FOI 15940-25 - Stolen Watches
Request:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the latest statistics you hold on thefts of watches valued at £3,000 or more within your force area.
Please include any notifiable offence types in which a qualifying watch was recorded as stolen (for example: theft from person, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime, etc.), where this can be filtered from your crime recording system.
1. Counts by time period
Total number of offences meeting the above criteria for:
01/01/2022–31/12/2022
01/01/2023–31/12/2023
01/01/2024–31/12/2024
01/01/2025–31/07/2025 (part year)
2. Geographic breakdown
For the same periods, a breakdown by your standard local geography (e.g., city, borough/district, LPA, or command unit). Please state which geography you are using.
3. Brand / model
For the same periods, where recorded, the most commonly stolen watch brands and models (e.g., Rolex Daytona, Omega Speedmaster, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak), with counts. If model isn’t consistently recorded, brand alone is fine.
4. Recoveries
For the same periods, the number of qualifying watches recovered (and, if recorded, how many were returned to owners).
5. Offence type (if readily available)
A breakdown by offence classification (e.g., robbery, theft from person, burglary), with counts for each period.
Response:
Search for all theft offences with stolen property between 2022 and 31st July 2025. Filtered to display only property descriptions 'Wrist Watch' valued at £3,000 or more and broken down by LPA and brand.
Questions 1 and 2:
|
|
North |
West |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2022 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
|
2023 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
2024 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
2025 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Question 3:
Watch model is not recorded. Watch make is not recorded for every crime. Therefore, the following information is not necessarily an accurate representation of which brands were most often stolen in each period.
2022 – No singular watch make was recorded more than once.
2023 – Rolex
2024 – Rolex
2025 – No singular watch make was recorded more than once.
Question 4:
2022 – 0
2023 – 0
2024 – 0
2025 – 0
Question 5:
|
|
All Other Theft Offences |
Burglary – Business / Community |
Burglary - Residential |
Robbery of Personal Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2022 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
2023 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
2024 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
2025 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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