Pet theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/23/5199
Version Date: 01/08/2023
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - UNIFI
'No crimes' included
Qlikview Report: UNIFI Property Report
Filtered by date: April 1st 2020 to November 14th 2022
PROP_Stolen_Flag: 1
Category Level 2: Dog and Cat
For charges
Disposal:
- Charge and Postal Requisitioned
For no suspect identified
Disposal:
- Crime investigated as far as reasonably possible. No suspect identified
- Victim declines/unable to support police investigation. No suspect
Data Limitations:
Due to data migration issues to a new crime recording system, data beyond November 14th 2022 is currently unavailable.
This also means that any updates (such as outcomes) may not be up to date.
- a) The number of pet theft incidents (cats and dogs) reported to your force in each of the following financial years (2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023);
Number of reported cat/dog thefts, per financial year.
|
Year |
Total |
|
2020/21 |
85 |
|
2021/22 |
80 |
|
2022/23* |
54 |
|
Total |
219 |
*2022/23 data consists of April 1st 2022 to November 14th 2022.
- b) The number of those reports that resulted in a charge or summons, also broken down by financial year; and
number of offences from the first table, which resulted in a charge.
|
Year |
Total |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
|
2021/22 |
0 |
|
2022/23* |
1 |
|
Total |
1 |
*2022/23 data consists of April 1st 2022 to November 14th 2022.
- c) The number of those reports where the investigation was closed with no suspect identified, also broken down by financial year.
Number of offences from the first table, where no suspect was identified.
|
Year |
Total |
|
2020/21 |
47 |
|
2021/22 |
21 |
|
2022/23* |
8 |
|
Total |
76 |
*2022/23 data consists of April 1st 2022 to November 14th 2022.