Shoplifting - 1232/22

Date Responded 16 September 2022

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.

2022
Month	Number
Jan	740
Feb	704
Mar	783
Apr	825
May	816
Jun	707
Jul	692
Aug*	507
Total	5774

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

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.

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