Employee theft

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007844/F

Version Date: 24/03/2025

The Performance & Development Department has provided the following information.

Number of ‘Theft By An Employee’ offenses (Home Office Code 41) recorded for 2022, 2023 and 2024 (to date if needed). Please can I get this data broken down by each year

Data Processing:                                                                                                             

Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE                                                          

Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded                                                  

Qliksense Report: Crime and Outcomes                                                

Filtered by crimed date: January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2024                                                  

Home Office Group: 41                                                   

Data Limitations:                                                                                                              

Data is reliant on the accurate recording of the offence type.                                                 

E.g. that employee thefts are recorded as "theft by employee" as opposed to another type of theft.                                                           

Data Output:                                                                                                                      

Between January 1st 2022 and December 31st 2024 there were 472 offences recorded under the offence code 41 (theft by employee).                                                      

The following table breaks this down by year.