for failure to appear in court were outstanding for the periods:

Jan 2019-Dec 2019 22591
Jan 2020-Dec 2020 38349
Jan 2021-Dec 2021 50823
Jan 2022-Dec 2022 53690
Jan 2023-Dec 2023 57425
Jan 2023-May 2024 23205

3. What is the average length that outstanding arrest warrants for failure to appear in court have been outstanding for the periods:

Jan 2019-Dec 2019: 102 days
Jan 2020-Dec 2020 133 Days
Jan 2021-Dec 2021: 113 days
Jan 2022-Dec 2022: 91 days
Jan 2023-Dec 2023 83 days
Jan 2023-May 2024 130 days

Can these outstanding warrants be broken down by the offence sub-group they relate to?

This breakdown cannot be provided without a manual review, engaging Section 12 - Cost.

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.