Government of Jersey

Crime statistics (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 22 June 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

I'm writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request some figures around crime.

I would like a breakdown of what are the 5 most common crimes that have been committed in Jersey and also in Guernsey in the last 12 months. If I can get the figures month by month since May 2021, that would be great.

Response

Five most common crimes recorded by the States of Jersey Police between May 2021 and April 2022
	May 21	Jun 21	Jul 21	Aug 21	Sep 21	Oct 21	Nov 21	Dec 21	Jan 22	Feb 22	Mar 22	Apr 22	Total
Common assault	67	75	50	78	68	52	65	54	52	54	52	72	739
Malicious damage (to vehicles)	30	25	24	29	18	19	17	15	16	11	24	16	244
Disorder/anti social behaviour	34	12	22	19	16	20	21	17	23	10	17	13	224
Grave and criminal assault	14	15	19	14	24	13	12	13	7	15	17	12	175
Malicious damage (to other property)	13	12	18	17	22	12	6	13	15	12	3	16	159

Crime statistics for Guernsey are not held in accordance with Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. The States of Guernsey Police is not a "scheduled public authority" as defined by the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of "information held by a public authority"

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.