Squatting Reports

Request Number: FOI/14949

Category: Incident and Crime Statistics – Area Crime Statistics

Subject: Squatting Reports

Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.

For 2024:
Request 1 A - B 
How many instances of squatting reported to your police force:
a. In residential properties/ land
b. In commercial properties/ land

For 2023:
Request 2 A - B 
2. How many instances of squatting reported to your police force:
a. In residential properties/ land
b. In commercial properties/ land

For 2022:
Request 3 A - B 
3. How many instances of squatting reported to your police force:
a. In residential properties/ land
b. In commercial properties/ land

Please can I have these sent to me electronically on a spreadsheet.

Answers
To respond to your request the business area have provided the data using the criteria “squatters or squatting” and then manually reviewed all the results and rule out non applicable results and ascertain if they were residential or commercial.

Please see in the table below the responses to your requests: