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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 788-2024
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 3rd September 2024 as follows:
I’m looking for information on phone, laptop and watch thefts in Warwickshire Police from the following dates:
- Between 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023
- From 1st January 2024 till now
Here are my following questions:
Please can the data of each stolen item be shared for each month of the years requested, in an itemised spreadsheet on two spreadsheets (Reported v. Recovered).
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised that the requested information is not available in a readily retrievable format. There is no way of readily identifying from the Crime Recording System where an offence involves the taking of a phone, laptop or watch. Keyword searches are not carried out routinely as they are not reliable, they will only bring back records where the chosen keyword(s) is present within the MO Description / Incident Summary of an investigation, these are limited free text fields and do not contain all information in relation to an investigation. Therefore, in order to determine the information requested, it would be necessary to manually review each and every offence of theft, burglary and robbery, recorded during the specified period. This would involve examining thousands of records on an individual basis and; therefore, the work involved in locating and retrieving the requested information would exceed the cost threshold of £450, which equates to 18 hours work at a standard rate of £25 per hour, as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance with section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this request.
In accordance with Section 16 of the Act, I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in relation to refining your request; however, due to the volume of records that would need to be manually reviewed, I am unable to suggest a way to revise your request to allow information to be retrieved within the fees limit.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB