Offences involving Gum Tree
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/23/5891
Version Date: 17/01/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Data Processing:
Qliksense: Crimes and Outcomes Report
Filtered by date: 01/01/2023 - 22/12/2023
Exported all crimes to Excel
FreeText search of Summary (Restricted)and MO (Restricted) fields for requested keywords *Gumtree* and *gum tree*
Data Caveats/Limitations:
No crimes/Cancelled Crimes excluded
Please note: The presence of a keyword in the MO or Summary field does not indicate its relevance to a crime.
1) In the calendar year 2023 up to the date of this email, how many crimes were logged by your force where the website Gumtree was recorded as being an element in the offence?
[Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search for recorded crimes looking at the modus operandi (MO) and/or 'investigation summary' fields for the word 'Gumtree', 'gum tree'.]
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2) Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are ‘linked’ to Gumtree by its mention in the MO and/or investigation summary field.
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Ref |
Offence Description |
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1 |
Offer to supply a thing to fraudulently use an electronic communications service |
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2 |
Theft by employee |
3) Please provide me with copies of the first 10 MOs and/or investigation summary fields that mention Gumtree.
[Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for the names, ages, geography, or any other detail to be redacted to allow for the disclosure of the incident and how it relates to Gumtree.]
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Ref |
Offence Description |
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1 |
Male has paid for an item from Gumtree- has not had it delivered and the male is ignoring him
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2 |
Employee has stolen and sold Apple I-pad on Gum Tree
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