Tool theft

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1464

Version Date: 01/02/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

For each of the following calendar years, please state how many instances of tool theft you have had reported in your region, broken down by month:
• 2022
• 2023

For Q1 – We searched Niche for all occurrences of ‘theft’ with either a general property type listed as ‘machinery of tools’ or a keyword of ‘tool’ in the occurrence summary. 

Month	2022	2023
January	14	3
February	3	8
March	6	4
April	5	1
May	4	9
June	6	4
July	4	9
August	5	8
September	5	5
October	11	8
November	9	5
December	9	8
Total	81	72

This table does not include figures where the theft was from a vehicle

 

For each of the following calendar years, please state how many instances of tool theft from vehicles you have had reported in your region, broken down by month:
• 2022
• 2023

Q2 – We searched Niche for all occurrences of ‘theft from a motor vehicle’ with either a general property type listed as ‘machinery of tools’ or a keyword of ‘tool’ in the occurrence summary.

 

Month	2022	2023
January	16	12
February	9	5
March	5	3
April	4	1
May	13	5
June	7	6
July	11	10
August	2	11
September	8	14
October	11	8
November	8	8
December	5	4
Total	99	87