FOI 402771
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 402771
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16th April 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
I am writing under the FOI Act to request records of high-value (over £500 in value) retail thefts involving Lego products since January 2020.
More specifically:
- The number of recorded shoplifting and burglary offences where "Lego" is explicitly mentioned in police reports, broken down by year? - i.e. for the whole of 2020, the whole of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in 2025 so far?
- A breakdown of locations where Lego thefts were reported, specifying where they occurred?
- The total estimated value of stolen Lego items in recorded incidents, where available.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested
1.The number of recorded shoplifting and burglary offences where "Lego" is explicitly mentioned in police reports, broken down by year? - i.e. for the whole of 2020, the whole of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in 2025 so far?
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Primary Offence Sub Group of crimes which have LEGO in the incident summary |
Calender Year |
01/01/2025-31/03/2025 |
Grand Total |
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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|
BURGLARY - BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY-HOME |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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SHOPLIFTING |
16 |
22 |
36 |
45 |
44 |
9 |
172 |
|
Grand Total |
18 |
23 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
9 |
178 |
- A breakdown of locations where Lego thefts were reported, specifying where they occurred?
Three tables have been provided, one where the incident is shoplifting provides the name of the store, where burglary it specifies Commercial or Residential. The second shows the offences by local policing area and the third by line 2 of the address field.
|
Store name of crimes which have LEGO in the incident summary |
Calender Year |
01/01/2025-31/03/2025 |
Grand Total |
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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|
ALDI |
1 |
1 |
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|
ASDA |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
B & M |
5 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
14 |
5 |
45 |
|
CHARLIES STORES LTD |
2 |
2 |
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|
Commercial Burglary |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRE |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Residential Dwelling |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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|
FRASER'S |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
GAME |
2 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
|||
|
LITTLE HEATH GARDEN CENTRE |
1 |
1 |
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|
MONKEE BUSINESS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||
|
MORETON PARK GARDEN CENTRE |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
MORRISONS SUPERSTORE PETROL STATION |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
PHILIP MORRIS & SON |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
SAINSBURYS |
4 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
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|
SMYTHS TOY SUPERSTORE |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
Tesco |
5 |
8 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
31 |
|
|
THE CO-OPERATIVE |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
THE ENTERTAINER |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
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|
THE RANGE |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
TOY & GAMES |
1 |
1 |
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|
TOY BOX |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
TOY TOWN |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
TOYS & GAMES |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
W H SMITH |
1 |
6 |
7 |
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|
WAITROSE LTD |
1 |
1 |
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|
WATERSTONES |
1 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
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|
WEBBS OF WYCHBOLD |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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|
WH SMITH |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
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|
WILKINSON |
1 |
1 |
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|
WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC |
2 |
2 |
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|
Grand Total |
18 |
23 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
9 |
178 |
|
LPA of crimes which have LEGO in the incident summary |
Calender Year |
01/01/2025-31/03/2025 |
Grand Total |
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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|
South Worcestershire |
4 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
11 |
3 |
45 |
|
North Worcestershire |
7 |
4 |
14 |
16 |
8 |
1 |
50 |
|
Herefordshire |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
|
|
Shropshire |
3 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
32 |
|
Telford & Wrekin |
4 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
40 |
|
Grand Total |
18 |
23 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
9 |
178 |
|
Line 3 of location of crimes which have LEGO in the incident summary |
Calender Year |
01/01/2025-31/03/2025 |
Grand Total |
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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|
Bromsgrove |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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|
Droitwich |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
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|
Evesham |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
Hereford |
1 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
|||
|
Kidderminster |
1 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
|||
|
Lickey End |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
Ludlow |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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|
Malvern |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Market Drayton |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Newport |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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|
Oswestry |
4 |
1 |
5 |
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|
Redditch |
6 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
34 |
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|
Ross-on-Wye |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Shrewsbury |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
20 |
|
Telford |
4 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
35 |
|
Worcester |
4 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
34 |
|
Wrexham |
2 |
2 |
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|
Grand Total |
18 |
23 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
9 |
178 |
3.The total estimated value of stolen Lego items in recorded incidents, where available.
Caveat: There is no separate field to record the value of items stolen. The incident summaries have been read to extract this information. It is not mandatory for the information to be recorded. A table has been provided which shows the number of crimes which had the value recorded, the number which did not have this recorded (or where a number of items were stolen and the specific value of the Lego is unknown) and the number of crimes where Lego is mentioned but not stolen. i.e. a customer has paid for a Lego set but stolen some cigarettes whilst distracting the cashier. There is then a further table which shows the total value of Lego stolen where it is recorded.
|
Status of value being recorded within incident summary |
Calender Year |
01/01/2025-31/03/2025 |
Grand Total |
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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|
Value recorded |
8 |
13 |
15 |
15 |
24 |
5 |
80 |
|
Lego mentioned but not stolen |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Value not included |
9 |
8 |
20 |
31 |
19 |
4 |
91 |
|
Total |
18 |
23 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
9 |
178 |
|
Value of Lego stolen in each year (where known) |
Total |
|
2020 |
£850.61 |
|
2021 |
£2,039.00 |
|
2022 |
£1,534.49 |
|
2023 |
£1,520.90 |
|
2024 |
£5,981.41 |
|
01/01/2025-31/03/2025 |
£830.00 |
|
Total |
£12,756.41 |