You asked
I would like to request the following information:
1) The total of defendants convicted for offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in England and Wales
2) A breakdown of the information in 1) of whether each such defendant was charged under Section 1, 2 or 3 of the Act
3) Breakdown of the information in 1) by region (or by court, if this is the way the data is kept)
Please provide all of the above for each from year 2010 up until 2018.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry relating to the number of convictions for offences using the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in England and Wales broken down by section and region, between 2010 and 2018.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the information that you have requested. We publish data relating to crime statistics from two main sources: The Crime Survey for England and Wales and crime recorded by the police. Neither of these sources hold data related to the sentencing of the offenders and we are therefore unable to provide you with statistics on the information you have requested.
Statistics relating to convictions are primarily collected by the Ministry of Justice, and they may be able to provide further assistance. They can be contacted at the following email address: statistics.enquiries@justice.gov.uk.
There is some published data that may relate to your enquiry that can be found in the Ministry of Justice – Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2017, specifically the “Outcomes by offence data tool”. Available using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017
This tool will allow will allow you to filter by offence to see count of convictions under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 from 2007 – 2017.
If you have any further questions, please email us at crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.