Energy Theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008913/F
Version Date: 31/10/2025
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source:
Crime information system – Niche
Offence Description:
Abstract / use without authority electricity (recordable)
1) How many domestic energy theft incidents were reported to your force in 2022, 2023, and 2024? Please provide separate figures for each individual year. What was the estimated total monetary value of these thefts in each year separately?
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Year |
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MO Location |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
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Commercial - Other (commercial) - Car port |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Commercial - Other (commercial) - Outbuilding |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dwelling |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Dwelling - Farmhouse - Complainant's home |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - Flat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Dwelling - Flat - Electric/gas meter |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Dwelling - Flat - Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - Hostel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - House |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Dwelling - House - Attic/loft |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - House - Bedroom |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - House - Electric/gas meter |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Dwelling - House - Hallway |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Dwelling - House - Other |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Dwelling - House - Whole building |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Dwelling – Offender’s home |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - Outbuilding - Other - Barn |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dwelling - Retirement complex - Garden |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Leisure - Other (leisure) - Car park level |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Public building - Other open space - Other |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Public/open place - Caravan site/campsite |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Public/open place - Street/road - Alley |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Public/open place - Street/road - Other |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Not Recorded |
7 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
|
Grand Total |
22 |
14 |
14 |
50 |
2) How many domestic energy theft cases resulted in arrests in 2022, in 2023, and in 2024? Please provide the number for each year individually.
Of the 50 offences, seven resulted in an arrest. There was one offence which led to three arrests. The following breaks this down by the year the offence was crimed.
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Year |
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Count of arrests linked |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
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1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
3) How many domestic energy theft cases resulted in prosecutions in 2022, in 2023, and in 2024? Please provide the number for each year individually.
No information held. The police handle arrests, cautions and charges; it is the job of His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service to prosecute. Please submit a new request to the Courts for prosecutions. HM Courts & Tribunals Service - GOV.UK
4) What was the estimated total amount of stolen energy (in kWh) across all domestic theft cases where this data was recorded? Please provide separate totals for 2022, for 2023, and for 2024.
This information is not recorded, no information held.
Please note: For all questions, I require data separated by individual calendar year (2022, 2023, 2024), not combined or aggregated totals.