Theft From Person - 1366/21

Date Responded 29 October 2021

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. The number of "theft from a person" related crimes from all areas/locations within your authority over the last five calendar years (2016 - 2021, if you hold 2021 crimes), per year for each policing district/council area.

2. If possible, I would also like you to outline the items people have had stolen from them, when the "theft from a person" offenses were logged. For example, money, handbag, clothes, etc.

 

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within 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.

1.

Area

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Gateshead

97

134

106

143

117

76

Newcastle

622

754

716

833

437

279

North Tyneside

73

99

74

116

91

63

Northumberland

86

78

101

128

89

68

South Tyneside

49

69

72

60

48

41

Sunderland

129

214

143

173

125

77

 

2.

Item Type

Count

Additional Minor Property

24

Agriculture/Horticulture

11

Animals

9

Audio/Visual

2,551

Books/Magazines

14

Building/Diy

13

Camping

14

Chemicals

11

Clothing/Linen

148

Computers/Accessories

72

Documents/Cash/Stamps

4,813

Domestic Items

16

Drugs/Poisons

103

Electric Equip Not Domestic

6

Firearm/Ammo/Explosive

1

Foodstuffs/Drinks

59

Fuel

1

Furniture/Household Effects

25

Handbags/Purses/Luggage

1,940

Jewellery

160

Keys/Locks/Safes

259

Medical Equip Not Drugs

9

Metals

4

Office Equipment/Stationery

169

Pedal Cycles

40

Personal/Toiletries

127

Photographic/Optical

90

Plant/Machinery/Trailer

6

Prams/Nursery

1

Religious Articles

1

Security Device/Equipment

2

Shop/Pub Fittings

3

Sports

19

Tobacco

74

Tools

14

Toys/Games/Amusements

12

Vehicle/Accessories

19

Watches/Clocks

79

 

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.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.

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