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.