taken from a pub car park<\/a> in March.<\/p>\nFollowing an appeal. the dog was later returned to her Bartley Green home.<\/p>\n
The findings were conducted by home security provider ADT, who issued Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to police forces across the country.<\/p>\n
Whilst the West Midlands is the fastest-growing region for pet robbery, it only just made the top five areas overall.<\/p>\n
Dorset was named the number one region in the country for pet thefts with 696 reported cases.<\/p>\n
Despite having the highest number of thefts overall, Dorset saw a drop from 913 thefts in 2019 to 696 in 2024.<\/p>\n
West Yorkshire finished in second with 208 whilst South Yorkshire made third with 127 incidents.<\/p>\n
Dogs were the most frequently stolen pet in the findings with 539 cases reported last year.<\/p>\n
Birds were just behind in the findings with 409 cases of theft whilst there were 255 cases of cat thefts.<\/p>\n
ADT UK Subscriber general manager Michele Bennett said: \u201cPet theft in the UK has become increasingly concerning, mainly as pets are often considered valuable family members.<\/p>\n
“The pet theft can be attributed to several factors, including the increased demand for specific breeds, which can command high prices on the black market.<\/p>\n
“This demand was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw a surge in pet ownership as people sought companionship during lockdowns.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the government has taken steps to address these concerns. For instance, introducing compulsory microchipping for dogs has been a significant step in deterring theft and aiding in recovering stolen pets.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The region is the fastest-growing area in the country for pet theftPet thefts in the West Midlands have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,690,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-108195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-dogs","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Pet thefts in the West Midlands have increased by 277%(Image: Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n