Ram Raids at Convenience Stores Sep 2023-Sep2025

Request

Please could you send me the newest available data, date ranges 01.09.2023 - 01.09.2024 and 01.09.2024 - 01.09.2025

The number of reported incidents of ram raids at convenience stores.

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 :–

Incident Created Date is between 01/09/2023 and 31/08/2025,   SYP & crime only filter,   Initial MO is LIKE (pattern match) %ram raid%, %ram-raid%,

Please note :–

• Extracted on 18/09/2025. Data from CONNECT crime only. This is a live recording system and may be subject to change.
• Spelling mistakes and variations of keywords cannot be accounted for and as such, may not be captured or included.
• Keyword searches are unreliable. The reasons why searches using this method are not reliable include (but are not limited to) the following: –

1. a) Spelling errors
2. b) Variations of the keyword
3. c) Non mandatory recording of keywords

Question 1

5

4 between 01/09/23-01/09/24 and 1 between 01/09/24-01/09/25