Mobile Phone Theft Data 2023 to date

Request

1. How many mobile phones have been stolen in Sheffield/ Doncaster/ Rotherham and Barnsley (individually as locations) in 2024?

2. How many mobile phones have been stolen in Sheffield/ Doncaster/ Rotherham and Barnsley (individually as locations) this year in 2025 so far?

3. How many mobile phones have been stolen in South Yorkshire as a whole in 2023?

4. How many mobile phones have been stolen in South Yorkshire as a whole in 2024?

5. How many mobile phones have been stolen in South Yorkshire as a whole in 2025?

Response

I approached our Performance Review Unit for assistance with your request. An analyst within this unit has conducted a search of our Crime Management System - Connect which records complaints or allegations of those matters, which the Home Office specify should be recorded as 'crimes'. All our systems are designed and used first and foremost for Policing Purposes and have limited search capability. They provided me with the below in response and the following explanation regarding their search criteria:

Criteria used :–

SYP & crime only filter,   Incident Created Date is between 01/01/2023 and 31/08/2025,   Property Class 3 is equal to / is in Mobile Phone,   Property Status is equal to Stolen, Stolen / Recovered

Please note :–

• Extracted on 04/09/2025. Data from CONNECT crime only. This is a live recording system and may be subject to change.
• It's worth noting that some fields used are not mandatory and require manual input.
• Please note, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that data has been extracted from data sources used by this force for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording systems and information assets. The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevant data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should be taken into account when those data are used

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