FOI 1054-2024/25- Theft at hotels
Request:
Q1. The total count of theft, burglary, and robbery incidents, with a location code of ‘hotel’, ‘motel’ and ‘guest house’ in your police area between 2019 and 2024.
Q2. Where available, a breakdown of the types of theft, such as:
- Theft from a person
- Theft from hotel rooms
- Burglary
- Vehicle theft in hotel car parks
Q3. If recorded, data on the estimated value of stolen goods in these incidents.
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
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Decision
I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.
Q1 & Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of requested crimes recorded between 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2024 where the MO location is ‘hotel/motel’ or ‘guest house’, broken down by calendar year and crime type.
|
Calendar Year |
|||||||
|
Crime Type |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Burglary |
59 |
33 |
40 |
30 |
41 |
47 |
250 |
|
Robbery |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
|
Theft: All Other Theft |
98 |
38 |
53 |
73 |
86 |
70 |
418 |
|
Theft: Bicycle Theft |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
6 |
29 |
|
Theft: Shoplifting |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Theft: Theft From Person |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
Vehicle Offences* |
13 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
11 |
9 |
46 |
|
Total |
172 |
79 |
104 |
109 |
161 |
134 |
759 |
*Vehicle offences include that of theft from a motor vehicle, theft of a motor vehicle and theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle .
Q3. Original value of stolen goods recorded is £16,631.98*
*Please note the value of stolen goods is not mandorily recorded, where it is recorded it has been included in the above figure.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.