Extinction Rebellion - get some facts on arrests and policing

This week Extinction Rebellion have been involved in climate change protests.

Find out their aims and objectives on their official website. It has videos and photos and daily London Rebellion newsletters.

But how large are the protests?
Extinction Rebellion has compiled facts from official data on number of arrests and costs to policing on its website
It was compiled using this FOI request to the Met police on costs and levels of staffing of the April 2019 protests. interestingly it includes:over 73,000 in catering costs.

How does this compare with other protests? Interesting FOI from Darren Watts considers this with by asking for data on police numbers and arrests from 2 other protests in April 2019.

how does it compare with arrest for other offences.
Police crime figures are issued regularly which record total crime and crime by offence, race and gender
The Home Office publish arrest statistics within their annual Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics releases. Table A_03 from the tables published alongside their most recent publication covering year ending March 2018 provides a breakdown of arrests by offence type, compared with the year previous.It has the category public order which includes protests and enables some comparison with theft and violence.

 For legal guidance on the rules for arrests during protests see the CPS website.