FOI 0566-2024/25- Theft offences
Request:
Q1) How many incidents of theft from the person were recorded by your police force in the following financial years: 2023/24, 2022/23 and 2021/22.
Q2) How many incidents of theft from the person were closed without an investigation due to the CCTV trawling timeframe being too long by your police force in the following financial years: 2023/24, 2022/23 and 2021/22.
Q3) How many incidents of theft from the person were closed without an investigation overall by your police force in the following financial years: 2023/24, 2022/23 and 2021/22.
Response:
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Decision
I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total number of theft from a person crimes recorded between 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2024, broken down by financial year.
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Financial Year |
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Crime Type |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
Total |
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Theft: Theft From Person |
251 |
280 |
233 |
764 |
Q2. A manual review of those crime detailed below that were dealt with at source, none were due to to CCTV trawling time being too long.
Please note that there is always a degree of investigation into a crime/incident however sometimes the crime/incident reported is dealt with at source. Please see below some of the reasons to which this occurs.
- No suspect identified.
- Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender
- No identified lines of enquiry
- Victim does not want to make a formal complaint
Q3. Please see the table below showing the total number of theft from a person crimes recorded that have been dealt with at source between 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2024, broken down by financial year.
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Financial Year |
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Crime Type |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/24 |
Total |
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Theft: Theft From Person |
1 |
71 |
79 |
151 |
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.