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Dog Thefts (1520A/21)

Request

1) The number of dog theft crimes (thefts where the item stolen was a dog) recorded in each of the following calendar years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

2) The number of dog theft crimes (thefts where the item stolen was a dog) which resulted in a charge / summons recorded in each of the following calendar years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Response

Please find our response below for the period January 2016 – December 2020.

Year Number
2016 23
2017 26
2018 27
2019 16
2020 16
Total 108

 

Outcome 2016
OC1a: Charge/summons 1
Total 1

 *Excluded Periods = Nil Result

With regard to 2021 data, we are unable to retrieve data beyond 07/04/2021 due to a major change in West Midlands Police recording systems. However, data that can be retrieved has already been disclosed and published on our website at the link below.

https://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/dog-theft-1359a-21/

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.

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