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Wiltshire Police
Territorial police force responsible for policing in Wiltshire and Swindon.
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- 2026-07-28
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Examples of useful requests
Ideas of requests people commonly send to Wiltshire Police. Success is not guaranteed — exemptions and cost limits may apply.
- Number of stop-and-searches by outcome last year
- Spending on Taser equipment in the last financial year
- Policy on body-worn video retention
- Number of complaints upheld in the last 12 months
What you may be able to request
Some information categories are based on the authority's published responsibilities and may not yet have been confirmed through an FOI response.
- NICHE RMS - crime, custody, intelligence, incident and person recordsConfirmed by FOI response
- STORM Command and Control - incident logsConfirmed by FOI response
- Searchable crime fields: type, Home Office offence code, status, investigation status, outcome, dates, geographic area, location, postcodeConfirmed by FOI response
- Custody fields: nationality, ethnicity, age, age band, sex, arrest, charge, postal requisition, summons, CPS referral, NFA, other disposalsConfirmed by FOI response
- Repeat offender and repeat victim identification through the Person ID fieldConfirmed by FOI response
- Immigration-related NICHE fields: immigration status, asylum-seeker status, refugee status, visa status, country of birth, citizenship (optional, completeness unknown)Confirmed by FOI response
- Business Intelligence system used for statistical reporting (name not disclosed)Awaiting confirmation
- Search and reporting documentation, data dictionary and user guidance (none supplied)Awaiting confirmation
Police Information Map
Wiltshire Police
FOI 2026/693
“The fields exist. Completing them is optional.”
Wiltshire Police has confirmed wide search and reporting capability across crime, custody, demographic and immigration-related information in NICHE RMS. Several of those fields are optional, so completeness is not established.
Another force added to the Police Information Map.
- Full response received
- Systems identified
- Search capability confirmed
- Reporting capability confirmed
- Immigration-related fields confirmed
- Immigration fields optional — completeness unknown
- Victim nationality — clarification required
- Business Intelligence system not disclosed
- No documentation supplied
Evidence notice
Everything on this page comes from Wiltshire Police's response to FOI 2026/693, dated 17 August 2026. Where the force qualified an answer, that qualification is shown. Nothing is upgraded beyond what the response says.
- FOI reference
- 2026/693
- Response date
- 17 August 2026
- Information correct as at
- 17 August 2026
What the Police Information Map is establishing
The map is built in stages. Before a statistical request can be written properly, we need to know what exists and what a force's systems can actually do.
- 1What police systems exist
- 2What information they record
- 3What fields and categories can be searched
- 4What fields and categories can be statistically reported
- 5Whether reporting requires manual review
- 6Whether fields are mandatory, conditional or optional
- 7What statistical FOI requests can then be constructed
This Wiltshire Police response matters because it gives unusually clear information about which fields are searchable and which can be used in statistical reporting.
What systems are being used?
Used for
- Crime records
- Custody records
- Intelligence records
- Incident information
- Person records
- Search and reporting functions
Used for
- Incident logs
- Command-and-control information
Used for
- Statistical reporting using information extracted from NICHE RMS
- Police information
- NICHE RMS / STORM
- Searchable fields
- Business Intelligence system (not named)
- Manual review
- Statistical output
Wiltshire Police states that statistical reporting requires NICHE RMS to be linked through a Business Intelligence system using a manual review. This diagram is a simplified view and does not mean every combination of fields can be reported.
Reporting system name — follow-up required
Wiltshire Police referred to a Business Intelligence system but did not name the product. The meaning of “manual review” was also not explained.
Searchable crime information
| Field | Wiltshire Police response | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Crime type | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Home Office offence code | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Crime status | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Investigation status | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Outcome or disposal | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Date reported | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Date occurred | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Date closed | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Geographic area | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| District, ward or policing area | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Location | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
| Postcode | NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable | CONFIRMED |
What can potentially be filtered for suspects?
Green means Wiltshire Police confirmed the capability. Amber means it confirmed the capability but placed a limitation on the answer.
