Dangerous driving (FOI Ref: 54A/25)
Request
Please could you provide me with data on the number of individuals arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving in the full calendar years 2023 and 2024, broken down by the following:
(i) Nationality
(ii) Ethnicity (both ethnic description and ethnicity appearance)
(iii) For each arrest, specify in which neighbourhood the alleged offence took place and the date when it took place
As well as this breakdown, I would be grateful if you could provide an overall arrest figure for each year broken down by (i) nationality and (ii) ethnicity.
If the provision of this data looks likely to exceed the cost limit, then please prioritise the ethnicity and nationality data over the neighbourhood area in which the offence allegedly occurred.
We clarified with you on 10 Feb 2025 and your responded in full by 18 Feb 2025.
Your amended request reads:
Q1. Please could you provide me with data on the number of individuals arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving in the full calendar years 2023 and 2024, broken down annually and by the following:
(i) Nationality
(ii) Ethnicity (both ethnic description and ethnicity appearance)
(iii) For each arrest, specify in which neighbourhood the alleged offence took place and the date when it took place
Q2. As well as this breakdown, I would be grateful if you could provide an overall arrest figure for dangerous driving each year broken down by (i) nationality and (ii) ethnicity
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
Nationality
|
Country of birth |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Not recorded |
72 |
80 |
|
AFGHANISTAN |
5 |
4 |
|
ALBANIA |
5 |
5 |
|
ANGOLA |
1 |
0 |
|
ASIAN |
1 |
0 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
0 |
1 |
|
BANGLADESH |
2 |
1 |
|
BULGARIA |
0 |
1 |
|
CONGO |
1 |
2 |
|
DENMARK |
1 |
1 |
|
ERITREA |
1 |
0 |
|
EUROPEAN |
0 |
1 |
|
FINLAND |
1 |
0 |
|
FRANCE |
1 |
0 |
|
GAMBIA |
0 |
2 |
|
GHANA |
1 |
1 |
|
INDIA |
9 |
5 |
|
IRAN |
1 |
1 |
|
IRAQ |
2 |
2 |
|
IRISH REPUBLIC (EIRE) |
4 |
6 |
|
ITALY |
4 |
0 |
|
JAMAICA |
2 |
5 |
|
KUWAIT |
1 |
0 |
|
LITHUANIA |
1 |
2 |
|
MEXICO |
1 |
0 |
|
NETHERLANDS |
1 |
3 |
|
NIGERIA |
1 |
0 |
|
PAKISTAN |
16 |
11 |
|
PHILIPPINES |
0 |
1 |
|
POLAND |
3 |
2 |
|
PORTUGAL |
1 |
0 |
|
ROMANIA |
6 |
7 |
|
SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
0 |
1 |
|
SOMALIA |
6 |
2 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
0 |
1 |
|
SPAIN |
0 |
1 |
|
SUDAN |
1 |
0 |
|
SYRIA |
1 |
1 |
|
TANZANIA |
1 |
0 |
|
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
0 |
1 |
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
541 |
466 |
|
UNITED STATES |
0 |
2 |
|
VIETNAM |
1 |
0 |
|
YEMEN |
2 |
0 |
|
ZIMBABWE |
1 |
5 |
|
Total |
699 |
624 |
Ethnicity (both ethnic description and ethnicity appearance)
|
Ethnicity self-description |
2024 |
2023 |
|
African |
23 |
18 |
|
Any other |
11 |
11 |
|
Any other Asian Background |
24 |
23 |
|
Any other Black background |
14 |
13 |
|
Any other mixed |
16 |
13 |
|
Any other white background |
18 |
23 |
|
Arab |
1 |
0 |
|
Bangladeshi |
20 |
14 |
|
British |
298 |
258 |
|
Caribbean |
53 |
52 |
|
Indian |
26 |
19 |
|
Irish |
8 |
8 |
|
Not Stated |
20 |
18 |
|
Pakistani |
125 |
117 |
|
White and Asian |
6 |
10 |
|
White and Black African |
2 |
1 |
|
White and Black Caribbean |
34 |
26 |
|
Total |
699 |
624 |
|
Ethnic appearance description |
2024 |
2023 |
|
AFRO Not Stated CARRIBEAN |
0 |
2 |
|
Arabic or North African |
10 |
5 |
|
Asian |
210 |
187 |
|
Black |
132 |
113 |
|
Not Recorded/Not Known |
8 |
14 |
|
Not Stated |
2 |
1 |
|
WHITE SKINNED EUROPEAN |
3 |
0 |
|
White Not Stated North European |
323 |
290 |
|
White Not Stated South European |
11 |
12 |
|
Total |
699 |
624 |
For each arrest, specify in which neighbourhood the alleged offence took place and the date when it took place
There is no specific information held in our custody computer system.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
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