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Figures reveal Sussex Police recorded 32 dog thefts in the year ending March 31. That was down from 54 the previous year, a 41 per cent decrease. Of the thefts reported in the latest 12-month period, the largest number – six – happened in September 2020 and March this year. The figures cover the number of dog thefts reported to police, but not the number of animals stolen. Nationally, at least 1,791 offences were recorded in 2020-21 by the 31 forces in England and Wales which provided comparable figures, an 11 per cent rise on 1,612 in 2019-20. The national figure excludes data from South Yorkshire Police for March this year.