Mobile Phone Thefts 2018 to 2024
Publication Number: 1125
FOI Number: 21261
Information Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
The total number of mobile phone thefts in the following years (Jan-Dec):
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2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Number of phones stolen |
FOI Duty
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Second Duty – See below
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Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The information is correct as at 21 January 2025
Notes
- Data taken from the Athena crime recording system.
- Offences identified using HMIC Crime Tree Level 2 - Theft Offences and Property Code 3 - Mobile Phone
- Date period is 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2024.
Results
Number of Theft of a Mobile Phone Offences by Year – 2022 to 2024
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Year |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Number of Offences |
1,708 |
1,620 |
1,419 |
4,747 |
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
Headline data on Theft from the Person Offences recorded by Essex Police between January 2022 and November 2024 can be found within the monthly Essex Police performance reports published by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex:
Police Performance - Essex PFCC
Title
FOI - Mobile Phone Thefts 2018 to 2021
Date range
01/04/18 to 10/02/21
Background information
Update to FOI request - I would like to know the following please: Number of reports of mobile phone thefts to your organisation from members of the public over the last three financial years, broken down by financial year.
Related documents/links
FOI publication
A total of 2,337 mobile phone thefts have been reported to Essex Police from members of the public over the last three financial years. Their breakdown, by financial year, is as follows:
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Mobile phone Thefts Reported to Essex Police - Last 3 financial years |
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|---|---|
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Financial Year |
Number of Reports |
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2018/19 |
1040 |
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2019/20 |
892 |
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2020/21 (to date) |
405 |
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Total |
2,337 |
Table 1: Mobile phone Thefts Reported to Essex Police over the last 3 financial years