Shoplifting Offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007042/G
Version Date: 18/12/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department and Prevention Department have provided the following information.
Data Source:
Force crime recording systems- Niche
Data Processing:
Qliksense Occurrence - People Links (all) app
Date reported between 01/01/2014 and 16/09/2024
Occurrence is a crime - Yes
Offence group - Shoplifting
Qliksense Occurrence - People Links (all) app
Date reported between 01/01/2014 and 16/09/2024
Occurrence is a crime - Yes
Offence group - Shoplifting
Offender - Yes
Age range at time < 18
Above search repeated for offenders over 18
- For each year from 2014 to 2024, how many shoplifting offences were reported to Devon and Cornwall Police and where did these offences take place?
|
Outcome |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
1: Charged |
1833 |
1547 |
1298 |
1238 |
1115 |
840 |
583 |
604 |
734 |
1229 |
1133 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
298 |
225 |
222 |
510 |
426 |
358 |
188 |
138 |
130 |
103 |
41 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
21 |
24 |
34 |
59 |
58 |
23 |
17 |
8 |
37 |
294 |
331 |
|
11: Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
12: Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
9 |
12 |
12 |
38 |
25 |
8 |
17 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
13: Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
2 |
4 |
9 |
51 |
56 |
31 |
15 |
15 |
59 |
293 |
559 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
372 |
579 |
588 |
732 |
747 |
747 |
563 |
433 |
117 |
13 |
8 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
227 |
1051 |
611 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
33 |
64 |
148 |
355 |
438 |
360 |
135 |
135 |
122 |
443 |
519 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
28 |
17 |
31 |
38 |
25 |
27 |
4 |
13 |
15 |
58 |
21 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
267 |
233 |
1118 |
3290 |
3305 |
2923 |
2008 |
2601 |
3394 |
3267 |
2589 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
2: Youth caution |
50 |
58 |
49 |
38 |
41 |
30 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
8 |
14 |
|
2: Youth conditional caution |
23 |
18 |
13 |
15 |
26 |
16 |
7 |
21 |
10 |
12 |
8 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
3 |
17 |
199 |
385 |
478 |
448 |
358 |
214 |
135 |
456 |
336 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
20 |
48 |
47 |
39 |
|
2A: Alternate offence youth conditional caution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
3: Adult caution |
232 |
174 |
169 |
174 |
104 |
97 |
51 |
48 |
47 |
69 |
43 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
14 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3A: Alternate offence adult caution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
4: TIC (taken into consideration) |
454 |
322 |
158 |
220 |
174 |
86 |
38 |
40 |
47 |
30 |
34 |
|
5: Offender has died |
5 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
|
6: Penalty notice for disorder |
142 |
120 |
112 |
48 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8: Community resolution |
1008 |
840 |
728 |
784 |
644 |
402 |
175 |
128 |
167 |
171 |
101 |
|
8: Youth restorative disposal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
|
9: CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
Pending CSU Outcome |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
178 |
3 |
0 |
|
Not Recorded |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
New |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
182 |
526 |
|
Grand Total |
4803 |
4271 |
4900 |
7989 |
7705 |
6431 |
4181 |
4455 |
5545 |
7759 |
6946 |
|
LPA |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
West Cornwall LPA |
699 |
615 |
744 |
1249 |
974 |
853 |
664 |
673 |
920 |
958 |
861 |
|
East Cornwall LPA |
619 |
507 |
588 |
1172 |
1153 |
927 |
513 |
648 |
710 |
1112 |
896 |
|
Plymouth LPA |
1118 |
1040 |
1186 |
1719 |
1644 |
1461 |
1020 |
806 |
1041 |
1623 |
1312 |
|
South Devon LPA |
882 |
788 |
770 |
1487 |
1384 |
1102 |
943 |
1070 |
1031 |
1611 |
1321 |
|
Exeter, East & Mid Devon LPA |
1033 |
858 |
1103 |
1531 |
1676 |
1422 |
663 |
834 |
1203 |
1657 |
1834 |
|
North & West Devon LPA |
423 |
454 |
498 |
814 |
861 |
664 |
365 |
411 |
617 |
685 |
615 |
|
No LPA Identified |
25 |
8 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
83 |
96 |
|
Unlinked / Missing Address |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Out of Force |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
- |
4 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
18 |
25 |
6 |
|
Grand Total |
4803 |
4271 |
4900 |
7989 |
7705 |
6431 |
4181 |
4455 |
5545 |
7759 |
6946 |
- For these offences, how many cases involved offenders under the age of 18? Where did these offences take place?
