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I note you seek access to the following information:
i am a Middlesex University student currently studying an MA in Youth Justice, Community Safety and Applied Criminology. I am in the process of completing my dissertation on the effects of betting shops. A Crime Flutter: Do betting Shops generate crime? I want to focus on the Boroughs of Haringey and Hackney as a case study. I would like to request information that would assist me with my chosen subject, this includes:
1. The number of betting shops located in the borough of Haringey and Hackney 2. The number of crime being reported in betting shops
3. The number of incidents which have been reported of underage gambling 4. The strategy plan to prevent crime being committed in betting shops However recent data between 2010 to 2013 would be much obliged.
DECISION
I have today decided to disclose records relating to Questions 2 & 3 in full, which are attached.
Question 1
The MPS do not hold this information as betting shops are licensed by the local council.
Question 4
Local councils have their own officers in place who are basically crime prevention experts. They have their own methods of designing out crime and major issues in a venue and are dealt with, where applicable, under the Licensing Act 2003.
Local policing teams are responsible for dealing with low level crime such as thefts and will liaise with the venues to help them lower crime within the venue.
There is no specific strategy plan to prevent crime in betting shops held by the MPS Licensing units.
Advice and Assistance
Under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act we are required to provide you with advice and assistance.
I would like to suggest that you contact Hackney Council & Haringey Council who may be able to answer Questions 1 and 4.
Contact information for both of these Councils is listed below: Hackney Council
Licensing & Trading Standards 1 Hillman Street
London E8 1DY. Tel: 0208 356 2431
E Mail: licensing@hackney.gov.uk Harringey Council
The Licensing Team Regulatory Services Place & Sustainability Units 271-272
Lee Valley Technopark Ashley Road
Tottenham London N17 9LN Tel: 0208 489 8232
E Mail: licensing@harringey.gov.uk
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A Count of Total Notifiable Offences in the London Boroughs of Hackney
and Haringey where there features on the CRIS record either the Location
code of JF - Betting Shop or JE - Licensed Club
A Count of Total Notifiable Offences in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey where there features on the CRIS record either the Location code of JF - Betting Shop or JE - Licensed Club
DoI Reporting Services
Between the 1st January 2010 and 31st August 2013
01/04/2016
Not Protectively Marked Yes
44465
05/09/2013
Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures
are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes
with any other response you may receive.
The data in this report reflects live data which may be subject to small changes over time
Date Live data was extracted: 5th September 2013
This report uses LIVE DATA extracted from: CRIS MIS
Last Refresh Date: 05/09/13 Ad-Hoc Req: 44465
DoI Reporting Services - 783131
If you have any queries with this report, please contact the Helpdesk
Data is subject to daily change © MOPAC 2013
Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to
your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive. Notes
Live data was extracted on the 5th September 2013.
The data set was limited to Total Notifiable Offences where the Owning Borough was either Hackney or Haringey only.
The data set was further limited to only those Total Notifiable Offences where the CRIS record has listed either one of the following location codes;
JE - Licensed Club JF - Betting Shop
Also requested were the number of offences of either 106/11 Allowing a betting transaction with a young person or 106/65 -Holder of license or manager allowing person under 18 to take part in gaming. There were No offences recorded for either Borough in the required time period.
Last Refresh Date: 05/09/13 Ad-Hoc Req: 44465
DoI Reporting Services - 783131
If you have any queries with this report, please contact the Helpdesk
Data is subject to daily change © MOPAC 2013
Borough Classification Major Classification Minor 2010 2011 2012 2013
Hackney Violence Against the Person Wounding / GBH 10 17 12 19 Assault with Injury 29 63 53 18 Common Assault 33 28 26 9 Offensive Weapon 0 0 1 0 Harassment 16 19 16 11 Other Violence 2 1 1 1
Violence Against the Person Total 90 128 109 58
Sexual Offences Rape 0 2 0 0
Other Sexual 2 4 6 6
Sexual Offences Total 2 6 6 6
Robbery Personal Property 5 0 11 4 Business Property 13 17 6 2
Robbery Total 18 17 17 6
Burglary Burglary in Other Buildings 11 10 16 11
Burglary Total 11 10 16 11
Theft and Handling Theft From M/V 1 0 0 0 Theft From Shops 0 1 0 0 Theft/Taking of Pedal Cycles 2 3 2 2 Other Theft 443 653 548 326 Handling Stolen Goods 1 1 1 0 Theft Person 365 622 758 495
Theft and Handling Total 812 1280 1309 823
Fraud or Forgery Counted per Victim 5 0 3 0 Other Fraud & Forgery 0 2 1 0
Fraud or Forgery Total 5 2 4 0
Criminal Damage Criminal Damage To a Dwelling 0 2 0 1 Criminal Damage To Other Bldg 8 8 6 6 Criminal Damage To M/V 0 0 1 0 Other Criminal Damage 52 35 26 6
Arson 1 0 0 0
Criminal Damage Total 61 45 33 13
Drugs Drug Trafficking 1 2 4 0
Possession Of Drugs 7 4 11 7
Drugs Total 8 6 15 7
Other Notifiable Offences Other Notifiable 7 6 2 1
Other Notifiable Offences Total 7 6 2 1
Hackney Total 1014 1500 1511 925
Haringey Violence Against the Person Wounding / GBH 10 11 23 9 Assault with Injury 50 37 34 15 Common Assault 19 21 19 6 Offensive Weapon 1 1 2 0 Harassment 21 17 16 6 Other Violence 3 3 0 0
Violence Against the Person Total 104 90 94 36
Sexual Offences Rape 0 0 0 1
Other Sexual 0 3 3 0
Sexual Offences Total 0 3 3 1
Robbery Personal Property 1 3 3 1 Business Property 12 14 11 3
Robbery Total 13 17 14 4
Burglary Burglary in Other Buildings 9 25 12 2
Burglary Total 9 25 12 2
Theft and Handling Theft/Taking of M/V 0 1 0 0 Theft From M/V 0 2 0 0 Theft From Shops 0 0 0 1 Theft/Taking of Pedal Cycles 0 1 0 0 Other Theft 42 45 61 22 Handling Stolen Goods 1 0 0 0 Theft Person 6 26 23 8
Theft and Handling Total 49 75 84 31
Fraud or Forgery Counted per Victim 2 1 1 0 Other Fraud & Forgery 1 0 2 0
Fraud or Forgery Total 3 1 3 0
Criminal Damage Criminal Damage To a Dwelling 1 0 2 0 Criminal Damage To Other Bldg 19 22 8 13 Other Criminal Damage 136 103 54 42
Criminal Damage Total 156 125 64 55
Drugs Drug Trafficking 2 0 1 0
Possession Of Drugs 14 7 7 5
Drugs Total 16 7 8 5
Other Notifiable Offences Other Notifiable 2 1 0 1
Other Notifiable Offences Total 2 1 0 1
Haringey Total 352 344 282 135
A Count of Total Notifiable Offences in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey where there features on the CRIS record either the Location code of JF - Betting Shop or JE - Licensed Club
Between the 1st January 2010 and 31st August 2013
Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons
this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
Last Refresh Date: 05/09/13 Ad-Hoc Req: 44465
DoI Reporting Services - 783131
If you have any queries with this report, please contact the Helpdesk
Data is subject to daily change © MOPAC 2013
