Thefts of Copper from Car Charging Units

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003653/K

Version Date: 22/09/2025

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Source:
Niche crime information system

Data Processing:
Keyword search of all crimes with the Main Crime Group ‘Theft’ using the keywords provided.

Caveat/Limitations
Data is reliant on the presence of the keyword but not restricted to the word itself.
The figures may include thefts of such items as ‘electric bike’ or references to ‘car park’.

To identify information relating specifically and solely to ‘electric car chargers’ would require manual review of all 791 occurences. This would take well over the 18 hour fee limit.

• The number of thefts logged by your force which include the terms 'copper' 'electric' 'charger' 'car' in the summary of the offence for the year to date
• Please provide the figure for each of the following years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

2020 172
2021 172
2022 138
2023 125
2024 130
2025 54
Total 791