Theft, Abuse, and Killing of Birds

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003544/G
Version Date: 19/08/2025

The Performance Analysis (PA) Department have provided the following information.

To obtain this data, PA have filtered the Storm Incident Universe for the disposal of “Animals / Wildlife” and carried out a keyword search within the comments log for the following keywords:
• Bird
• Birds
• Seagull
• Pigeon
• Hawk
• Swan
• Duck
• Duckling
• Buzzard
Additionally, they have searched the Niche Crime Universe for occurrences with the standard occurrence type of “PS – Animals/Wildlife” along with the above keywords.

They have reviewed the 217 results to determine if they relate to the abuse of birds and if they happened in a public park.

Please note, Storm was implemented in October 2020, so no incident data is held prior to then. The Niche search spans the whole 5 years.

As stated above, this has been collated solely on keyword searches, as bird related offences are non-crimes.

1. How many reports you have received regarding the theft, abuse, or killing of birds from public parks in each year since 2020.
8
2. How many suspects you have arrested for the theft, abuse, or killing of birds from public parks in each year since 2020, broken down by nationality.
0
3. How many suspects have been charged for the theft, abuse, or killing of birds from public parks in each year since 2020, broken down by nationality.
0