E-Scooter Crimes (702A/23)
Request
How many reports of robbery, theft, attempted robbery and attempted theft, did you receive between 1/1/2022 – 31/12/2022 where the suspect was reported to be riding an E-bike or E-scooter?
1a. In how many of these incidents was a mobile phone taken or attempted to be taken?
1b. In how many of these incidents was a watch taken or attempted to be taken?
1c. Please provide a monthly breakdown of the incidents reported.
How many reports of robbery, theft, attempted robbery and attempted theft, did you receive between 1/1/2019 – 31/12/2019 where the suspect was reported to be riding an E-bike or E-scooter?
2a. In how many of these incidents was a mobile phone taken or attempted to be taken?
2b. In how many of these incidents was a watch taken or attempted to be taken?
2c. Please provide a monthly breakdown of the incidents reported.
I can confirm I would be happy for you to conduct a keyword search of the offences for ‘e-bike’, ‘e-scooter’, ‘lime bike’, ‘lime scooter’ in order to obtain this information as accurately as is possible.
I can confirm I would be happy for you to then conduct a keyword search of these offences for ‘watch’ and ‘mobile phone’ if necessary.
If you are able to provide specific details about any of the reports, such as where it took place and whether a knife was used, I would be very grateful.
Response
Please find attached our response.
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
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.
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