FOI 432002

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 432002

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 15^th September 2025. Please find below the response to your request:

1. Please tell me how many crimes were committed on pharmacy or chemist premises in each of the following years:
2. a) 2024/2025
3. b) 2023/2024
4. c) 2022/2023
5. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved shoplifting for each of the following years?
6. a) 2024/2025
7. b) 2023/2024
8. c) 2022/2023
9. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved violence or assault for each of the following years?
10. a) 2024/2025
11. b) 2023/2024
12. c) 2022/2023
13. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved racism for each of the following years?
14. a) 2024/2025
15. b) 2023/2024
16. c) 2022/2023
17. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved threatening behaviour for each of the following years?
18. a) 2024/2025
19. b) 2023/2024
20. c) 2022/2023
21. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro for each of the following years?
22. a) 2024/2025
23. b) 2023/2024
24. c) 2022/2023

Reply

West Mercia Police have conducted searches and hold some of the information requested.

Whilst there is a location type field in our crime management it is not mandatory and not regularly used, Searches have therefore used a combination of the location type and keywords within the full crime location field. If the premises is a Chemist or Pharmacy but does not include either word within its name then it will not be included in this return, eg a pharmacy within a supermarket.

For question 5, there is no marker to denote if threatening behaviour has been used. However, in order to assist crimes have been provided which have been recorded under Primary Offence Group of “Public Order”.

1. Please tell me how many crimes were committed on pharmacy or chemist premises in each of the following years:
2. a) 2024/2025
3. b) 2023/2024
4. c) 2022/2023

2. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved shoplifting for each of the following years?
3. a) 2024/2025
4. b) 2023/2024
5. c) 2022/2023

3. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved violence or assault for each of the following years?
4. a) 2024/2025
5. b) 2023/2024
6. c) 2022/2023

4. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved racism for each of the following years?
5. a) 2024/2025
6. b) 2023/2024
7. c) 2022/2023

5. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved threatening behaviour for each of the following years?
6. a) 2024/2025
7. b) 2023/2024
8. c) 2022/2023

6. Please tell me how many of the crimes committed on pharmacy or chemist premises involved weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro for each of the following years?
7. a) 2024/2025
8. b) 2023/2024
9. c) 2022/2023