Acquisitive Crimes

  • Reference Number: 1798
  • Date released: 02 April 2009

Request

Please inform me how many acquisitive crimes have been recorded so far in the first quarter of 2009 (up to the most recent date possible), in the following categories:

(a) theft and handling stolen goods (please give theft from the person and shoplifting offences as a separate category, if possible);
(b) fraud and forgery;
(c) robbery;
(d) burglary (please give separate categories of burglary dwelling and aggravated burglary of a dwelling, if possible).
Please also supply equivalent data in categories (a), (b), (c) and (d) for:
(1) each quarter of 2008;
(2) each quarter of 2007.

Response

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Please Note: The numbers reported relate to the level of "recorded crime" (i.e. the number of "reported crimes" minus those occurrences that were later "no crimes").

Burglary

Home Office Code Home Office Code Description 2007 2008 2009 Sum
Burglary   Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1  
28 Burglary in a dwelling 1009 830 935 1003 898 830 1047 938 906 8396
29 Aggravated burglary in a dwelling 14 10 11 13 6 11 12 15 6 98
30 Burglary in a building other than a dwelling 1448 1405 1283 1271 1166 1169 1386 1432 1166 11726
31 Aggravated burglary in a building other than a dwelling 1 3 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 16
Sum   2472 2248 2230 2289 2074 2011 2446 2387 2079 20236
                       
Fraud and forgery   Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1  
51 Fraud by company director 1 1 1 1 1 0 0     5
52 False accounting     1       1     2
53A Cheque and credit card fraud (pre Fraud Act 2006) 43 6 1     1 1 1   53
53B Preserved other fraud and repealed fraud offences (pre Fraud Act 2006) 443 450 402 330 429 551 522 391 231 3749
53C Fraud by false representation: cheque, plastic card and online bank accounts (not ebay or paypal) 21 44 55 61 70 75 65 60 39 490
53D Fraud by false representation: other fraud 46 79 113 77 123 113 102 69 58 780
53E Fraud by failing to disclose information   2   3 0   1     6
53F Fraud by abuse of position 13 7 3 1 3   2 2   31
53G Obtaining services dishonestly   4 2 0 3 3 1 4 4 21
53H Making or supplying articles for use in frauds     3   1 1 1 0 1 7
53J Possession of articles for use in frauds     4 4 1   5 1 1 16
55 Bankruptcy and insolvency 10 5 3 1 3 1 3 1   27
60 Forgery or use of false drug prescription 3       0 1   1   5
61 Other forgery 6 9 4 9 10 8 9 5 6 66
61A Possession of false documents     4   1 1   2 1 9
814 Fraud, forgery etc associated with vehicle or driver records 7 4 2 7 3 5 5 1 2 36
Sum   593 611 598 494 648 760 718 538 343 5303
                       
Robbery   Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1  
34A Robbery of business property 48 43 33 29 28 31 32 42 43 329
34B Robbery of personal property 126 103 107 113 99 90 96 109 110 953
Sum   174 146 140 142 127 121 128 151 153 1282
                       
Theft / stolen goods   Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1  
126 Interfering with a motor vehicle 279 222 206 181 195 191 155 190 161 1780
37/2 Aggravated vehicle taking 45 37 37 44 38 36 32 38 31 338
38 Profiting from, or concealing knowledge of, the proceeds of crime 4 6 1 5 7 3 6 6 3 41
39 Theft from the person 387 368 294 350 283 260 275 240 180 2637
40 Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine/meter 152 158 179 167 151 150 167 151 137 1412
41 Theft by an employee 67 78 57 99 69 73 59 53 23 578
42 Theft of mail 4 6 5 9 7 5 2 5 4 47
43 Dishonest use of electricity 9 4 7   5 0 5 3 4 37
44 Theft or unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle 335 415 447 372 337 431 534 345 345 3561
45 Theft from a vehicle 1905 1729 1874 1602 1437 1289 1482 1665 1152 14135
46 Shoplifting 1593 1572 1482 1391 1459 1485 1550 1521 1425 13478
47 Theft from automatic machine or meter 50 42 36 21 30 8 17 20 30 254
48 Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle 653 683 628 541 546 575 530 495 420 5071
49 Other theft 2082 2434 2187 2273 2021 2502 2186 1853 1397 18935
54 Handling stolen goods 35 32 20 29 34 27 30 27 18 252
Sum   7600 7786 7460 7084 6619 7035 7030 6612 5330 62556
                       
Grand total   10839 10791 10428 10009 9468 9927 10322 9688 7905 89377

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