FOI Number of mobile phone thefts in 2022 (0826-2022/23)
Request
Q1. I would like to request the number of recorded mobile phone thefts in each month for the year 2022 (January 2022 to December 2022) for your entire service area.
Q2. I would also like to request the number of recorded mobile phone thefts in the city of Ripon for each month in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Q3. I would also like to request the number of recorded mobile phone thefts in the city of York for each month in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Response
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Q1. Please see the below table which shows the number of reported cases of mobile phone theft for North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, broken down by month.
|
Month |
2022 |
|
January |
30 |
|
February |
19 |
|
March |
34 |
|
April |
45 |
|
May |
29 |
|
June |
27 |
|
July |
38 |
|
August |
43 |
|
September |
35 |
|
October |
25 |
|
November |
19 |
|
December |
38 |
|
Total |
382 |
Q2. Please see the below table which shows the number of reported cases of mobile phone theft in Ripon for North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022, broken down by month and year.
|
Ripon |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total |
|
January |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
February |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
4 |
|
March |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
April |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
|
May |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
June |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
July |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
August |
3 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
6 |
|
September |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
October |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
November |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
December |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
Total |
13 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
40 |
Q3. Please see the below table which shows the number of reported cases of mobile phone theft in York for North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022, broken down by month and year.
|
York |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total |
|
January |
19 |
21 |
16 |
5 |
12 |
73 |
|
February |
25 |
28 |
16 |
3 |
7 |
79 |
|
March |
16 |
25 |
16 |
4 |
16 |
77 |
|
April |
15 |
19 |
1 |
7 |
16 |
58 |
|
May |
20 |
31 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
83 |
|
June |
32 |
19 |
4 |
12 |
7 |
74 |
|
July |
39 |
20 |
5 |
10 |
14 |
88 |
|
August |
18 |
14 |
4 |
11 |
12 |
59 |
|
September |
28 |
28 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
81 |
|
October |
32 |
27 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
89 |
|
November |
34 |
23 |
7 |
17 |
11 |
92 |
|
December |
40 |
18 |
3 |
13 |
16 |
90 |
|
Total |
318 |
273 |
93 |
113 |
146 |
943 |
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.