Stolen Watches 2019 to 2022
Publication Number: 1484
FOI Number: 18443
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Information 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?
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – See below
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 25 May 2023
Notes:
- To return the right type of crime, the query is filtered on ‘Robbery-Personal’, ‘All other theft offences’, and ‘Theft from the person’ in HMIC Crime Tree Level 3. These results returned contain the values ‘Robbery’ and ‘Theft Offences’ in HMIC Crime Tree Level 2 and ‘VICTIM BASED’ in HMIC Crime Tree Level 1.
- The dates included in the query are between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2022.
- To specify a search for theft of watches, the query is filtered on ‘Jewellery’ in ‘Property Code 1’ and ‘Watch’ in ‘Property Code 2’.
- The query specifies ‘Person’ for ‘Victim is Person or Organisation’.
- To provide the values of the watches, various categories related to value have been included in the Result Objects. ‘Property Item Value Amount’ seems to have the most comprehensive set of data so has been used to calculate the total value per year.
- There are some results that do not contain values so the total value per year is only based on the results that contain values.
- To get the total value per year, the results were sorted by ‘Created Year’ and subtotals inserted in the ‘Property Item Value Amount’ at each change in Created Year.
- The values are in GBP.
- Regarding Question 2, offences relating to Attempted thefts of watches are included in the overall watch theft figures below.
Results:
1) How many watches were reported stolen by your force over the past four calendar years? (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
2) How many attempted thefts of watches were recorded by your force over the past four calendar years? (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
Recorded Watch Thefts by Year and Offence Type – 2019 to 2022
| Offence | |||||||||
| Year | Attempted - Robbery (of Personal Property) | Attempted - Theft from the person of another | Robbery (of Personal Property) | Theft from automatic machine or meter | Theft from the person of another | Theft if not classified elsewhere | Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine or meter | Theft of Mail | Total |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 96 | 49 | 2 | 193 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 44 | 2 | 122 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 62 | 46 | 15 | 175 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 37 | 9 | 153 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 115 | 1 | 58 | 263 | 176 | 28 | 643 |
- 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.
Recorded Watch Thefts by Year with Value – 2019 to 2022
|
Year |
Number of watches stolen |
Total recorded values of watches stolen (£) |
|
2019 |
193 |
458,950.00 |
|
2020 |
122 |
331,799.99 |
|
2021 |
175 |
529,860.28 |
|
2022 |
153 |
513,938.60 |
|
Total |
643 |
1,834,548.87 |
3) In each calendar year, how many reports of stolen watches or attempted stolen watches resulted in an arrest or charge?
Outcomes of Watch Theft Offences – 2019 to 2022
|
Outcomes |
Number of crimes |
|
2019 |
193 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
5 |
|
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
1 |
|
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
24 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
17 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
18 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
123 |
|
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
1 |
|
Type 4 - TIC - Taken into Consideration |
1 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
3 |
|
2020 |
122 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
4 |
|
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
8 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
16 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
13 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
73 |
|
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken |
2 |
|
Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action. |
1 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
5 |
|
2021 |
175 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
3 |
|
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
20 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
26 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
15 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
110 |
|
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken |
1 |
|
2022 |
153 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
2 |
|
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility |
1 |
|
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
17 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
10 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
6 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
110 |
|
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken |
1 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
2 |
|
Ongoing |
4 |
|
Total |
643 |
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Headline recorded burglary and theft from the person offences can be found within the monthly Essex Police performance reports published by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex:
Essex Police Performance - Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner (pfcc.police.uk)