FOI Fuel Thefts (0304-2022/23)
Request
How many of the following types of petrol thefts were reported to your force in each of the following months - June 2020 through to June 2022.
- petrol theft from another person’s vehicle (theft of fuel from a vehicle)
- fuel theft from a petrol station (driver making off without payment at petrol pumps)
Please break down figures for 1. and 2. above by calendar month for the periods June 1 2020 to June 30 2022.
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Please see the below tables which show the number of fuel thefts from vehicles and fuel thefts from petrol stations, recorded as ‘Make off without Payments’ Crimes reported to NYP from 1 June 2020 to 30 June 2022 broken down by month and year.
Please note that I have included all fuel thefts, not just petrol thefts.
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North Yorkshire Police data. Total number of fuel thefts from another vehicle from 01.06.2020 to 30.06.2022 broken down by month and year. |
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total |
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January |
|
2 |
5 |
7 |
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February |
|
1 |
5 |
6 |
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March |
|
1 |
5 |
6 |
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April |
|
3 |
6 |
9 |
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May |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
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June |
5 |
4 |
6 |
15 |
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July |
7 |
1 |
|
8 |
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August |
6 |
3 |
|
9 |
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September |
2 |
2 |
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4 |
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October |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
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November |
3 |
5 |
|
8 |
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December |
0 |
3 |
|
3 |
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Total |
25 |
26 |
29 |
80 |
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North Yorkshire Police data. Total number of fuel thefts from petrol stations from 01.06.2020 to 30.06.2022 broken down by month and year. |
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total |
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January |
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6 |
11 |
17 |
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February |
|
9 |
19 |
28 |
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March |
|
10 |
9 |
19 |
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April |
|
17 |
23 |
40 |
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May |
17 |
35 |
52 |
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June |
10 |
9 |
43 |
62 |
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July |
20 |
15 |
|
35 |
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August |
18 |
15 |
|
33 |
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September |
20 |
28 |
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48 |
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October |
17 |
16 |
|
33 |
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November |
6 |
18 |
|
24 |
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December |
10 |
13 |
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23 |
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Total |
101 |
173 |
140 |
414 |
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.