- Suspect informationCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- AgeCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- Age bandCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- SexCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- NationalityCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- EthnicityCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Country of birthQUALIFIED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
There is an option to record it, but completion is not mandatory.
- Vulnerability markersCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- OccupationQUALIFIED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
An occupation field is available, but completion is not mandatory.
- Voluntary interviewCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- Arrest madeCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- ChargedCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Postal requisitionCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- SummonsCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Referred to the Crown Prosecution ServiceCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- No Further ActionCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Other disposal outcomesCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Repeat offender identificationCONFIRMED
Searchable through the Person ID field
Wiltshire Police attributed these capabilities to NICHE RMS, with several answers specifying custody records. A field being searchable does not tell us how consistently it is completed.
What can potentially be filtered for victims?
- AgeCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Age bandCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- SexCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- NationalityQUALIFIED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
Clarification required — victims would not ordinarily have custody records, so this may in fact be held in linked NICHE person or victim records.
- EthnicityCONFIRMED
Searchable and reportable in custody records
- Vulnerability markersCONFIRMED
NICHE RMS — searchable and reportable
- Repeat victim identificationCONFIRMED
Searchable through the Person ID field
Major finding
Immigration-related information
Wiltshire Police confirmed that the following immigration-related categories exist in NICHE RMS. For each one the force said there is an option to record it but that recording is not mandatory, and that where information is recorded it is searchable and reportable.
Immigration status
NICHE RMS — searchable where recorded
Reportable where recorded
Optional field — not mandatory. Completeness unknown.
Asylum-seeker status
NICHE RMS — searchable where recorded
Reportable where recorded
Optional field — not mandatory. Completeness unknown.
Refugee status
NICHE RMS — searchable where recorded
Reportable where recorded
Optional field — not mandatory. Completeness unknown.
Visa status
NICHE RMS — searchable where recorded
Reportable where recorded
Optional field — not mandatory. Completeness unknown.
Country of birth
NICHE RMS — searchable where recorded
Reportable where recorded
Optional field — not mandatory. Completeness unknown.
Citizenship
NICHE RMS — searchable where recorded
Reportable where recorded
Optional field — not mandatory. Completeness unknown.
Searchable is not the same as reportable
- The field exists — confirmed for all six categories.
- The field is searchable — confirmed, where the information has been recorded.
- The field is reportable — confirmed, where the information has been recorded.
- Completing the field is mandatory — no. Wiltshire Police states recording is optional.
- The resulting data is likely to be complete — not established. Treat any statistics as partial.
Read this carefully
These fields are not mandatory. Their presence means Wiltshire Police has the technical ability to search and report the information where it has been recorded, but any statistics may be incomplete and must not be treated as representing every relevant person or record.
Nationality
- Routinely recorded for suspects
- Answered as “searchable and reportable in custody records”
- Routinely recorded for victims
- Answered as “searchable and reportable in custody records”
- Stored in
- NICHE RMS — the force identified custody records
- Searchable
- Yes — searchable and reportable
- Can statistical reports filter by nationality
- Yes — statistical filtering by nationality is available
Clarification required
NEXT QUESTIONThe response states that both suspect and victim nationality are held or reportable through custody records. This requires clarification because victims would not ordinarily have custody records. The information may instead be held within linked NICHE person or victim records.
Wiltshire Police also did not say whether nationality is a mandatory or an optional field, so completeness is unknown.
Why this distinction matters
A field existing is not the same as a field being routinely completed.
The Police Information Map tracks field existence, population, searchability and reportability as four separate things.
Do not present nationality statistics from this force without stating that completeness is unestablished.
- Field exists
- Population
- Searchability
- Reportability
Reporting capability
“Capable of generating statistical reports using one or more searchable categories without requiring manual review of individual records — “Yes for some categories”.”
““To provide statistical reports it would be necessary to link NICHE RMS through a Business Intelligence System using a manual review.””
Standard records-management reporting (NICHE RMS)
Available
Statistical reporting is possible for some categories without reading every record.
Separate Business Intelligence system
Required for some reports
The force did not name the Business Intelligence product used.
