Various Cases of Thefts from Different Churches in the United Kingdom

Case information
Incident date
Date unknown
Country
United Kingdom
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
  • Vandalism (all)
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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A perpetrator stole the charity box from St. John’ church project, Shildon Alive. Other equipment such as video camera and items worth about £560 were stolen from Angelican church All Saints’. A burglar broke into Preston church and stole money intended to help asylum seekers and vulnerable people. At the Pentecostal Church on St John’s Road, a thief stole two wheels from a church minibus. Police are looking for witnesses and clues. Some thieves stole cash from St.Mirin’s Cathedral. Police are appealing for witnesses. Cash and tin have also been stolen from St.Brynach’s church. Seven lawn mowers have been stolen from St John the Baptist Church, in Farnham Road. Three men from the West Midlands admitted theft over 30 churches in different parts of the country, including Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. Church of Little Massingham Church has also been a victim of theft.

20.09.2020 Suffolk Lynn News 52.785303, 0.656796

2019 Several cases Cambridgeshire Peterborough Telegraph 53.233780, -0.537351

18.08.2020 Northhampton BBC 52.248369, -0.823259

19.08.2020 Snape Eas Anglian Daily Times 52.180940, 1.501829

18.09.2019 Nevern Tivy-Side Advertiser 52.025435, -4.795149

10.09.2020 Huddlesfield Bradford Zone 53.655859, -1.788098

13.10.2020 Paisley Daily Record 55.847322, -4.416485

15.10.2020 Repeated Times Preston Lancashire Post 53.788445, -2.700612

10.2020 Shildon The Northern Echo 54.634160, -1.644263