DCLG DATA4NR: Theft from the Person Offences Recorded by UK Police

Notifiable offences recorded by the police for theft from the person, sourced from the UK Home Office. The dataset is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0 and was last updated on 2026-07-08 13:33:02.813825. It is part of the DATA4NR reference series.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in theft from the person based on police-recorded offence data.
• Model crime rates for resource allocation planning based on recorded offence categories.
• Study the relationship between theft offences and other socio-economic factors using official UK statistics.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Home Office organization.
• Has a clear open government license (OGL-UK-3.0).
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:33:02.813825.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Home Office

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from police forces.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:02.813825; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom