Incidents at Co-op stores
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 23/0895
Version Date: 03/08/2023
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
I am kindly requesting the following information: ‘in 2020 (full year), 2021(full year), 2022 (full year) and 2023 (to March):
(a) how many incidents at a Co-op* store have been reported to the Dorset Police?;
(b) how many times have the Dorset Police attended in person to an incident reported to them at a Co-op* store?; and
(c) how many people have been charged to court having committed an offence at a Co-op* store?
* Co-op, Coop, Co-op Group, Co-operative, Co-operative Group’
The following table shows the total occurrences recorded in Co-op stores, with all of the outcomes:
|
Outcomes |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
63 |
21 |
32 |
38 |
154 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
54 |
47 |
56 |
17 |
174 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
1 |
4 |
|
1 |
6 |
|
12: Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
35 |
51 |
56 |
38 |
180 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
29 |
26 |
15 |
9 |
79 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
31 |
33 |
38 |
9 |
111 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
|
7 |
1 |
|
8 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
129 |
102 |
124 |
71 |
426 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
|
1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
2: Youth caution |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
8 |
3 |
2 |
|
13 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2A: Alternate offence youth caution |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
2 |
3 |
8 |
|
13 |
|
3A: Alternate offence adult caution |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
3A: Alternate offence adult conditional caution |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
4: TIC (taken into consideration) |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
5: Offender has died |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
8: Community resolution |
4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
17 |
|
8: Youth restorative disposal |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
New |
1 |
|
|
8 |
9 |
|
Grand Total |
364 |
306 |
346 |
199 |
1215 |
There is no field to record whether an officer has attended in person.