Police custody and pre-charge bail, year ending March 2024

Product Description

The Police powers and procedures: Other PACE powers statistical bulletin has now been split into 3 separate releases. This publication, covering data collections on detentions in police custody, pre-charge bail and individuals released under investigation, is now referred to as Police custody and pre-charge bail.

This release contains statistics in England and Wales for the year ending 31 March 2024 on:

Detentions in police custody
Data is provided by a subset of the 43 police forces in England and Wales on a financial year basis. These are Official Statistics in Development on:

• the number of detentions in police custody
• the age-group, sex, and ethnicity of persons detained and all offences linked to the custody record (including notifiable and non-notifiable offences)
• whether a detained adult was declared vulnerable
• whether an appropriate adult was called for children and vulnerable adults
• the time taken for the appropriate adult to arrive
• whether a child was detained in custody overnight
• whether a child detained in custody overnight was detained pre-charge or post-charge
• number of strip searches carried out
• the age, sex, and ethnicity of persons strip searched
• the number of persons detained by police in England and Wales under part IV of Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act for more than 24 hours and subsequently released without charge
• the number of intimate searches made under section 55 of PACE

Pre-charge bail and released under investigation
Data on pre-charge bails and those released under investigation, concluding in the year ending March 2024, is provided by a subset of the 43 police forces in England and Wales on a financial-year basis. These are Official Statistics in Development on the:

• number of persons released on pre-charge bail, released under investigation, who voluntary attended interview and number of persons who breached pre-charge bail conditions
• age, sex, and ethnicity of persons released on pre-charge bail, released under investigation, voluntarily attended interview, or breached pre-charge bail conditions
• duration of release under pre-charge bail or release under investigation
• duration between first voluntary attendance to interview and outcome of the investigation
• all offences linked to pre-charge bail, release under investigation, voluntarily attendance to interview or breach of pre-charge bail records
• outcome of pre-charge bail, release under investigation, and voluntary attendance to interview