Burglaries - 325/23

Date Responded 06 March 2023

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

1. How many burglaries were reported in your area in 2022? And so far in 2023? Please could you provide monthly breakdown?

2. How many thefts were reported in your area in 2022? And so far in 2023? Please could you provide monthly breakdown?

In Response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

Offence Type	2022												2023
Offence Type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Burglary - Business and Community	167	170	161	171	224	173	162	181	143	151	122	119	139
Burglary - residential	370	376	408	392	415	339	361	380	414	430	345	327	347
Other theft and handling	897	834	1,047	1,023	1,045	1,035	1,100	1,074	1,020	995	1,089	949	1,043
Shoplifting	740	702	781	823	814	706	691	753	774	951	904	739	985
TFMV	352	270	353	336	413	344	378	446	527	471	443	377	542
Theft from the person	63	71	75	58	80	82	91	84	104	105	85	72	96
Theft of a pedal cycle	144	149	140	133	153	151	156	156	207	188	139	79	91
TWOC	162	167	208	179	252	229	238	232	290	254	213	207	240
Vehicle Interference	110	79	82	76	107	97	81	123	144	188	143	170	222

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.