1,316 requests in a year: how demand for North Wales Police information has grown
North Wales Police received 1,316 freedom of information requests in 2025, the second highest annual total the force has recorded.
The figure is more than four times the 301 requests received in 2005, the first year for which the force holds FOI statistics.
The record remains 2023, when 1,341 requests were logged.
The total crossed 1,000 for the first time in 2016, when North Wales Police received 1,100 requests, up from 881 the previous year.
That threshold has been passed every year since, with one exception: 2020, when the total fell to 994.
By the end of March 2026, North Wales Police had already received 380 FOI requests, covering the first quarter of the year alone.
The 2025 figures also show 22 formal reviews of FOI decisions were requested, the highest number since the force began recording review data in 2009.
A formal review is lodged when a person believes their FOI request was not handled properly and asks the force to reconsider its decision.
The previous high was 17, recorded in both 2013 and 2021.
FOI requests can be made by any member of the public, journalist, researcher or campaign group seeking information held by a public body.
Public authorities are required under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond within 20 working days, though they may withhold information under a range of statutory exemptions.
The figures are drawn from North Wales Police freedom of information request statistics.
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