FOI 6247
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HRC006247
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11th May 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please disclose:
In your police force area, how many incidents of "Asian gold theft" have taken place in each of the calendar years, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
To clarify: "Asian gold theft" is the theft of gold from Asian families. Criminals are targeting Asian families knowing that many have gold, for cultural reasons. If you are unable to narrow the results down specifically to Asian families, I would also accept the number of thefts of gold from domestic properties.
Reply
|
Home Office Primary Offence Sub Group |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
||||
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
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|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
7 |
7 |
4 |
|
|
18 |
|
OTHER THEFT |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
|
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY-HOME |
|
|
5 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
|
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Grand Total |
8 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
11 |
46 |