Child Muggings for Phones

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007656/Z

 Version Date: 24/02/2025

How many children have been mugged for their mobile phone?

Clarification:
Would it be possible to give me the numbers of children aged 16 and under who have been the victim of being mugged for their mobile phone in Devon and Cornwall in the most recent 12 month period?

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Source

Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE

Data Processing:

Qliksense Occurrence People Links (last 2 years) Report

Filtered on Crimed Date: 01/02/2024 - 31/01/2025

Person or Organisation: Person

Victim: Yes

Person Age at Time: 0 - 16

Offence Group: Robbery

Another search on this data was completed for any occurrences that mention ‘mobile’, ‘phone’ and ‘telephone’ in the occurrence entry log.

Caveats/Limitations

No crimes/Cancelled Crimes excluded

These searches resulted in 5 occurrences where the victim was aged 16 or under.