Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000: quarterly update to December 2018
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An extract from the Home Office statistical bulletin.
Key findings
Arrests and outcomes
There were 273 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year ending 31 December 2018, a decrease of 41% compared with the 465 arrests in the previous year. The fall is partly due to a relatively large number of arrests in the previous reporting year in the wake of terrorist attacks in London and Manchester.
Of the 273 arrests for terrorism-related activity:
- 102 (37%) resulted in a charge, of which 81 were charged with terrorism-related offences
- 99 people arrested (36%) were released without charge
- 23 (8%) persons were released on bail pending further investigation
- 17 (6%) faced alternative action
- 32 (12%) cases were pending at the time of data provision.
Of the 81 persons charged with a terrorism-related offence, 38 had been prosecuted, all of whom had been convicted. A total of 38 people were awaiting prosecution, three were not proceeded against and two received other outcomes.
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