Hare coursing

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/4143

Version Date: 03/02/2026

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:

To obtain the below information, the Performance Analysis Department undertook searches on the Storm Incident database for incidents containing the phrase “Hare Coursing” within the comments log. 

The number of reports made that included the phrase "hare coursing" for the periods between:
-                1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
-                1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
-                1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025