FOI 5785-25 Defibrillator theft

Request:

Please provide the following information for each calendar year from March 28 2023 to the present:

The number of reported cases of defibrillator theft.
The number of defibrillators stolen in these incidents (if available).
Any relevant statistics on arrests, charges, or convictions related to these thefts (if available).

If it is possible to break this data down by district, area, or location within your jurisdiction, that would be appreciated.

Response:

Information on convictions i.e. results at Court, are held by His Majesty’s Court Service.

Searched all theft Offences between 28-03-2023 and 24-03-2025 returned by Crime Tree Level 4. They have then been filtered on the property label description for 'Defibrillator' and also a keyword search for 'defibrillator' in the occurrence summary.

As with any keyword search, the search will only return exact matches. This does not account for differences in terminology and/or spelling used. Keyword searches are problematic and in no way provide accurate results or figures. If the selected key words have not been mentioned the data will not be returned.

2023 - Kettering – 1 - 18: Investigation complete no suspect identified
2024 - Northampton North East – 1 - 18: Investigation complete no suspect identified