Thefts of Copper from Car Charging Units

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008756/K

Version Date: 22/09/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Source:
Niche crime information system
Unifi crime information system

Data Processing:
Qlik Sense Report: Crime & Outcomes                                                                           
No Crimes Included                                                                                                      

Offence Groups: Bicycle Theft, Burglary - Residential, Burglary - Business and Community, Other Theft, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft from the Person                  

Summary and MO Search: "copper ", "electric ", "charger ", "car"                            

1st April 2020 - 31st December 2024                                                                              

Qlik View Report: Crimes & Enquiries                                                                            

Offence Groups: Bicycle Theft, Burglary Dwelling, Burglary Non-Dwelling, All other theft offences, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft from the Person                                          

Free Text Search: ("*copper *" or "*electric *" or "*charger *" or "*car *")                  

1st January 2020 - 31st March 2020                                                                               

Qlik Sense Report: MO Text Search                                                                               

Offence Groups: Bicycle Theft, Burglary - Residential, Burglary - Business and Community, Other Theft, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft from the Person                  

MO Text Search: "copper ", "electric ", "charger ", "car "                                             

1st January 2020 - 31st December 2024                                                                                                                                                                       

Caveat/Limitations

Data is reliant on the presence of the keyword but not restricted to the word itself.
Some records may have been removed or redacted due to a change in crime management software in November 2022 to Niche.

Data:
All Theft Offences, excluding Vehicle Offences, where there is a mention of any of the key words: "copper", "electric", "charger" or "car".

• The number of thefts logged by your force which include the terms 'copper' 'electric' 'charger' 'car' in the summary of the offence for the year to date
  • Please provide the figure for each of the following years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020