051 Robbery

The intentional unlawful taking of property from the owner, carer, controller, or custodian of that property with the use and/or threat of immediate force or violence.

Robbery involving any of the following aggravating circumstances:

• Committed in company (i.e. by two or more persons)
• Infliction of physical injury on the person
• Possession of a weapon or imitation weapon, whether used or not

• Armed “hold-up” in a shop or other premises where money or valuables may be stored
• Carjacking or mugging involving physical injury, use of a weapon, and/or more than one offender
• Robbery from a premises involving physical injury, use of a weapon, and/or more than one offender
• Other aggravated robbery

• Shoplifting, or theft from retail premises – coded to 0730 Theft from retail premises
• Taking of a hostage – coded to 0430 Deprivation of liberty or false imprisonment
• Unlawful entry with intent – coded to relevant groups in 06 Burglary

Robbery where there is no physical injury, no use of a weapon, and only one offender.

• Carjacking or mugging where there is no physical injury, no use of a weapon, and only one offender
• Robbery from retail premises where there is no physical injury, no use of a weapon, and only one offender
• Other non-aggravated robbery

• Illegal entry to a shop for the purposes of theft – coded to groups in 062 Burglary of a non-residential building 
• Pickpocketing or bag snatching without threat or physical harm – coded to 0720 Theft from a person
• Shoplifting, or theft from retail premises – coded to 0730 Theft from retail premises
• Use of threats to demand money that is not face-to-face, for example via an email, letter, text message, or phone call – coded to 0520 Blackmail or other extortion