Stolen Watches (621A/23)
Request
1) How many watches were reported stolen by your force over the past four calendar years? (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
- If the data is available, please include the approximate value of the watches stolen each year – providing that doesn’t exceed the reasonable limits of an FOI.
2) How many attempted thefts of watches were recorded by your force over the past four calendar years? (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
3) In each calendar year, how many reports of stolen watches or attempted stolen watches resulted in an arrest or charge?
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
1) How many watches were reported stolen by your force over the past four calendar years? (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
- If the data is available, please include the approximate value of the watches stolen each year – providing that doesn’t exceed the reasonable limits of an FOI.
The figures presented below are the number of records containing details of stolen watches, it is not the individual number of watches stolen e.g. one record may involve the theft of multiple watches.
| Year | No. Records |
| 2019 | 81 |
| 2020 | 58 |
| 2021 | 292 |
| 2022 | 448 |
| Total | 879 |
In relation to the approximate value of the watches, this information is not held in a retrievable format, is not held in a centrally located place, and often is not recorded.
2) How many attempted thefts of watches were recorded by your force over the past four calendar years? (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
The figures presented below are the number of records containing details of stolen watches, under the offence titles ‘Attempted – Theft by an Employee’, ‘Attempted – Theft from shops and stalls’ and ‘Attempted Burglary – Residential’. These are not the individual number of watches stolen e.g. one record may involve the theft of multiple watches.
| Year | No. Records |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | |
| Total | 3 |
3) In each calendar year, how many reports of stolen watches or attempted stolen watches resulted in an arrest or charge?
| Outcome | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
| Not recorded | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Charge or Summons | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 37 |
| Community Resolution | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Evidential Difficulties – Victim Based – Named suspect not identified | 1 | 6 | 28 | 35 | |
| Formal action against the offender is not in the public interest (Police) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Investigation Complete: No suspect identified | 67 | 50 | 238 | 334 | 689 |
| Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support) | 4 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 40 |
| Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support) | 7 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| Taken into consideration (TIC) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | 81 | 58 | 295 | 448 | 882 |
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 considered 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 considered 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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