Mobile Phone Thefts

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004437/D

Version Date: 30/03/2026

For each of the last three calendar years (2023, 2024, 2025) could you please provide the number of offences record for theft from a person where the item stolen is recorded as a mobile phone.

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Searches were competed within Niche for the keywords ‘mobile phone’ and ‘phone’ and filtered on the main crime group to only show thefts and robberies. These were then manually reviewed to determine whether they were in relation to theft from a person.