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Request:
Q1. Please can I have data on the number of so-called ‘dine and dash’ incidents - where customers leave without paying their bill - reported by establishments serving food (eg. restaurants and cafes) for the years between 2018 and 2024? Please can I have the data broken down by calendar year and put in a table?
Q2. Please can I also have figures for the number of such incidents your force has responded to for the calendar years between 2018 and 2024? Again, please can I have the data broken down by calendar year and put into a table (separate to the table for the number of incidents reported)?
Q3. Please can I also have data on the number of arrests made by your force for such incidents between 2018 and 2024, as well as the number of people charged? Please can I have the data on numbers of arrests and people charged displayed in separate tables, laid out by calendar year between 2018 and 2024?
Response:
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the total number of making off without payment crimes recorded where the MO location description is hospitality, between 01 January 2018 and 12 August 2024, broken down by calendar year.
Calendar Year |
Count |
2018 |
47 |
2019 |
63 |
2020 |
32 |
2021 |
16 |
2022 |
36 |
2023 |
42 |
2024 |
21 |
Total |
257 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of making off without payment crimes recorded where the MO location description is hospitality where an officer has attended, between 01 January 2018 and 12 August 2024, broken down by calendar year.
Calendar Year |
Count |
2018 |
0 |
2019 |
0 |
2020 |
6 |
2021 |
11 |
2022 |
21 |
2023 |
14 |
2024 |
7 |
Total |
59 |
*Please note for the purposes of reporting, attendance is taken as when an officer is needed to attend in a timely response, it will exclude any appointments made in the future where an officer may need to attend to take statements or CCTV collection.
Q3. Please see the tables below showing the distinct number of arrests for making off without payment crimes recorded where the MO location description is hospitality, between 01 January 2018 and 12 August 2024, broken down by calendar year.
Calendar Year |
count |
2018 |
4 |
2019 |
7 |
2020 |
4 |
2021 |
2 |
2022 |
1 |
2023 |
5 |
2024 |
3 |
Total |
26 |
Q3. Please see the tables below showing the total number of charged outcomes for making off without payment crimes recorded where the MO location description is hospitality, between 01 January 2018 and 12 August 2024, broken down by calendar year.
Calendar Year |
Count |
2018 |
7 |
2019 |
6 |
2020 |
2 |
2022 |
3 |
2023 |
4 |
2024 |
0 |
Total |
22 |
*Please note, that an offender may be arrested for a different offence.
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.