Phone theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1468
Version Date: 31/01/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
We have included all theft offences where the keyword *mobile* or *phone* is recorded within the summary,
These have been reviewed to remove any that aren’t relevant to mobile phone theft.
1. How many people have been charged with a phone theft offence by your police force in the following years: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
2. How many reports of phone theft offences have you had in your police force in the following years: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
|
Year |
No. of offences involving phone theft |
No. of offences resulting in a charge * |
|
2018 |
738 |
10 |
|
2019 |
688 |
15 |
|
2020 |
399 |
10 |
|
2021 |
400 |
9 |
|
2022 |
568 |
8 |
|
2023 |
491 |
3 |
* Includes outcomes of ‘Charged’, ‘Summonsed/postal requisition’ and ‘Alternate offence charged’.
Please note - the charge figures are subject to change where investigations are ongoing