FOI 260378
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 260378
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 5th July 2023. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding, below is the response to your request:
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.
Reply
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FOI 260378 : Thefts from campsites |
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Outcomes of investigations within the Primary Offence Groups of Theft, Burglary or Robbery which are reported to have occurred at a campsite/caravan park or Holiday Park. |
Fiscal Year |
Grand Total |
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2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
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Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
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2 |
2 |
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Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
3 |
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2 |
5 |
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Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
9 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
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Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
8 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
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Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
32 |
27 |
31 |
90 |
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Ongoing investigation |
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4 |
4 |
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Grand Total |
52 |
31 |
46 |
129 |
Caveat : There is no specific offence for theft from campsites. Our local crime recording system does have a location type field however this is not routinely completed, for example of the 238 results only 55 had this field completed. I have therefore searched all relevant Theft offences with either the location type listed above or one of the mentioned keywords within the location field. It is difficult to discern from the information on our systems which sites have permeant residences and which are purely holiday sites, the total includes both. I have discounted incidents where a theft has occurred from a tent or caravan from a temporary campground, for example exhibitors at the Three Counties who stayed overnight near their stalls.
In line with national police data returns, the report is based on crime input date. This means that an offence that has occurred some months or years previously but reported recently, will be counted against the year/month in which it was reported.
The search looks at all recorded crimes within a live police records management system. Volumes may be different compared against previous or subsequent requests as offences can be reclassified and other information used to identify reports can be modified. The report only includes recorded notifiable crimes, excluding crime related incidents and crimes that have been reviewed and changed to no crime.