|
Outcome |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
1: Charged |
68 |
58 |
39 |
24 |
35 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
27 |
24 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
15 |
17 |
8 |
73 |
42 |
27 |
18 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
2: Youth caution |
49 |
58 |
49 |
38 |
41 |
30 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
14 |
|
2: Youth conditional caution |
23 |
18 |
13 |
15 |
26 |
16 |
7 |
21 |
10 |
12 |
8 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
29 |
6 |
11 |
|
2A: Alternate offence youth conditional caution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
3: Adult caution |
14 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4: TIC (taken into consideration) |
6 |
11 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
6: Penalty notice for disorder |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8: Community resolution |
323 |
299 |
232 |
258 |
196 |
141 |
55 |
47 |
68 |
55 |
25 |
|
8: Youth restorative disposal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
6 |
|
Pending CSU Outcome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
New |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
20 |
|
Grand Total |
501 |
464 |
343 |
423 |
349 |
229 |
89 |
90 |
151 |
143 |
115 |
|
LPA |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
West Cornwall LPA |
74 |
76 |
47 |
65 |
39 |
14 |
20 |
2 |
45 |
32 |
14 |
|
East Cornwall LPA |
58 |
57 |
46 |
32 |
29 |
20 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
8 |
|
Plymouth LPA |
105 |
102 |
72 |
101 |
72 |
64 |
25 |
16 |
26 |
18 |
12 |
|
South Devon LPA |
98 |
63 |
46 |
61 |
34 |
30 |
23 |
11 |
11 |
19 |
26 |
|
Exeter, East & Mid Devon LPA |
103 |
114 |
87 |
93 |
104 |
80 |
8 |
36 |
34 |
21 |
24 |
|
North & West Devon LPA |
61 |
52 |
44 |
71 |
71 |
21 |
1 |
11 |
19 |
33 |
30 |
|
No LPA Identified |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
|
- |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Grand Total |
501 |
464 |
343 |
423 |
349 |
229 |
89 |
90 |
151 |
143 |
115 |
Involving offenders over 18 years
|
Outcome |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
1: Charged |
1773 |
1482 |
1260 |
1222 |
1083 |
830 |
578 |
597 |
713 |
1197 |
1109 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
285 |
208 |
215 |
439 |
390 |
332 |
169 |
134 |
123 |
100 |
40 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
|
12: Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
35 |
19 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
9 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
23 |
34 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
2: Youth caution |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
9 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
12 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
9 |
|
3: Adult caution |
215 |
172 |
169 |
173 |
104 |
95 |
51 |
48 |
47 |
69 |
43 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
13 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3A: Alternate offence adult caution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
4: TIC (taken into consideration) |
448 |
311 |
157 |
211 |
167 |
85 |
38 |
38 |
43 |
29 |
33 |
|
5: Offender has died |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
6: Penalty notice for disorder |
139 |
117 |
112 |
48 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8: Community resolution |
693 |
547 |
499 |
528 |
451 |
263 |
119 |
80 |
98 |
113 |
76 |
|
8: Youth restorative disposal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
9: CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Pending CSU Outcome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not Recorded |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
New |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
28 |
26 |
|
Grand Total |
3583 |
2846 |
2421 |
2625 |
2228 |
1627 |
970 |
917 |
1071 |
1651 |
1415 |
|
LPA |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
West Cornwall LPA |
521 |
424 |
354 |
424 |
259 |
154 |
88 |
100 |
90 |
153 |
117 |
|
East Cornwall LPA |
476 |
337 |
277 |
309 |
292 |
192 |
129 |
121 |
151 |
248 |
152 |
|
Plymouth LPA |
878 |
765 |
675 |
738 |
678 |
508 |
289 |
207 |
241 |
418 |
335 |
|
South Devon LPA |
647 |
515 |
350 |
393 |
298 |
241 |
208 |
226 |
143 |
289 |
393 |
|
Exeter, East & Mid Devon LPA |
737 |
503 |
529 |
479 |
430 |
336 |
176 |
181 |
311 |
348 |
282 |
|
North & West Devon LPA |
301 |
296 |
232 |
280 |
271 |
196 |
78 |
82 |
127 |
164 |
107 |
|
No LPA Identified |
19 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
27 |
|
Unlinked / Missing Address |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Out of Force |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
- |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
|
Grand Total |
3583 |
2846 |
2421 |
2625 |
2228 |
1627 |
970 |
917 |
1071 |
1651 |
1415 |
- For each adult offence, how was the case progressed and did it lead to a caution/court appearance/dismissal/other sentencing. What were these sentences. Please could we also have detail if the case was not progressed and why.
- For each youth offence, how was the case progressed, did it lead to a dismissal/caution/court appearance/dismissal/other sentencing/restorative justice. Please could we also have detail if the case was not progressed and why.
Please see answers above for outcomes.
The Force does not hold data regarding sentencing. This information is held by the courts.
- What is Devon and Cornwall Police doing to tackle the issue of shoplifting in the force.
- What is Devon and Cornwall Police doing to tackle the issue of youth shoplifting in the force and what is its budget for this issue.
- How much has been spent by the force on tackling shoplifting in each year since 2014?
No information held for questions 5 – 7.