❌ Why reports get rejected

33% of submissions result in No Further Action. The 14-day NIP rule (Notice of Intended Prosecution) is the single biggest factor — if police can't serve notice within 14 days, the case is void regardless of evidence quality. 'Out of Force' means the offence happened outside the West Midlands Police area.

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select nfa_rationale as Reason, count(*) as Reports, round(100.0 * count(*) / (select count(*) from reports where disposal = 'NFA'), 1) as [% of all NFA] from reports where disposal = 'NFA' and nfa_rationale is not null and nfa_rationale != '' group by nfa_rationale order by Reports desc

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ReasonReports% of all NFA
Outside of 14 Days NIP 2525 25.3
Out of Force 2159 21.7
No Independent Evidence Available 1725 17.3
No Offence 1538 15.4
Misc Inc Crimes 947 9.5
No VRM 518 5.2
Not in Public Interest 284 2.8
Outside of 14 DAYS Late Submission 222 2.2
Duplicate Submission 15 0.2
N/A 8 0.1
No offence 4 0.0
out of force 3 0.0
outside of 14 Days NIP 1 0.0
no offence 1 0.0
Outside of 14 days NIP 1 0.0
Outside of 14 DAYs NIP 1 0.0
Outside of 14 DAYS NIP 1 0.0