FOI 383916
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 383916
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 13th January 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
- What were the total number of cat theft/abduction crimes in 2024?
2. What was the outcome (charge/summons, community resolution, active investigation, evidential difficulties, no suspect identified) for each cat theft/abduction crime in 2024?
3. Please list specific cat breed types with amounts (stolen/abducted in 2024) — or ‘breed unrecorded’ or ‘mixed breed’?
Reply
- What were the total number of cat theft/abduction crimes in 2024?
|
Total number of Cat thefts |
Calendar Year |
|
2024 |
|
|
Grand Total |
14 |
- What was the outcome (charge/summons, community resolution, active investigation, evidential difficulties, no suspect identified) for each cat theft/abduction crime in 2024?
|
Police Outcome |
Calendar Year |
|
2024 |
|
|
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 |
1 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
2 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
2 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
7 |
|
Ongoing/Under Investigation |
2 |
|
Grand Total |
14 |
Please list specific cat breed types with amounts (stolen/abducted in 2024) — or ‘breed unrecorded’ or ‘mixed breed’?
|
Total number of Cat thefts |
Calendar Year |
|
2024 |
|
|
Bengal |
1 |
|
Breed Unrecorded |
13 |
|
Grand Total |
14 |
Caveat: The Pet Abduction Act 2024 was enacted in August 2024, prior to this date there was no specific offence title for the theft of cats, we have therefore completed a keyword search to collate the information for all cat theft offences. The use of a key word search to identify offences means that the search may not return every relevant offence as it requires the officer recording the offence to have used one of these words within the free text fields searched. Therefore, it should be noted that our response should not be used for comparison purposes with other forces or quoted as being official statistics.