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Animal thefts (FOI Ref: 702A/25)

Request

 

Please could you provide the following information:

Number of reported thefts of animals (from the list below):
animal fish freshwater
animal fish pond
animal fish tropical
animal livestock horse
animal livestock poultry
animal livestock sheep
animal pet animal cat
animal pet animal pet animal-bird
animal pet animal pet animal-dog
animal pet animal pet animal-other
animal pet animal rabbit
animal pet animal reptile
animal pet animal tortoise
animal wild wild animal

Please provide the number of reported thefts involving animals for each of
the following calendar years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Please break this down, where available, by:
- Postcode district for each year (e.g., LS1, M20)
- Month (i.e., monthly totals) for each year

 

 

 

 

 

Response

 

Please find enclosed our response:

Due to a change in systems, information from January 2019 - February 2021 are presented as a separate data set to information from March 2021 - December 2024. Please note that there are limited category descriptions for data pre-March 2021.

Please provide the number of reported thefts involving animals for each of the following calendar years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Year

BIRD

CAT

DOG

Total

2019

4

2

16

22

2020

 0

4

16

21

2021

 0

3

4

7

Total

4

9

36

49

 

Year

Fish freshwater

Fish pond

Fish tropical

Livestock horse

Livestock poultry

Livestock sheep

Pet animal bird

Pet animal cat

Pet animal dog

Pet animal other

Pet animal rabbit

Pet animal reptile

Pet animal tortoise

2021

2

1

 

1

3

 

2

15

81

6

 

1

 

2022

2

1

1

2

1

1

3

12

98

1

1

1

1

2023

1

1

 

 

2

1

2

15

72

2

2

 

 

2024

1

1

1

1

4

1

2

22

54

5

1

1

 

Total

6

4

2

4

10

3

9

64

305

14

4

3

1

 

 

 

Please break this down, where available, by:
- Postcode district for each year (e.g., LS1, M20)
- Month (i.e., monthly totals) for each year

The monthly totals have been provided as this data also answers yearly data.

Month

BIRD

CAT

DOG

Total

Jan-19

1

 

 

1

Feb-19

 

 

1

1

Mar-19

 

 

1

1

Apr-19

 

 

1

1

May-19

1

 

2

3

Jun-19

 

1

4

5

Jul-19

 

 

3

3

Aug-19

1

1

1

3

Sep-19

 

 

 

 

Oct-19

 

 

 

 

Nov-19

 

 

1

1

Dec-19

1

 

2

3

Jan-20

 

 

2

2

Feb-20

 

 

 

 

Mar-20

 

 

2

2

Apr-20

 

 

 

 

May-20

 

 

1

1

Jun-20

 

 

1

1

Jul-20

 

1

1

2

Aug-20

 

 

3

3

Sep-20

 

 

1

1

Oct-20

 

 

1

1

Nov-20

 

2

4

6

Dec-20

 

1

 

1

Jan-21

 

1

4

5

Feb-21

 

2

 

2

 

 

Month

FISH FRESHWATER

FISH POND

FISH TROPICAL

LIVESTOCK HORSE

LIVESTOCK POULTRY

LIVESTOCK SHEEP

PET ANIMAL BIRD

PET ANIMAL CAT

PET ANIMAL DOG

PET ANIMAL OTHER

PET ANIMAL RABBIT

PET ANIMAL REPTILE

PET ANIMAL TORTOISE

Mar-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

Apr-21

 

 

 

 

2

 

1

2

12

2

 

1

 

May-21

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

13

 

 

 

 

Jun-21

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

5

2

 

 

 

Jul-21

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

3

7

 

 

 

 

Aug-21

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

2

8

 

 

 

 

Sep-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

9

1

 

 

 

Oct-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

1

 

 

 

Nov-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

7

 

 

 

 

Dec-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

14

 

 

 

 

Jan-22

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

9

 

 

 

 

Feb-22

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

Mar-22

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

3

 

 

 

 

Apr-22

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

May-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

1

Jun-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

6

 

 

 

 

Jul-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

9

 

 

1

 

Aug-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

8

 

 

 

 

Sep-22

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

Oct-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

8

 

 

 

 

Nov-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

9

1

1

 

 

Dec-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

11

 

 

 

 

Jan-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

Feb-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

5

 

1

 

 

Mar-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

11

 

 

 

 

Apr-23

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

May-23

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

1

 

 

 

Jun-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

7

 

1

 

 

Jul-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

Aug-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

12

 

 

 

 

Sep-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

9

 

 

 

 

Oct-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

1

 

 

 

Nov-23

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

1

4

 

 

 

 

Dec-23

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

4

 

 

 

 

Jan-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

5

 

 

 

 

Feb-24

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

2

4

 

 

 

 

Mar-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

3

 

 

 

 

Apr-24

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

1

7

1

 

 

 

May-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

 

 

 

 

Jun-24

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

4

1

 

 

 

Jul-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

6

1

 

 

 

Aug-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

7

1

1

 

 

Sep-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

2

 

 

 

 

Oct-24

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

5

6

 

 

 

 

Nov-24

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

1

3

 

 

 

 

Dec-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

1

 

1

 

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data. 

 

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.  

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.