FOI 693/25

REQUEST

Would it be possible to know which figures match up to which years - i.e. have a total value stolen for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 so far

PREVIOUS REQUEST

I am writing under the FOI Act to request records of high-value (over £500 in value) retail thefts involving Lego products since January 2020.

More specifically:

1. The number of recorded shoplifting and burglary offences where "Lego" is explicitly mentioned in police reports, broken down by year? - i.e. for the whole of 2020, the whole of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in 2025 so far?
2. A breakdown of locations where Lego thefts were reported, specifying where they occurred?
3. The total estimated value of stolen Lego items in recorded incidents, where available.

PREVIOUS RESPONSE

A search has been conducted on our crime and incident recording system (Niche RMS) for all occurrences containing the keyword ‘Lego’ within the summary field, where the occurrence types ‘CR40 Burglary’ or ‘CR41 Theft & Handling’ is recorded between 1^st January 2020 and 16^th April 2025.

Each of these occurrences have been individually interrogated in order to establish their relevance and to ascertain the location of the theft and the estimated value of the stolen Lego.

Please be advised that all other theft-related offences, such as ‘theft from motor vehicle’ have not been included within the below figures. The below figures include shoplifting and burglary offences only.

Question 1

Please see the below table that provides the results retrieved, broken down by calendar year:

REQUEST

Would it be possible to know which figures match up to which years - i.e. have a total value stolen for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 so far

PREVIOUS REQUEST

I am writing under the FOI Act to request records of high-value (over £500 in value) retail thefts involving Lego products since January 2020.

More specifically:

1. The number of recorded shoplifting and burglary offences where "Lego" is explicitly mentioned in police reports, broken down by year? - i.e. for the whole of 2020, the whole of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in 2025 so far?
2. A breakdown of locations where Lego thefts were reported, specifying where they occurred?
3. The total estimated value of stolen Lego items in recorded incidents, where available.

PREVIOUS RESPONSE

A search has been conducted on our crime and incident recording system (Niche RMS) for all occurrences containing the keyword ‘Lego’ within the summary field, where the occurrence types ‘CR40 Burglary’ or ‘CR41 Theft & Handling’ is recorded between 1^st January 2020 and 16^th April 2025.

Each of these occurrences have been individually interrogated in order to establish their relevance and to ascertain the location of the theft and the estimated value of the stolen Lego.

Please be advised that all other theft-related offences, such as ‘theft from motor vehicle’ have not been included within the below figures. The below figures include shoplifting and burglary offences only.

Question 1

Please see the below table that provides the results retrieved, broken down by calendar year:

CURRENT RESPONSE

Please see attached document ‘Response Data 693_25’.