Metal theft recorded by police England Wales 2016

This statistic shows the number of police recorded metal theft offences in England and Wales in from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016. While the police recorded roughly 63 thousand metal theft offences in the year 2012/2013, the number of thefts recorded by the police dropped to 16 thousand theft offences in the ear ending March 2016.

All metal theft recorded by the police in England and Wales from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016*

Characteristic	Police recorded offences
2015/16	16,155
2014/15	27,237
2013/14	42,206
2012/13	62,980

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Release date

November 2016

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2016

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information:
- Norfolk did not provide any data prior to October 2012; therefore have been excluded from the year ending March 2013. Both Norfolk and Suffolk did not provide any data for year ending March 2016.
- Includes British Transport Police.

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