Numbers of Stolen Pets 2019 to 2022
Keywords
Pet, Stolen, Dog, Cat, Theft, Location.
Publication Number
PUB 1491
FOI Reference Number
17224
Request Title
Numbers of Stolen Pets 2019 to 2022
Date Range
01 January 2019 to 30 June 2022
Information Requested
1. The number of stolen pets (dogs, cats, horses, other small animals) OR crimes involving stolen pets in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (1 January - 31 December) plus 2022 1 Jan – 31 May.
2. The date of the reported theft of a pet in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (1 January - 31 December) plus 2022 1 Jan – 31 May.
3. If recorded, the species and breed of animals stolen in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (1 January - 31 December) plus 2022 1 Jan – 31 May.
4. Please provide locations (where known) involving theft of the animal eg house/street/garden in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (1 January - 31 December) plus 2022 1 Jan – 31 May.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
27 July 2022
Date of Disclosure
16 August 2022
Related Documents/Links
FOI 17224 Response
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.
Second Duty – See below.
Information
Caveats: Q1 and Q2 – Data is based on theft offence crimes and robbery offence crimes where the ‘property code level 2’ is ‘pet animal’ and the ‘property status’ is ‘stolen’ and/or ‘stolen/recovered’.
Also, please note that this is number of thefts/robberies in which pet animals were stolen / stolen/recovered, and not quantity of pet animals stolen in each theft/robbery.
Q1 & Q2:
|
Month / Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Grand Total |
|
Jan |
9 |
7 |
9 |
4 |
29 |
|
Feb |
3 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
24 |
|
Mar |
6 |
3 |
11 |
11 |
31 |
|
Apr |
10 |
2 |
9 |
10 |
31 |
|
May |
9 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
32 |
|
Jun |
5 |
14 |
8 |
13 |
40 |
|
Jul |
3 |
12 |
9 |
|
24 |
|
Aug |
9 |
9 |
14 |
|
32 |
|
Sep |
11 |
5 |
12 |
|
28 |
|
Oct |
10 |
4 |
8 |
|
22 |
|
Nov |
11 |
6 |
7 |
|
24 |
|
Dec |
1 |
8 |
8 |
|
17 |
|
Grand Total |
87 |
82 |
108 |
57 |
334 |
Q3:
|
Pet Type |
Count of CRN |
|
Dog |
218 |
|
Cat |
72 |
|
Bird |
12 |
|
Other |
12 |
|
Rabbit |
10 |
|
Tortoise |
7 |
|
Reptile |
1 |
|
Guinea Pig |
1 |
|
Hamster |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
334 |
Q4:
Note: Location “type” isn’t well recorded, but below are some types of location where the pets have been stolen / stolen/recovered from.
|
Location Premises Type |
Count of CRN |
|
Flat / Apartment |
4 |
|
Hotel / B&B / Guest house |
1 |
|
House |
7 |
|
Open Space / Common Land |
1 |
|
Outside |
1 |
|
Shop / Store / Supermarket |
3 |
|
Street / Road |
3 |
|
Not Recorded |
314 |
|
Grand Total |
334 |
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