Campsite Theft 654/23
FOI Reference: 654/2023
Request:
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please could you provide me with the following information, in Excel or similar spreadsheet form if possible:
- a) The number of theft offences where the scene of the crime was a campsite, reported to your force in each of the following financial years (2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023);
- b) The number of those incidents that resulted in a charge or summons, also broken down by financial year; and
- c) The number of those incidents where the investigation was closed with no suspect identified, also broken down by financial year.
Clarification:
The following clarification was received:
1) Please could I have information only from registered campsites
2) Please could I have information for all thefts.
Response 1 – 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold some of the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Please note: The figures outlined below relate to the number of crimes in which the keyword of ‘campsite’ has appeared in the account of the crime. There is no information held/recorded as to whether the campsites in the crimes are registered campsites.
|
Year |
No. of crimes at a campsite |
No. of crimes resulting in a charge/summons |
No. of crimes finalised with no suspect identified |
|
20/21 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
21/22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
22/23 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
|
Total |
6 |
0 |
3 |
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 31/07/23)