FOI release

Cat Theft 2019-2023

Case reference FOI2026/01920

Received 23 September 2026

Published 15 October 2026

Request

REQUEST 1: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What would you like to know?: Please provide the following aggregate figures for recorded crimes involving a stolen cat in your force area from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023: 1. How many cat-theft crimes were recorded in each month from January 2019 to December 2023? Please use the date the crime was recorded. 2. For each year, how many were recorded in each theft-location category? Please use your existing categories. 3. For each year, how many had each recorded crime outcome? Please use your existing outcome categories. 4. For each year, what were the totals by breed/type and, separately, by sex of the cat? Please include unknown or unrecorded categories where available. Please include cat thefts recorded under burglary or robbery as well as theft, where readily identifiable. Aggregate tables are sufficient. Please state if a figure is unavailable and whether the breed and sex totals count cats or crimes.

Response

NIL OCCURRENCES WITHIN CITY OF LONDON POLICE

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