Dog thefts 525/2022

FOI Reference: 525/2022

Request:

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

Please can you provide the following:

• The total number of reports of dog theft in your constabulary for the past 6 years (this is to include the calendar years of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and the first 6 months of 2022)
• Please can this be broken down by calendar year so it’s clear the total number of reported dog thefts in each year
• If available, can the information also be broken down by the breed of each dog which was reported stolen (this can be supplied in total figures per breed e.g. 50 labradors, 25 french bulldogs and so on)

Response 1 & 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate.       

Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally.  However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.       

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 26/07/22)