Shoplifting Charges/Summons 318/23

FOI Reference: 318/2023

 

Request:

 

I am writing to request the number of charges and/or summons for shoplifting offences recorded by your force.

 

Please provide the data for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

 

Response:

 

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

 

Shoplifting 2018 - 2022 resulting in a Charge/Summons
Year	Charged	Summons	Grand Total
2018	345	190	535
2019	256	173	429
2020	157	121	278
2021	152	44	196
2022	254	67	321
Grand Total	1164	595	1759

 

                                                                                                           

 

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 25/04/23)