Manual involvement
Yes — meaning unclear
The response does not explain whether this means examining individual records, manually constructing a report or validating automatically extracted results.
Why this matters
Wiltshire Police states that NICHE RMS must be linked through a Business Intelligence system and that a manual review is involved. The response does not explain whether this means examining individual records, manually constructing a report or validating automatically extracted results.
That distinction matters: it affects whether future statistical FOI requests can be answered within the cost limit.
The force confirmed reporting is available for some categories, so a blanket cost refusal would need to be justified.
The foundation model
- System
What software holds the information?
- Field
What categories exist?
- Population
How consistently are they completed?
- Search
Can authorised users search them?
- Report
Can statistical reporting use them?
- Combination
Can multiple fields be queried together?
- Data
Construct targeted statistical FOIs.
Brick by brick, the foundations are being laid.
Where the investigation goes next
These questions were not answered by FOI 2026/693. They are recorded as open questions, not assumptions.
- Is victim nationality stored in a victim or person record rather than a custody record?
- Are suspect and victim nationality mandatory or optional fields?
- What selectable values exist for immigration status, asylum-seeker status, refugee status, visa status and citizenship?
- What Business Intelligence system is used with NICHE RMS?
- What does “manual review” mean in practice?
- Is country of birth available for suspects, victims and detainees?
- Can offence information be combined with nationality, country of birth or immigration-related fields in statistical reports?
- How complete are the optional fields?
Next step: targeted follow-up FOI
Future statistical potential
Once the structure and limitations of the data are properly established, future FOI requests may be able to test whether statistics can be produced across combinations of categories.
Possible future queries
- Crime / offence category
- Year
- Suspect characteristics
- Outcome
And, where legitimately available and sufficiently populated
- Nationality, considering how completely it is recorded
- Country of birth
- Immigration-related categories
These are labelled possible future queries. Wiltshire Police has not confirmed that every combination of fields can be produced.
Force comparison record
These are the comparison fields recorded for Wiltshire Police in the Police Information Map, so forces can be compared on the same basis as more responses arrive.
| Comparison field | Wiltshire Police | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Force | Wiltshire Police | CONFIRMED |
| FOI reference | 2026/693 | CONFIRMED |
| Response status | Full response received | CONFIRMED |
| Follow-up status | Clarification required | NEXT QUESTION |
| Crime system | NICHE RMS | CONFIRMED |
| Custody system | NICHE RMS | CONFIRMED |
| Intelligence system | NICHE RMS | CONFIRMED |
| Incident system | STORM Command and Control and NICHE RMS | CONFIRMED |
| Suspect nationality | Searchable and reportable — custody records | CONFIRMED |
| Victim nationality | Searchable and reportable — clarification required | QUALIFIED |
| Immigration-related fields | Exist in NICHE RMS — optional, searchable and reportable where recorded | QUALIFIED |
| Occupation | Available but not mandatory | QUALIFIED |
| Repeat offender / repeat victim | Searchable through the Person ID field | CONFIRMED |
| Standard RMS reporting | Available for some categories | CONFIRMED |
| Separate reporting capability | Business Intelligence system — name not disclosed | QUALIFIED |
| Manual involvement | Yes — meaning unclear | QUALIFIED |
| Documentation | None supplied | UNKNOWN |
| Field population | Unknown — follow-up required | UNKNOWN |
Wiltshire Police compared with Gwent Police
Both forces answered the same request and both run NICHE. Only evidence published on PublicAudit.uk from each force's own FOI response is used here.
| Field | Wiltshire Police | Gwent Police |
|---|---|---|
| Crime, custody and intelligence records | NICHE RMS | NICHE RMS |
| Incident logs | STORM Command and Control and NICHE RMS | STORM Command and Control |
| Nationality | Searchable and reportable in custody records — clarification required for victims | Searchable and reportable, but not routinely recorded |
| Immigration status | Optional field — searchable and reportable where recorded | Searchable |
| Citizenship | Optional field — searchable and reportable where recorded | Not recorded |
| Reporting route | NICHE RMS linked through an unnamed Business Intelligence system, with manual review | NICHE RMS plus a separate Business Intelligence capability |
| Documentation | None supplied — the force stated there were no documents to supply | Withheld under section 43(2) commercial interests |
Documentation
None suppliedWhat documentation was provided?
