Tools: Theft
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of tool thefts in England have been made in each year since 2015.
Answered by Sarah Jones
The Home Office does not routinely collect data on the items stolen in theft offences which are reported to the police.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) provides estimates of the proportion of theft offences reported to the survey where tools were stolen. This will include incidents which were not reported to the police but will exclude incidents which affected commercial premises.
The most recently published data is presented in the table below
Table 1: Number of incidents and proportion where a tool was stolen, in year ending March 2024
Crime Survey for England and Wales, Office for National Statistics
Offence type | Number of incidents | Proportion of incidents where a tool was stolen |
Domestic burglary in a dwelling | 74,000 | 2% |
Domestic burglary in a non-connected building | 53,000 | 25% |
Theft from outside a dwelling | 517,000 | 3% |
Theft from a vehicle | 465,000 | 12% |
Other theft of personal property | 446,000 | 11% |
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