Theft of Building Materials Equipment & Tools
Keywords
Reports, Theft, Building, Materials, Equipment, Tools, Jurisdiction, Description, Items, Stolen, Report, Construction, Recovered, Decorating, Door, Window, Frame, Fastening, Fixings, Fireplace, Surround, Flooring, Gas, Kitchen, Fixtures, Plant, Roofing, Plumbing, Staircase, Wall.
Publication Number
PUB 1402
FOI Reference Number
16246
Request Title
Theft of Building Materials Equipment & Tools
Date Range
01 January 2018 to 31 January 2022
Information Requested
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I’d like to make a request regarding information on reports of theft of building materials, equipment and tools.
Specifically, I’d like to request the number of reports of these types of theft within your jurisdiction from 2018 to present, with the year of the report provided if possible.
If you could provide me with a basic description of the items stolen in each report, that would be greatly appreciated.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
24 February 2022
Date of Disclosure
02 March 2022
Related Documents/Links
FOI 16246 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 24 February 2022.
Date Range: 01 January 2018 to 31 January 2022.
The data is based on Theft Offence Crimes and Robbery Offence Crimes where the Property Code - Level 1 is ‘Construction’ and the Property Status is ‘Stolen’ and/or ‘Stolen/Recovered’, broken down by created year.
Please note that this is number of thefts/robberies in which construction materials/equipment were stolen and/or stolen/recovered and not the quantity of construction materials/equipment stolen and/or stolen/recovered in each theft/robbery.
The below table represents a basic description of the items stolen and/or stolen/recovered (Level 2 within the Property Code Field).
|
Property Code - Level 2 / Created Year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Grand Total |
|
Decorating Materials |
12 |
21 |
24 |
16 |
|
73 |
|
Door |
10 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
|
52 |
|
Door/Window Frame |
9 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
29 |
|
Fastenings/Fixings |
23 |
18 |
15 |
17 |
1 |
74 |
|
Fireplace/Surround |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
7 |
|
Flooring |
35 |
28 |
21 |
29 |
1 |
114 |
|
Gas Equipment |
99 |
82 |
52 |
68 |
9 |
310 |
|
Kitchen Fixtures |
4 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
|
Misc Construction |
196 |
182 |
145 |
135 |
8 |
666 |
|
Plant |
1570 |
830 |
590 |
477 |
31 |
3498 |
|
Plumbing |
88 |
86 |
57 |
58 |
4 |
293 |
|
Roofing Materials |
123 |
161 |
37 |
40 |
1 |
362 |
|
Staircase |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
5 |
|
Tools |
1273 |
1401 |
1066 |
1114 |
100 |
4954 |
|
Wall |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
|
16 |
|
Window |
7 |
13 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
39 |
|
Grand Total |
3459 |
2851 |
2053 |
1985 |
158 |
10506 |
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.