FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4367

You asked

Please could you answer how many riders of electric scooters have received

  • A fine of any description
  • Had the scooter impounded
  • Or any police action taken

We said

​Thank you for your request.

We published statistics from two main sources of data on crime, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and Home Office police recorded crime.

We do not hold the information you have requested relating to riders of electric scooters.

The Home Office publish statistics on Police powers and procedures, which includes fixed penalty notices, and they may be able to help you. The Home Office can be contacted at crimeandpolicestats@homeoffice.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Justice publish statistics relating to out of court disposals, which includes penalty notices for disorder (PNDs). They can be contacted at CJS_Statistics@justice.gov.uk.

If you have any crime-related queries in the future, please email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.