The request also sought existing documentation, including:
- Search-function documentation — None supplied
- Reporting-function documentation — None supplied
- Data dictionary — None supplied
- List of searchable fields — None supplied
- Search or reporting user guidance — None supplied
Wiltshire Police stated that there were no documents to supply.
This is recorded as “None supplied”. It is not evidence that no such documentation exists anywhere within the force.
PublicAudit assessment
What this response tells us
Wiltshire Police has confirmed substantial search and reporting capabilities across its crime, custody, demographic and immigration-related information. The response is particularly important because it confirms that several immigration-related categories exist as searchable and reportable NICHE RMS fields. However, these fields are optional, so completeness and statistical reliability remain uncertain. Further clarification is also needed regarding victim nationality, the unnamed Business Intelligence system and the meaning of manual review.
What we now know, and what we still don't
We now know
- Wiltshire Police uses NICHE RMS for crime, custody, intelligence and person records
- STORM Command and Control holds incident logs
- Crime type, offence code, status, outcome, dates and location are searchable and reportable
- Suspect age, age band, sex and vulnerability markers are searchable and reportable
- Nationality and ethnicity are searchable and reportable in custody records
- Repeat offenders and repeat victims are searchable through the Person ID field
- Immigration status, asylum-seeker status, refugee status, visa status, country of birth and citizenship exist as NICHE RMS fields
- Those immigration-related fields are optional, not mandatory
- Where recorded, they are searchable and reportable
- Statistical reporting is available for some categories
- A separate Business Intelligence system is required for some reports
- No search or reporting documentation was supplied
Next questions
- Is victim nationality stored in a victim or person record rather than a custody record?
- Are suspect and victim nationality mandatory or optional fields?
- What selectable values exist for immigration status, asylum-seeker status, refugee status, visa status and citizenship?
- What Business Intelligence system is used with NICHE RMS?
- What does “manual review” mean in practice?
- Is country of birth available for suspects, victims and detainees?
- Can offence information be combined with nationality, country of birth or immigration-related fields in statistical reports?
- How complete are the optional fields?
Next stage → targeted follow-up FOI
The PublicAudit evidence standard
- Confirmed
- Explicitly stated by the authority.
- Qualified
- Confirmed with an important limitation.
- Not recorded
- The authority explicitly states it is not recorded.
- Unknown
- The response does not establish the answer.
- Withheld
- The authority says the information falls within the request but has applied an exemption.
- Searchable is never converted into routinely recorded.
- Searchable is never converted into reportable unless the response supports it.
- Forces using the same software are never assumed to configure their systems identically.
- Immigration status is never inferred from nationality or country of birth.
Source and evidence
- Source
- Wiltshire Police
Force Disclosure Unit - FOI
- 2026/693
- Title
- Searchable Crime Data Categories
- Response
- 17 August 2026
- Information correct as at
- 17 August 2026
The Police Information Map
One force tells us the system.
Another tells us the fields.
Another tells us what's searchable.
Another tells us what's reportable.
Then we compare.
Force by force. System by system. Field by field. FOI by FOI.
Ask. Map. Verify. Compare. Publish.
“The foundations are being laid.”
PublicAudit.uk
Mapping progress
- 17 August 2026Response received
Wiltshire Police (FOI 2026/693, 17 August 2026) confirmed it uses NICHE RMS for crime, custody, intelligence and person records, and STORM Command and Control for incident logs. Crime type, offence code, status, outcome, dates and location are searchable and reportable. Suspect and victim age, sex, ethnicity and nationality are searchable and reportable through custody records, and repeat offenders and repeat victims are searchable via the Person ID field. Immigration status, asylum-seeker status, refugee status, visa status, country of birth and citizenship exist as NICHE RMS fields, but recording them is optional so completeness is unknown. Statistical reporting requires NICHE RMS to be linked through an unnamed Business Intelligence system with a manual review. No search or reporting documentation was supplied.
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