Crimes Against Abortion Facilities

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004637/J

Version Date: 28/05/2026

It relates to crimes committed against abortion and reproductive healthcare facilities. Please note there is one part to my request.

(1)
In the time period 1 January 2021 up to 1 May 2026, how many reports of (a) criminal damage and arson [offence codes 56A, 56B, 57, 58D];
(b) threat to commit criminal damage [offence codes 59.4];
(c) criminal or malicious damage offences [offence code 149];
(d) harassment;
(f) breach of a safe access zone according to Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 (England/Wales);
(g) any other criminal offence [please specify]
where the location of the reported offence was an abortion clinic or reproductive healthcare clinic.

Please provide the data per crime, per calendar year. Please provide the outcome of each report, e.g. No further action; caution; charge.

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source: Crime information system – Niche

Date Processing: Searched for following postcodes ‘BH88LS; BH151AE; BH14HT; DT12JY’ which correlate to BPAS Bournemouth Clinic, MSI Reproductive Choices in Poole, and the Sexual Health Dorset clinics that provide abortions in Dorset County Hospital and Bournemouth.

This returned 315 occurrences relating to all crimes. Please note that some were linked to other premises within the same postcode.

The search was then narrowed down to occurrences which had the word ‘abort’ in the OEL entry text, then manually reviewed to remove crimes that were not relevant.

This found two occurrences of criminal damage, both occurred in 2024 and both have the Home Office crime code 058/0C. Both offences are for criminal damage to a vehicle. Both have the outcome as No Further Action, meaning there are no further lines of enquiry available.