Shoplifting
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 24/2016
Version Date: 31/05/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Please can you provide the following information from 01/05/2019 to 01/05/2024 -
The total number of shoplifting offences logged by the force
|
Year |
No. of shoplifting offences |
|
2019 |
2155 |
|
2020 |
2760 |
|
2021 |
2472 |
|
2022 |
3220 |
|
2023 |
4673 |
|
2024 |
1630 |
Of those, the number of shoplifting offences that were listed as occurring at a supermarket, or mentioned Tesco, ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl, Morrison’s, Iceland, Waitrose or Marks and Spencer
|
Year |
No. of shoplifting offences at supermarkets |
|
2019 |
682 |
|
2020 |
843 |
|
2021 |
761 |
|
2022 |
1197 |
|
2023 |
1559 |
|
2024 |
548 |
The number of shoplifting offences that led to an arrest
|
Year |
No. of arrests |
|
2019 |
337 |
|
2020 |
314 |
|
2021 |
198 |
|
2022 |
242 |
|
2023 |
548 |
|
2024 |
186 |
The number of shoplifting offences that led to a charge or summons
The number of shoplifting offences that led to no further action being taken
|
Outcome |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Charged |
287 |
264 |
125 |
153 |
480 |
147 |
|
Summonsed/postal requisition |
235 |
372 |
299 |
363 |
515 |
111 |
|
Police - formal action not in public interest |
25 |
17 |
16 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
|
Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
315 |
476 |
462 |
778 |
520 |
51 |
|
CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
|
2 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
14 |
|
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
134 |
127 |
147 |
150 |
143 |
59 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
124 |
193 |
182 |
234 |
410 |
108 |
|
Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
15 |
9 |
10 |
22 |
16 |
|
|
Investigation complete no suspect identified |
861 |
1209 |
1146 |
1399 |
2438 |
895 |
|
Alternate offence charged |
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
4 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Youth caution |
11 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Youth conditional caution |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
41 |
33 |
18 |
22 |
11 |
1 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Alternate offence youth caution |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Adult caution |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adult conditional caution |
19 |
13 |
16 |
13 |
8 |
2 |
|
TIC (taken into consideration) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
Offender has died |
2 |
|
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
Penalty notice for disorder |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Community resolution |
53 |
23 |
20 |
32 |
40 |
14 |
|
Youth restorative disposal |
20 |
7 |
6 |
17 |
20 |
|
|
CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Cancelled/transferred |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
New |
|
1 |
|
5 |
44 |
223 |
Please can I have the information broken down by year.