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FOI 1056-2024/25 Shoplifting and Burglary

Request
Q1. The number of Shoplifting offences per year broken down by outcome.

Q1a) How many were recorded as being committed by a child under the age of 10? And the outcome of this if recorded.

Q1b)  How many were recorded as being committed by a child aged 10-17?

Q1c) How many were recorded as being committed by a person aged 18 and over?

Q2. The number of Burglary offences per year broken down by outcome

Q2a) How many were recorded as being committed by a child under the age of 10? And the outcome of this if recorded.

Q2b)  How many were recorded as being committed by a child aged 10-17?

Q2c) How many were recorded as being committed by a person aged 18 and over? 

If you could provide data broken down per year from 2019-2024 please and calendar year if possible.

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Q1. Please see the below table showing the number of shoplifting offences in the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2024, broken down by outcome.

Outcome

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Total

01-Charged/Summonsed

1,336

795

696

489

797

1,197

5,310

02-Caution – youths

29

11

5

2

4

-

51

03-Caution – adults

72

30

20

27

38

31

218

04-Taken into consideration

10

2

-

2

14

13

41

05-Offender Died

4

2

-

3

1

6

16

06-PND

23

15

5

4

4

6

57

08-Community Resolution

502

246

208

192

202

211

1,561

09-Not in public interest (CPS)

3

-

-

-

-

-

3

10-Not in public interest (Police)

174

105

86

38

37

19

459

11-Prosecution prevented – suspect under age

2

5

4

4

-

-

15

12-Prosecution prevented – suspect ill

2

-

2

1

3

7

15

13-Prosecution prevented – victim/key witness dead/ill

-

-

-

1

1

1

3

14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified

195

133

145

165

104

91

833

15-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action

254

177

144

337

550

639

2,101

16-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action

317

204

239

238

316

250

1,564

17-Prosecution time limit expired

19

10

7

9

16

11

72

18-Investigation complete - no suspect identified

1,523

1,093

1,254

1,684

2,708

2,889

11,151

20-Action by other agency

1

3

2

2

2

1

11

21-No Investigation - Not in public interest (Police)

140

97

89

49

79

67

521

22-Diversionary or referral pathway; no public interest

15

10

43

33

22

14

137

Under Investigation

1

-

-

2

1

74

78

Total

4,622

2,938

2,949

3,282

4,899

5,527

24,217

Q1a-c. Please see the table below showing the number of the above offences committed by those aged 10-17 and over 18, broken down by year. There are no offences committed by individuals aged 10 and under as this is below the age of criminal responsibility.

Age Group

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Total

10-17

279

141

134

124

121

94

893

18 or over

1,801

1,087

993

749

1,088

1,586

7,304

As crimes may involve more than one offender I have provided a distinct count on the number of offenders.

Q2. Please see the below table showing the number of burglary offences in the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2024, broken down by outcome.

Outcome

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Total

01-Charged/Summonsed

255

126

116

151

175

118

941

02-Caution – youths

5

2

2

-

2

1

12

03-Caution – adults

5

7

1

1

3

3

20

04-Taken into consideration

7

-

-

-

11

8

26

05-Offender Died

1

-

-

2

-

-

3

06-PND

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

08-Community Resolution

21

18

8

10

5

8

70

09-Not in public interest (CPS)

10

17

3

5

3

1

39

10-Not in public interest (Police)

17

15

7

6

1

1

47

11-Prosecution prevented – suspect under age

-

-

1

1

1

-

3

12-Prosecution prevented – suspect ill

2

1

2

-

1

4

10

13-Prosecution prevented – victim/key witness dead/ill

1

2

1

-

-

3

7

14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified

98

67

79

126

122

125

617

15-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action

331

247

182

170

284

156

1,370

16-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action

120

80

85

83

121

117

606

17-Prosecution time limit expired

2

1

-

1

1

1

6

18-Investigation complete - no suspect identified

2,969

1,923

1,450

1,528

1,595

1,584

11,049

20-Action by other agency

3

-

-

2

3

-

8

21-No Investigation - Not in public interest (Police)

8

10

6

7

5

3

39

22-Diversionary or referral pathway; no public interest

1

-

4

12

9

2

28

Under Investigation

-

6

3

8

48

266

331

Total

3,856

2,522

1,950

2,113

2,391

2,401

15,233

Q2a-c. Please see the table below showing the number of the above offences committed by those aged 10-17 and over 18. There are no offences committed by individuals aged 10 and under as this is below the age of criminal responsibility.

Age Group

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Total

10-17

88

58

47

49

65

29

336

18 or over

324

181

157

188

196

174

1,220

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.