EV charging crimes
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/9565
Version Date: 03/03/2026
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Processing:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Cancelled crimes included, Non notifiable crimes excluded
Qliksense Report: Crime and Outcomes
Filtered by date: January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2025
Offence Group: Robbery, Burglary (Business and Community and Residential) Theft from the Person, Other Theft, Shoplifting, Criminal Damage
Data exported to excel and then the MO and Summary were searched for: ‘Electric vehicle charg’ or ‘EV charg’
Qliksense Report: MO Text Search
Filtered by date: January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2025
Offence Group: Robbery, Burglary (Business and Community and Residential) Theft from the Person, Other Theft, Shoplifting, Criminal Damage
MO Data: ‘Electric vehicle charg’ or ‘EV charg’
Datasets combined and duplicates removed.
QlikView Report: Crime and Enquiries free text 2022
Filtered by date: January 1st to November 14th 2022
Offence Group: Robbery, Burglary (Business and Community and Residential) Theft from the Person, Other Theft, Shoplifting, Criminal Damage
Free text search: ("*Electric vehicle charg*" or "*EV charg*")
Data Limitations:
- Data is reliant on the items stolen/damaged being recorded within the MO/Summary or description.
- It is also important to note, reports are only able to search the MO/Summary or crimes and are unable to search the crime OEL - as a result, some offences may be missed.
- Data was read for relevance.
2022 searches produced a nil return
Please provide the following information for calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Annual counts of reported crime incidents where the property stolen, damaged or vandalised was an EV charging device / cable / connector. Include incidents categorised under:
* Theft
* Criminal damage
(If possible, also include "Theft from vehicle" where EV specific charging equipment was stolen.)
|
Main Crime Group |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Criminal Damage |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Other Theft |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Vehicle Offences |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total |
3 |
2 |
3 |
For each category above, provide the annual counts by location type:
* Public charging station
* Private residential charger
* Commercial/business premises
|
MO Location |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Commercial - Car park (multi storey) - Other |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Commercial - Car park (open air) - Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dwelling - Flat - Car port |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hospitality - Public house - Driveway |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Public building - Other open space - Other |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Public/open place - Street/road - Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Shop - Car sales - Display items |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total |
3 |
2 |
3 |
If available, annual aggregates of repair/replacement cost associated with the incidents above.
Not recorded