Lego shoplifting offences
19th May 2025
Our Ref: FOI2025/03358
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref No: FOI2025/03358
I write in connection with your request for information received on 16th April. I note you seek access to the following information:
I am writing under the FOI Act to request records of high-value (over £500 in value) retail thefts involving Lego products since January 2019.
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 2023, the whole of 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.
I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.
Response - Following enquiries within the Constabulary please see our response below.
- Shoplifting and/or Burglary Offences where Lego was stolen
|
Calendar Year 2019 |
18 |
|
Calendar Year 2020 |
8 |
|
Calendar Year 2021 |
11 |
|
Calendar Year 2022 |
12 |
|
Calendar Year 2023 |
35 |
|
Calendar Year 2024 |
31 |
|
*2025 |
12 |
*2025 is up to/including 15th April 2025
|
Location |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Bar Hill |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
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Hampton |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
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Peterborough |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
|
Cambridge |
5 |
|
4 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
|
Wisbech |
2 |
|
|
|
5 |
5 |
|
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St Ives |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Eynesbury |
1 |
|
|
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|
|
|
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St Neots |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Ely |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
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Eaton Socon |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
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Water beach |
|
1 |
|
|
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|
|
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March |
|
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
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Godmanchester |
|
|
1 |
|
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|
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Huntingdon |
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Milton |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Total |
18 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
35 |
31 |
12 |
- Total Estimated Value (Where Known/Stated on the Offence Log)
|
Calendar Year 2019 |
£638.80 |
|
Calendar Year 2020 |
£2,026.00 |
|
Calendar Year 2021 |
£1,539.41 |
|
Calendar Year 2022 |
£1,412.93 |
|
Calendar Year 2023 |
£6,532.88 |
|
Calendar Year 2024 |
£1,299.72 |
|
*2025 |
£300.00 |
*2025 is up to/including 15th April 2025
**not all records had a monetary value attached
The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.