FOI 562/25

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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:

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?
A breakdown of locations where Lego thefts were reported, specifying where they occurred?
The total estimated value of stolen Lego items in recorded incidents, where available.

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:

Years	Number of Occurrences
2020	6
2021	7
2022	14
2023	35
2024	25
2025	18
Total	105

Question 2

Please see the below table that provides the occurrences retrieved in question 1 broken down by location:

Location	Number of Occurrences
Asda	4
B&M Bargains	51
Game	1
Home Bargains	5
Lego Store	2
Sainsburys	5
School	1
Smyths Toy Store	5
Tesco	20
Toymaster	5
Toys 'N' Things	1
Trago Mills	2
W H Smiths	1
Waterstones	2
Total	105

Please be advised, the above data also includes a school as this related to a burglary involving stolen Lego.

Question 3

Occurrence	Value
Occurrence 1	Not recorded
Occurrence 2	Not recorded
Occurrence 3	Not recorded
Occurrence 4	£504
Occurrence 5	£200
Occurrence 6	Not recorded
Occurrence 7	£18
Occurrence 8	£533
Occurrence 9	Not recorded
Occurrence 10	£508 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 11	£813 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 12	Not recorded
Occurrence 13	Not recorded
Occurrence 14	£49.98
Occurrence 15	£450
Occurrence 16	£25
Occurrence 17	£240
Occurrence 18	Not recorded
Occurrence 19	£100
Occurrence 20	£300
Occurrence 21	£70
Occurrence 22	£190
Occurrence 23	£61.95
Occurrence 24	£72
Occurrence 25	£230 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 26	Not recorded
Occurrence 27	£169.99
Occurrence 28	Not recorded
Occurrence 29	£208.89
Occurrence 30	£129.94
Occurrence 31	£913.39
Occurrence 32	x3 Lego sets: £8.99 £15 £17.99
Occurrence 33	Boxes of Lego: £24.99 £15 £17.99
Occurrence 34	£198
Occurrence 35	£150
Occurrence 36	£7 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 37	Not recorded
Occurrence 38	£47.99
Occurrence 39	Not recorded
Occurrence 40	£440
Occurrence 41	£87
Occurrence 42	£842.88
Occurrence 43	x36 Lego Mini Figures (£3.99 each)
Occurrence 44	£127.94 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 45	£550
Occurrence 46	List of value of items: £134.05 - this also includes other stolen items £129.54 - this also includes other stolen items £136.75 - this also includes other stolen items £60.05 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 47	£71.50 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 48	Not recorded
Occurrence 49	Estimated over £1,000
Occurrence 50	£30
Occurrence 51	Not recorded
Occurrence 52	£247.95
Occurrence 53	£385.94
Occurrence 54	£350
Occurrence 55	£175 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 56	Estimated £100 - £150
Occurrence 57	£105
Occurrence 58	£297.81 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 59	List of value of items: £602 - this also includes other stolen items £345 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 60	Not recorded
Occurrence 61	£1,800 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 62	£19.99
Occurrence 63	£159.99
Occurrence 64	£80
Occurrence 65	Not recorded
Occurrence 66	£54.96 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 67	£669.28
Occurrence 68	£69.99
Occurrence 69	£495.75 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 70	£271
Occurrence 71	£235
Occurrence 72	List of value of items: £364.00 - this also includes other stolen items £348.50 - this also includes other stolen items £112.50 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 73	£160
Occurrence 74	£120 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 75	Not recorded
Occurrence 76	£569.94
Occurrence 77	£619
Occurrence 78	List of value of items: £44.99 £46.99
Occurrence 79	Not recorded
Occurrence 80	Not recorded
Occurrence 81	£2,000
Occurrence 82	£215
Occurrence 83	£31.99
Occurrence 84	Not recorded
Occurrence 85	£309.95
Occurrence 86	£130
Occurrence 87	£200
Occurrence 88	£130
Occurrence 89	Over £100
Occurrence 90	£151.99
Occurrence 91	List of value of items: £196.97 £106.98
Occurrence 92	£190 - this also includes other stolen items
Occurrence 93	£165
Occurrence 94	£320
Occurrence 95	£1,500
Occurrence 96	£48
Occurrence 97	£100
Occurrence 98	£39.98
Occurrence 99	List of value of items: £90 £55
Occurrence 100	£660
Occurrence 101	£113.95
Occurrence 102	Not recorded
Occurrence 103	£176
Occurrence 104	Not recorded
Occurrence 105	£152.99

Please note, where ‘Not recorded’ is included in the attached table, this is where the value of the stolen Lego has not been recorded within the occurrence.

Please also note that this data has been gathered by searching our records management system for offences containing the keyword Lego in the relevant time-period. The results retrieved are dependent on how the information has been entered onto the system. As such, the information provided should not be considered statistically accurate and/or definitive and therefore, care should be taken when using this data for any further statistical, analytical or evaluative purposes.

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FOI 562/25