FOI Shoplifting from Supermarkets (124-2024/25)

Request

Please can you provide the following information from 01/05/2019 to 01/05/2024 -
Q1. The total number of shoplifting offences logged by the force Of those, the number of shoplifting offences that were listed as occurring at a supermarket, or mentioned Tesco, ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl, Morrison’s, Iceland, Waitrose or Marks and Spencer.

Q2. The number of shoplifting offences that led to an arrest

Q3. The number of shoplifting offences that led to a charge or summons

Q4. The number of shoplifting offences that led to no further action being taken

Please can I have the information broken down by year.

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 the below results have been obtained by carrying out a search of the North Yorkshire Police crime recording system for any shoplifting offences recorded  at the ‘MO’ Location of supermarket. We have not carried out searches for the requested, named supermarkets as this would not provide an accurate data set.

Q1. Please see the table below which details the number of shoplifting crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 May 2019 to 01 May 2024, broken down by year.

Year	Count
2019	1034
2020	911
2021	906
2022	865
2023	1456
Total	5172

Q2. Please see the table below which details the number of shoplifting crimes which led to an arrest recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 May 2019 to 01 May 2024, broken down by year.

Year	Count
2019	635
2020	456
2021	442
2022	315
2023	581
Total	2429

Q3. Please see the table below which details the number of shoplifting crimes which led to a charge recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 May 2019 to 01 May 2024, broken down by year.

Year	Count
2019	304
2020	245
2021	198
2022	115
2023	190
Total	1052

Q4. Please see the table below which details the number of shoplifting crimes which led to no further action recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 May 2019 to 01 May 2024, broken down by year.

Year	Count
2019	711
2020	652
2021	694
2022	733
2023	1253
Total	4043

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.