FOI 4711

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HRC000711

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 1^st May 2026. Please find below the response to your request:

Q: Please provide the number of crimes recorded in 2023, 2024, and 2025, providing a number for each year: where the location field contains the keyword "Tesco" within your force area. 

(for clarity: Tesco is a supermarket chain)

Reply

West Mercia Police hold the information requested

Caveat: Tesco being in the incident location address does not necessarily mean that the offence occurred within the store, it may have occurred within the car park, at the ATM or on a street where the nearest landmark was Tesco.