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 shoplifting reports has there been in the period between January – August (up to 21/08 2022) Broken down month by month.
2. How many reports of shoplifting were made in 2021 (Jan-Dec)? Broken down month by month.
In Response:
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 with the caveats noted as follows:
• As shoplifting is a notifiable offence we have taken 'shoplifting reports' to mean shoplifting crimes, and it is those figures which we have provided.
• The HO code used to search for the crimes: 046/00 Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting).
• The data supplied for August 2022 is to 21 August 2022.
1.
2022 |
|
Month |
Number |
Jan |
740 |
Feb |
704 |
Mar |
783 |
Apr |
825 |
May |
816 |
Jun |
707 |
Jul |
692 |
Aug* |
507 |
Total |
5774 |
2.
2021 |
|
Month |
Number |
Jan |
634 |
Feb |
592 |
Mar |
646 |
Apr |
609 |
May |
774 |
Jun |
657 |
Jul |
599 |
Aug |
635 |
Sep |
626 |
Oct |
746 |
Nov |
728 |
Dec |
604 |
Total |
7850 |