Phone Theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003878/Z
Version Date: 18/11/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Please note that the incident database does not record outcomes, therefore, this data is based on searches within the Niche crime database.
Searches were completed in Niche from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 for all reported occurrences with the main crime group of Theft and Robbery and the property make as ‘mobile phone’ and ‘phone’. In addition to this, searches were completed for the presence of these keywords within the occurrence summary.
Can you provide us with the total number of phone theft incidents recorded by your police force for the year 2024/25?
Table 1: The following table shows all reported occurrences whereby the occurrence summary has the keywords ‘mobile phone’ and ‘phone’ within it and the main crime group is 'theft and robbery':
|
Main Crime Group |
Count |
|
Robbery |
9 |
|
Theft |
398 |
|
Total |
407 |
Table 2: The following table shows all reported occurrences whereby the main crime group is 'theft and robbery' and the property make matches the keywords of ‘mobile phone’ and ‘phone’.
|
Main Crime Group |
Count |
|
Robbery |
2 |
|
Theft |
28 |
|
Total |
30 |
Can you also provide a breakdown of all outcome types for the recorded cases, in particular for these two outcomes:
• Investigation complete – no suspect identified
• Charged/Summonsed
The following table shows all outcomes in relation to those reported occurrences in Table 1:
|
Stats Class Status/Outcomes |
Count |
|
1: Charged |
6 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
1 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
2 |
|
12: Named suspect identified but is dead or too ill (physical or mental health) to prosecute |
1 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
44 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
14 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
18 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
294 |
|
2: Youth conditional caution |
1 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
1 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
2 |
|
8: Community resolution |
1 |
|
Cancelled/transferred |
15 |
|
New |
7 |
|
Total |
407 |
The following table shows all outcomes in relation to those reported occurrences in Table 2:
|
Stats Class Status/Outcomes |
Count |
|
1: Charged |
2 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
2 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
2 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
21 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
1 |
|
New |
2 |
|
Total |
30 |