Anti social behaviour reports Battery Pier/ Douglas Head

Summary

A request for detailed anti-social driving statistics in the Battery Pier and Douglas Head area since January 2023 was partially fulfilled, with the Isle of Man Constabulary providing limited location-specific arrest data while citing record-keeping limitations for most other metrics.

Key Facts

• The police do not record 'anti-social driving' as a specific incident category.
• Only 2 arrests for driving offences were made in the specified locations since January 2023.
• Speeding, fines, and drug driving data could not be broken down by the requested specific locations.
• No records could be retrieved regarding vehicle seizures for the specified area.
• All-island data was provided for speeding (736 offences) and drug driving (140 offences) where location-specific data was unavailable.

Data Disclosed

• 736 offences of speeding (all-island)
• 2 people arrested in Marine Drive, Douglas Head, or Battery Pier
• 364 EFPNs issued (all-island)
• 140 offences of Drive/Attempt to Drive whilst over the specified drug limit (all-island)
• 12 investigations for OSL in Victoria South beat area
• 150 total drug driving investigations (all-island)
• January 2023
• 2024-09-23
• 2024-09-02

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held or cannot be found after taking reasonable steps

Original Request

1. Number of reports of anti social driving in the Battery Pier/ Douglas Head and Marine Drive area since January 2023 2. Number of drivers caught speeding since Jan 2023 3. Number of drivers caught racing since January 2023 4. Number of arrests made relating to driving , nature of arrest in the same areas mentioned and age range of offenders since Jan 2023 5. Number of fines issued in the same areas and age range. Since Jan 2023 6. Number of drug driving offences in the same areas broken down by age/drug and date. Since January 2023 7. Number of vehicles seized and for what reason, date and age of drivers and gender. Since Jan 2023

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Isle of Man Constabulary Freedom of Information Police Headquarters Dukes Avenue Douglas Isle of Man IM2 4RG

Our ref: 4097046 23 September 2024

Dear

We write further to your request, received 2 September 2024, which states:

"1. Number of reports of anti social driving in the Battery Pier/ Douglas Head and Marine Drive area since January 2023

1. Number of drivers caught speeding since Jan 2023

2. Number of drivers caught racing since January 2023

3. Number of arrests made relating to driving , nature of arrest in the same areas mentioned and age range of offenders since Jan 2023

4. Number of fines issued in the same areas and age range. Since Jan 2023

5. Number of drug driving offences in the same areas broken down by age/drug and date. Since January 2023

6. Number of vehicles seized and for what reason, date and age of drivers and gender. Since Jan 2023"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested.
I have detailed below the information that is held.

1. “anti-social driving” is not recorded as such in any categories of police incidents.

For questions 2-7 it has been interpreted to mean that data is only required for the locations specified in question 1.

1. There are 736 offences of speeding (where the case is closed) during the period specified, however this is all-island data, and it is not possible to specify the location of offence.

2. We have not captured data specific to drivers racing.

3. Arrests for driving offences in the areas specified: 2 people were arrested in the period specified where the place of arrest is detailed as “Marine Drive”, “Douglas Head”, or “Battery Pier”. One individual was in their 40’s and the other was in their 50’s.

4. 364 EFPNs were issued since January 2023 for driving offences (this data only includes closed cases). Data is not recorded in a way that allows us to provide only for the locations requested. It is not possible to provide age ranges.

5. There were 140 offences of “Drive/Attempt to Drive whilst over the specified drug limit” during the specified period, which can not be broken down by location or age of offender. (This data only includes closed cases).

There are 12 investigations for OSL during the period within the Victoria South beat area which includes Battery Pier, Douglas Head and Marine Drive. Age data has been obtained for “Drive/Attempt to drive/In charge OSL drugs” showing the number of investigations (all-island) and is displayed in the table below in age ranges for 2023 and 2024. It is not possible to specify the location of offence.

Age Ranges 2023 2024 Total 16-19 9 3 12 20's 44 16 60 30's 29 12 41 40's 20 9 29 50's 4 3 7 60's 1 1 Total 106 44 150

1. It has not been possible to retrieve any such records.

Please quote the reference number 4097046 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely