Electric vehicle charging cable theft

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003418/B

Version Date: 24/07/2025

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Sources:

Call management system – Storm

Metal theft database

Data Processing:

Search filtered on dates from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2025.

Searched in Storm within the occurrence summary for the following keywords: ‘electric car’, ‘electric vehicle’, ‘electric charg’, ‘and ‘car charg’.

The entries returned were manually reviewed for relevance

Searched the metal database which is reviewed manually on a monthly basis.

Filtered on the dates, the type of crime (theft only) and within the metal type section.

1. The number of reported thefts of electric vehicle (EV) charging cables recorded by your force from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 inclusive.
   Five

2. The number of reported thefts of electric vehicle (EV) charging cables recorded by your force from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024 inclusive.
   None

3. If available, the location of these thefts (e.g. postcode area or city/town/village).
   Three in Bournemouth, two in Chirstchurch

4. If held, any data on whether the thefts occurred from private driveways, public charging stations, or other types of location.
   
   

If this request exceeds the cost limit, please prioritise questions 1 and 2.