FOI T141/24 - Handbag Crimes
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. We can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
We are able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
You asked:
1) Please can you state for theft offences recorded by your force, the number in which the crime report text (described as modus operandi reports by many forces) contains a mention of "handbag" in each of the following calendar years:
2019 – 2023 inc.
|
Offence Group |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Burglary |
67 |
41 |
35 |
39 |
54 |
236 |
|
Robbery |
31 |
19 |
26 |
17 |
23 |
116 |
|
Theft & Handling Stolen Goods |
614 |
334 |
262 |
339 |
332 |
1881 |
|
Total |
712 |
394 |
323 |
395 |
409 |
2233 |
2) Please can you provide a redacted copy of the free text crime reports for these offences recorded by your force between October and December 2023.
See attached PDF. The information has been provided in a way which avoids the use of exemptions being applied to withhold it.