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FOI 264/25 Stolen Dogs

Enquiry Reference: FOI 264-25                                                                                

 

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request.  Below is your request and our response.

 

I would like to request under the Freedom of Information Act Data concerning the theft of dogs within your area over the period 2019-2024.

In particular, I would like this information broken down by LSOA area and by year.

I wish to be able to show the number of dogs stolen by year by LSOA area.

I would appreciate it if the data could be supplied in a CSV format showing the year, LSOA and the number of thefts.

If possible, I would like to know the breed of dog stolen.

  1. a) The below table shows how many reported dogs were stolen between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2024.  The below includes a manual assessment of all theft/burglary crimes where “dog” or “puppy” appears in the MO comments of the record and where any instances of the crime stats class 049/03 Abduction of Pet appears.  Please note we are unable to provide LSOA areas as this is not recorded. However, we have provided a partial postcode of the occurrence location:

 

Years/Partial Postcode/Breed

                                                             Count

2019

32

TS10

3

Bulldog

1

Chihuahua

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS14

1

Alsatian

1

TS15

2

Jack Russell Terrier

1

Labrador

1

TS16

1

Labrador Retriever

1

TS17

2

Chihuahua

1

Jackpoo

1

TS18

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS19

1

Lurcher

1

TS24

2

Border Collie

1

Sharpei

1

TS25

2

Terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS26

3

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

Unknown

2

TS3

5

American bulldog

1

Bulldog

1

Pug

1

Rottweiler

1

Shitzu

1

TS4

3

American Bulldog Cross Staffordshire Bull

1

Husky

1

Unknown

1

TS5

2

Bulldog

1

Unknown

1

TS6

3

British Bulldog

1

Mini Chihuahua

1

Pug

1

TS7

1

Doberman

1

2020

42

TS10

1

Unknown

1

TS13

4

Bulldog

1

Collie

1

Patterdale terrier

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS14

3

Bulldog

1

Pug

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS17

3

Maltese

1

Pug

1

Unknown

1

TS18

3

Bull mastif

1

Bulldog

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS19

4

Akita

1

American bulldog

2

Lurcher

1

TS21

4

Chihuahua

1

German Shepherd

1

Pitbull

1

Unknown

1

TS23

2

Bulldog

1

Unknown

1

TS24

1

Saluki

1

TS25

3

Unknown

3

TS26

1

Unknown

1

TS3

2

German Shepherd

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS4

4

Chihuahua

1

Husky

1

Shitzu

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS5

1

Pug

1

TS6

4

Blue Merl

1

Boston Terrier

1

Chow Chow

1

Pug

1

TS7

1

Saluki

1

(blank)

1

Cocker spaniel

1

2021

36

TS10

2

Bulldog

1

Unknown

1

TS12

1

Bulldog

1

TS13

4

Mastiff

1

Sharpei/Staffy cross

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

2

TS14

4

Dachshund

1

Pug

1

Unknown

1

Yorkshire Terrier

1

TS15

1

Pug

1

TS17

3

Belgium Mally

1

Boston Terrier

1

German Shepherd

1

TS18

2

Pitbull Cross

1

Unknown

1

TS19

4

2 dogs (Shitzu and Jackawawa)

1

Chihuahua

1

Jack Russell Terrier

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross

1

TS25

1

French Bulldog

1

TS26

1

Unknown

1

TS3

4

2 dogs (Bulldog and Poodle cross)

1

2 dogs (French Bulldog and Belgium Malinois)

1

Bulldog cross

1

Rottweiler

1

TS4

2

Belgium Malinois

1

Greyhound

1

TS5

2

Chihuahua

1

Husky

1

TS6

4

French Bulldog

1

Husky

1

Lurcher

1

Unknown

1

TS8

1

Border/Lakeland Terrier cross

1

2022

54

TS10

3

Akita

1

French Bulldog

1

Unknown

1

TS12

1

Pappion

1

TS13

1

Unknown

1

TS14

2

Cocker spaniel

1

German Shepherd

1

TS17

6

American bulldog

1

Boxer cross

1

German Shepherd

1

Pug

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS18

4

English bulldog

1

French Bulldog

1

Highland terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS19

5

Bulldog cross

1

English bulldog

1

Rottweiler

1

Staffie/American bull dog

1

Unknown

1

TS23

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS24

2

Patterdale terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS25

4

Unknown

4

TS26

3

Akita

1

Mastiff

1

Poodle

1

TS3

6

Akita

1

American bulldog

1

Belgian Shepperd

1

Cockapoo

1

Malinois

1

Pitbull

1

TS4

3

English bulldog

1

Greyhound

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

TS5

3

Unknown

3

TS6

5

American bulldog

2

German Shepherd

1

Pomeranian

1

Unknown

1

TS7

4

Belgian Malamar

1

Boston Terrier

1

Patterdale terrier

1

Shitpoo

1

(blank)

1

French Bulldog

1

2023

28

TS10

1

French Bulldog

1

TS12

2

Unknown

2

TS14

1

American bulldog

1

TS17

1

Unknown

1

TS18

2

Unknown

2

TS19

1

Unknown

1

TS20

1

Unknown

1

TS24

3

English bulldog

1

Unknown

2

TS25

2

Akita

1

Unknown

1

TS26

2

Old English Sheepdog

1

Whippet

1

TS3

4

Jack Russell Terrier

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

Unknown

2

TS4

2

Akita

1

Unknown

1

TS5

1

Unknown

1

TS6

4

Bulldog

1

Chihuahua

1

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS8

1

Unknown

1

2024

20

TS15

2

American bulldog

1

Chihuahua

1

TS17

2

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS19

2

Terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS20

1

American bulldog

1

TS23

2

Bulldog

1

Jack Russell Terrier

1

TS24

2

Cockerpoo

1

Spaniel

1

TS25

2

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

1

Unknown

1

TS26

1

Patterdale terrier

1

TS3

1

French Bulldog

1

TS5

1

Bulldog

1

TS6

2

Belgian Malinois

1

Cockerpoo

1

TS7

1

Pug

1

TS8

1

Unknown

1

Grand Total

212

 

 

Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold.  Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.

 

 

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The Freedom of Information Code of Practice (see below link) states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced. Public authorities are not obliged to accept internal reviews after this date.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice

 

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Decision Maker