COVID-19 FPNs issued by ethnicity and offence March-December 2020
Date of request: January 6, 2021
Reference: 019/21
Request
The number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued by your force under Coronavirus regulations between 27 March 2020 and 31 December 2020, broken down by ethnicity and offence.
Response
There has been a total of 655 FPNs issued by the force between 27th March 2020 and 31st December 2020. These have been further broken down by ethnicity and offence below.
| Reason for notice | No of individuals |
| Contravene requirement as to restriction of movement during emergency period – Coronavirus | 226 |
| Contravene a direction or fail to comply with instruction – Coronavirus | 59 |
| Contravene requirement to not participate in a gathering in public of more than two people – Coronavirus | 58 |
| Contravene requirement to not participate in an indoor gathering of two or more people – £200 | 48 |
| Contravene requirement to not participate in a gathering in the Tier 3 area of two or more people – private dwelling / any indoor space – £200 fine | 47 |
| Contravene requirement to not participate in a gathering indoors in a Tier 2 area of two or more people – £200 fine | 46 |
| Contravene requirement to not leave or be outside of place where they are living – £200 | 41 |
| Contravene requirement to not participate in a gathering of more than six people | 23 |
| Contravene requirement to not participate in a gathering of more than six people – £200 | 22 |
| Others | 74 |
| Total | 644 |
| Ethnicity | White | Black | Asian | Mixed | Other |
| No of individuals | 79% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 1% |