February 12, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Burglary and Theft
Request: FOI/13526
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Theft
Subject: Theft of Tools
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Request
Please confirm how many reports of tool theft, and tool theft from vehicles, per month you recorded in 2023 and 2024.
Clarification requested:
PSNI can provide a response based on all recorded Burglary, Robbery and Theft offences where property described as Tools or Machinery was classified as Stolen, during the period 2023-2024. Would you be satisfied with this data? Any further breakdown of data would bring this request to over cost.
Clarification received:
I’m confirming that we would be satisfied with the data you have highlighted below. Please do share at your earliest convenience.
Answer
The following tables are based on all recorded Burglary, Robbery and Theft offences where property described as Tools or Machinery was classified as Stolen, during the period 2023-2024.
Please Note: This information is based on data extracted from a live system and may be subject to change. It is dependent on the information having been input into the system in such a way as to identify those records that are relevant.
| 2023 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded Burglary, Robbery and Theft offences where property described as Tools or Machine was classified as Stolen | 32 | 38 | 34 | 42 | 34 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 16 |
| Of which: | ||||||||||||
| Recorded Theft from a Vehicle offences where property described as Tools or Machine was classified as Stolen | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded Burglary, Robbery and Theft offences where property described as Tools or Machine was classified as Stolen | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 28 | 25 |
| Of which: | ||||||||||||
| Recorded Theft from a Vehicle offences where property described as Tools or Machine was classified as Stolen | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 |