Violent Offences

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009885/R

Version Date: 22/05/2026

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source:

Crime data from Niche

Data Processing:

Qliksense "Occurrence - People Links (last 2 years)" report, filtered on:

Crime Only? "Yes";

Date Crimed: 01/01/2025 to 27/04/2026;

Victim: "Yes";

Offence Groups:

Homicide

Violence with Injury

Violence without Injury

Stalking and Harassment

Death or Serious Injury caused by Unlawful Driving

Robbery

The Address field was searched for the following text strings: "GREGGS", "COSTA", "PRET", "NERO" and "STARBUCKS".

The unique Address results were scanned for relevance - irrelevant data was then removed.

Data Limitations:

• The Person Occupation at Time field produced blank results, therefore, these records were reviewed to determine relevance. 3 of these records did not have enough detail to determine whether the Victim was a member of staff at the premises.
• The Address field used should be suitable to identify the premises requested, however, please note that there is the possibility that some restaurants may not be covered by this search.

1. Please could you provide data for the total number of recorded incidents of violence against the person (including common assault, ABH, GBH, and robbery) in 2025 and 2026 (to date) where the victim was a staff member and the location was recorded as one of the following retailers: Greggs, Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger, Caffè Nero, Starbucks
   
   (Note: If your system allows, please also include incidents where the 'Location' or 'MO' fields contain these brand names.)
   
   2025 – 16

2026 (to 27/04/2026) - 5

2. Of the incidents identified, how many were recorded as having a "theft" or "shoplifting" element (e.g., violence occurring when a suspect was challenged for theft)?
   
   2025 – 11

2026 (to 27/04/2026) - 0

3. For each incident identified, please provide a brief summary of the method of violence, nature of any injuries sustained, and the outcome of the investigation.
   
   Methods of violence used in 2025:

• Punch
• Trying to hit with an item of food
• Stalking
• Note passed demanding money
• Spitting at
• Bottle thrown at victim
• Stalking
• Push
• Push
• Abusive call
• Food thrown towards victim
• Attempted punch
• Kick
• Harassment
• Slap to neck
• Pushes

Methods of violence used in 2026 (to 27th Apr):

• Chair thrown at victim       
• Chair thrown at victim       
• Attempted spitting   
• Shouting      
• Stalking        

Please note that no victim injuries were recorded for 2025 and 2026 (to 27^th Apr).

I am happy for this data to be provided digitally and in an anonymised table format. I would like it to be broken down by calendar year.