FOI Muggings (47-2024/25)
Request
Q1. How many muggings have been reported in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q2. How many domestic burglaries (as in burglaries occurring in private homes as opposed to commercial buildings) have been reported in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q3. How many muggings (that involved at least one watch/timepiece) have been reported in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q4. How many domestic burglaries (that involved at least one watch/timepiece) have been reported in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q5. How many watches have been reported as stolen (via theft, robbery or burglary etc.) in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q6. How many watches have been reported as lost in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q7. What are the top five most stolen watch brands in your region (and what percentage of your total watch thefts do these brands account for). Please answer this questions for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and for 1st Jan- 31st March 2024.
Q8. How many cases involving counterfeit goods have been reported in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Q9. How many cases involving counterfeit watches have been reported in your region each month since 1st January 2019 (up to and including March 2024)
Response
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
I note that ‘mugging’ is not a recognised crime. The following results were obtained by searching the North Yorkshire Police crime recording system for:
- Robbery of personal property
- Theft from the person
Q1. Please see the table below which details the number of ‘Robbery of personal property ‘ or ‘Theft from the person‘ crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 Janaury 2019 to 31 March 2024, broken down by month and year.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
42 |
37 |
23 |
45 |
34 |
23 |
|
February |
39 |
43 |
16 |
45 |
33 |
41 |
|
March |
60 |
33 |
23 |
49 |
38 |
27 |
|
April |
43 |
16 |
17 |
29 |
32 |
- |
|
May |
63 |
25 |
35 |
49 |
39 |
- |
|
June |
67 |
25 |
48 |
39 |
37 |
- |
|
July |
69 |
27 |
27 |
51 |
42 |
- |
|
August |
52 |
43 |
43 |
43 |
31 |
- |
|
September |
70 |
39 |
35 |
35 |
58 |
- |
|
October |
53 |
36 |
33 |
42 |
41 |
- |
|
November |
54 |
19 |
46 |
34 |
36 |
- |
|
December |
57 |
20 |
68 |
38 |
31 |
- |
|
Total |
669 |
363 |
414 |
499 |
452 |
91 |
The following results were obtained by searching the North Yorkshire Police crime recording system for domestic burglary I have used:
- Burglary – Residential
- Burglary – Residential – Home
- Burglary – Residential – Unconnected building
- Burglary in a dwelling
Q2. Please see the table below which details the number of Burglary crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 Janaury 2019 to 31 March 2024, broken down by month and year.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
203 |
132 |
64 |
113 |
110 |
132 |
|
February |
151 |
121 |
80 |
80 |
90 |
87 |
|
March |
151 |
98 |
69 |
83 |
95 |
133 |
|
April |
164 |
61 |
85 |
103 |
88 |
- |
|
May |
142 |
83 |
80 |
107 |
100 |
- |
|
June |
136 |
94 |
82 |
104 |
92 |
- |
|
July |
176 |
114 |
84 |
82 |
116 |
- |
|
August |
177 |
110 |
86 |
91 |
138 |
- |
|
September |
181 |
122 |
98 |
94 |
129 |
- |
|
October |
185 |
89 |
102 |
100 |
134 |
- |
|
November |
154 |
107 |
89 |
70 |
118 |
- |
|
December |
141 |
113 |
82 |
95 |
109 |
- |
|
Total |
1961 |
1244 |
1001 |
1122 |
1319 |
352 |
Q3. Please see the table below which details the number of ‘Robbery of personal property ‘ or ‘Theft from the person‘ crimes where a watch was involved, recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 Janaury 2019 to 31 March 2024, broken down by month and year.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
February |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
March |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
|
April |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
May |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
|
June |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
|
July |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
August |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
September |
2 |
- |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
October |
- |
2 |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
|
November |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
2 |
- |
|
December |
- |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
|
Total |
8 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
12 |
352 |
Q4. Please see the table below which details the number of Burglary crimes where a watch was involved, recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 Janaury 2019 to 31 March 2024, broken down by month and year.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
6 |
19 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
|
February |
4 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
March |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
April |
8 |
- |
1 |
4 |
3 |
- |
|
May |
7 |
3 |
4 |
|
3 |
- |
|
June |
4 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
- |
|
July |
7 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
- |
|
August |
10 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
- |
|
September |
11 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
- |
|
October |
8 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
|
- |
|
November |
12 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
|
- |
|
December |
14 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
- |
|
Total |
96 |
77 |
31 |
26 |
36 |
10 |
Q5. Please see the table below which details the number of watches stolen recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 Janaury 2019 to 31 March 2024, broken down by month and year.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
January |
14 |
50 |
3 |
12 |
13 |
10 |
|
February |
14 |
28 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
|
March |
20 |
17 |
8 |
6 |
22 |
11 |
|
April |
18 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
9 |
- |
|
May |
24 |
6 |
13 |
7 |
10 |
- |
|
June |
12 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
- |
|
July |
18 |
18 |
7 |
17 |
8 |
- |
|
August |
22 |
20 |
9 |
9 |
18 |
- |
|
September |
24 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
- |
|
October |
24 |
24 |
15 |
11 |
7 |
- |
|
November |
34 |
17 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
- |
|
December |
50 |
10 |
12 |
9 |
24 |
- |
|
Total |
274 |
209 |
99 |
112 |
146 |
27 |
Q6. 0
Q7. Please see the table below which details the most popular watch brands reported as stolen to North Yorkshire Police from 01 January 2019 to 31 March 2024, broken down by brand.
|
Brand |
Count |
Percentage |
|
Rolex |
67 |
7.73% |
|
Omega |
54 |
6.23% |
|
Apple |
49 |
5.65% |
|
Tag Heuer |
21 |
2.42% |
|
Rotary |
19 |
2.19% |
Q8. 4 – I am exempting a breakdown of the month and year these offences were reported pursuant to Section 40(2) of the act.
Q9. 3 – I am exempting a breakdown of the month and year these offences were reported pursuant to Section 40(2) of the act.
Section 40 – Personal Information
Where an individual can be identified by such data, releasing it would clearly breach the first data protection principle of being ‘fair’ to the data subject.
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption, which does not require a public interest test, but requires the balancing of the legitimate interests of the public against the interests of the individual under the first Data Protection Principle; in that processing of personal data must be lawful and fair (DPA 2018 35(1), EUGDPR Article 5(1)).
This exemption applies because the right given under the FOI Act to request official information held by public authorities does not apply to the personal data of third parties where disclosure of that information would not be fair to the individual, and where there is no legitimate public interest in disclosure.
In all the circumstances of the case it has been determined that the duty to the individual under the Data Protection Act 2018 & EU General Data Protection Regulations, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure of personal information held by the force in such instances, outweighs the public interest in disclosure. In this instance, personal information can only be disclosed to the individual concerned.
Releasing personal details to a person other than the data subject would not only breach the data subject’s Data Protection rights it may also breach the obligations placed on an authority under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a refusal notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to your request.
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.