❌ Why reports get rejected

34% 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 2469 26.3
Out of Force 1951 20.8
No Independent Evidence Available 1578 16.8
No Offence 1448 15.5
Misc Inc Crimes 908 9.7
No VRM 502 5.4
Not in Public Interest 269 2.9
Outside of 14 DAYS Late Submission 202 2.2
Duplicate Submission 15 0.2
N/A 8 0.1
No offence 4 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