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Shoplifting offences 702/2026
FOI Reference: 702/2026
Request
- The top ten individuals with the highest number of recorded shoplifting offences within your police force area between 2020-21 to 2025-26. Split the number of recorded shoplifting offences attributed to them by financial year and provide a total across the period.
- For each of those individuals, provide the number of offences resulting in charge/summons, caution, no further action split by financial year and a total across the period.
- The total number of suspects identified for recorded shoplifting offences for each financial year between 2020-21 and 2025-26, split by whether they had been identified in relation to a single shoplifting offence or more than one shoplifting offences.
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below, in each of the tables split by financial year:-
Response Q1 – Q3
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Financial year 2020/21 |
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Top 10 Suspects |
Number of shoplifting offences |
Number of offences resulting in charge/summons |
Number of offences resulting in caution |
Number of offences resulting in NFA |
Total number of suspects of shoplifting that year |
Total of suspects that had committed more than one offence that year |
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|
|
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687 | 278 |
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1 |
14 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
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2 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
3 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
4 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
5 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
6 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
8 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
10 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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|
Financial year 2021/22 |
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|
Top 10 Suspects |
Number of shoplifting offences |
Number of offences resulting in charge/summons |
Number of offences resulting in caution |
Number of offences resulting in NFA |
Total number of suspects of shoplifting that year |
Total of suspects that had committed more than one offence that year |
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|
|
|
|
|
858 |
362 |
|
1 |
16 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
2 |
13 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
3 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
4 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
5 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
6 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
7 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
8 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
9 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
10 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Financial year 2022/23 |
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|
Top 10 Suspects |
Number of shoplifting offences |
Number of offences resulting in charge/summons |
Number of offences resulting in caution |
Number of offences resulting in NFA |
Total number of suspects of shoplifting that year |
Total of suspects that had committed more than one offence that year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1106 |
468 |
|
1 |
13 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
||
|
2 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
3 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
4 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
5 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
6 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
7 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
||
|
8 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
9 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
Financial year 2023/24 |
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|
Top 10 Suspects |
Number of shoplifting offences |
Number of offences resulting in charge/summons |
Number of offences resulting in caution |
Number of offences resulting in NFA |
Total number of suspects of shoplifting that year |
Total of suspects that had committed more than one offence that year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1079 |
638 |
|
1 |
16 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
2 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
3 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
||
|
4 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
||
|
5 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
||
|
6 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
7 |
11 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
8 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
9 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
10 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
Financial year 2024/25 |
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|
Top 10 Suspects |
Number of shoplifting offences |
Number of offences resulting in charge/summons |
Number of offences resulting in caution |
Number of offences resulting in NFA |
Total number of suspects of shoplifting that year |
Total of suspects that had committed more than one offence that year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1063 |
723 |
|
1 |
16 |
13 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
2 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
||
|
3 |
14 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
4 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
5 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
6 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
7 |
13 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
||
|
8 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
9 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
10 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
Financial year 2025/26 |
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|
Top 10 Suspects |
Number of shoplifting offences |
Number of offences resulting in charge/summons |
Number of offences resulting in caution |
Number of offences resulting in NFA |
Total number of suspects of shoplifting that year |
Total of suspects that had committed more than one offence that year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1046 |
721 |
|
1 |
27 |
21 |
0 |
6 |
||
|
2 |
25 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
||
|
3 |
22 |
20 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
4 |
19 |
15 |
0 |
4 |
||
|
5 |
17 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
||
|
6 |
16 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
||
|
7 |
15 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
8 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
||
|
9 |
13 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
10 |
12 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
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(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 28/08/2026)
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