THE north's politicians have passed fewer than 50 reports of crimes to the PSNI in the past two years, according to police figures.
It comes despite politicians frequently appearing at crime scenes to urge the public to contact police with any information.
Police logged 49 crimes as being reported to them by politicians or political parties between 2014 and 2015.
Most of the reports since 2014 were identified as being made to police by members of Sinn Féin.
The figures, obtained by The Irish News through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, include both crimes against politicians and reports on behalf of their constituents.
There are 108 MLAs, 18 MPs, three MEPs and 462 councillors in the north.
But just 57 incidents were recorded as being reported by political representatives over the course of nearly two-and-a-half years, between 2014 and May 1 this year.
Police logged almost a third as being from Sinn Féin representatives at 17, followed by seven from the SDLP, five Alliance, three DUP, and one TUV.
However, the political party involved was not recorded for 24 crimes.
Thirty reports were made by MPs, three by political researchers and the rest were not identified.
The incidents recorded include 17 thefts and 12 reports of criminal damage, including damage to vehicles on two occasions.
Political representatives also reported 10 assaults, two sexual offences, two hate crimes, two threats to kill, one case of harassment and one of arson.
In September 2014 an Alliance member made a report to police of a suspicious package, while in early 2015 Sinn Féin representatives reported both a bomb threat and an explosion.
An SDLP representative contacted the PSNI in May 2014 to report the theft of posters.
And in February this year a Sinn Féin MP contacted the PSNI to report the theft of a bicycle.
In its FOI response the PSNI said the figures show incidents for individuals recorded under the 'politics' category within its electronic crime management system, Niche.
It said there may be politicians who reported incidents logged in the system but that have not been linked to the Niche search facility.
The PSNI response added that the incidents may include crimes reported by politicians and parties on behalf of their constituents.
