Burglaries (FOI Ref: 1469A/25)

FOI Request Reference: 1469A/25

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 16/7/2025

 

Apologies with the delay in this response.

 

Request

 

 

1. Please provide the total number of “residential (dwelling) burglaries” reported to your constabulary in each month of the last three calendar years: 2022, 2023, and 2024.

NOTE: In relation to “residential (dwelling) burglaries” this should include the following offences which I provide along with the relevant Home Office Code:

Burglary Residential (28E)

Residential burglary of a home (28I)

Aggravated burglary – residential (home) (29B) Aggravated residential burglary of a home (28J)

NOTE: If the data cannot be supplied by month. Then please provide annual totals for each calendar year.

 

2. For the burglary reports listed in Q1, please provide a breakdown of the outcomes, on an annual basis for 2022, 2023 and 2024 showing:

(a)     The number of cases that were resolved where a person was charged (Home Office Outcome Code 1)

(b)     The number of cases that were resolved where a suspect was identified and received some kind of sanction, punishment, diversionary course, or addition to their criminal record, but where they were NOT charged. (Home Office codes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

(c)     The total number of other cases not included in (a) and (b). (Home Offices codes  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21).

(d)     Still under investigation.

 

3. If held, please provide a list showing the variety of items stolen in the 20 most recently reported stolen items as part of these theft offences starting from 1.6.25. If possible, please include the estimated value of each item.

 

4. Please could you answer questions 1, 2 and 3 again but this time in relation to the following offences, provided below with their Home Office code:

Residential burglary of unconnected building (28M) Aggravated burglary – residential (unconnected building) (29C)

 

5. Please could you answer questions 1, 2 and 3 again but this time in relation to the following offence, provided with the Home Office code

Theft from the person (39)

 

Response

 

Please find enclosed our response.

1. Please provide the total number of “residential (dwelling) burglaries” reported to your constabulary in each month of the last three calendar years: 2022, 2023, and 2024.

NOTE: In relation to “residential (dwelling) burglaries” this should include the following offences which I provide along with the relevant Home Office Code:

Burglary Residential (28E)

Residential burglary of a home (28I)

 

Aggravated burglary – residential (home) (29B) Aggravated residential burglary of a home (28J)

NOTE: If the data cannot be supplied by month. Then please provide annual totals for each calendar year.

 

 

Please note that ‘-‘ indicates a nil result

 

	Offence Sub Class	Burglary - Residential		Residential burglary of a home
Month Year Crime Recorded	HOMC HOOC (Code)	028/03	029/00	028/03	029/00
Totals		19,403	356	19,658	442
Jan-2022		1,447	37	-	-
Feb-2022		1,220	25	-	-
Mar-2022		1,290	23	-	-
Apr-2022		1,150	23	-	-
May-2022		1,132	17	1	-
Jun-2022		1,121	8	-	-
Jul-2022		1,139	23	-	-
Aug-2022		1,206	17	-	-
Sep-2022		1,423	23	-	-
Oct-2022		1,438	28	-	-
Nov-2022		1,414	24	-	-
Dec-2022		1,450	34	-	-
Jan-2023		1,383	32	-	-
Feb-2023		1,175	17	-	-
Mar-2023		1,369	24	-	-
Apr-2023		17	-	969	16
May-2023		6	-	865	17
Jun-2023		16	1	864	12
Jul-2023		6	-	881	13
Aug-2023		1	-	1,065	17
Sep-2023		-	-	990	25
Oct-2023		-	-	1,251	24
Nov-2023		-	-	1,192	33
Dec-2023		-	-	1,205	28
Jan-2024		-	-	1,121	25
Feb-2024		-	-	918	22
Mar-2024		-	-	858	20
Apr-2024		-	-	825	22
May-2024		-	-	791	24
Jun-2024		-	-	803	21
Jul-2024		-	-	788	31
Aug-2024		-	-	785	19
Sep-2024		-	-	812	20
Oct-2024		-	-	931	15
Nov-2024		-	-	867	20
Dec-2024		-	-	876	18

 

2. For the burglary reports listed in Q1, please provide a breakdown of the outcomes, on an annual basis for 2022, 2023 and 2024 showing:

(a)     The number of cases that were resolved where a person was charged (Home Office Outcome Code 1)

(b)     The number of cases that were resolved where a suspect was identified and received some kind of sanction, punishment, diversionary course, or addition to their criminal record, but where they were NOT charged. (Home Office codes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

(c)     The total number of other cases not included in (a) and (b). (Home Offices codes  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21).

(d)     Still under investigation.

 

 

Year Crime Recorded	Outcome Code	OC	OC1	OC1A	OC2	OC3	OC3A	OC4	OC5	OC8	OC9	OC10	OC11	OC12	OC14	OC15	OC16	OC18	OC20	OC22
2022		0	517	229	2	11	4	199	0	70	9	9	0	0	473	678	672	12813	3	32
2023		5	625	178	2	9	4	177	3	87	0	0	0	3	452	683	575	10698	0	13
2024		66	491	216	0	3	2	57	2	46	0	0	1	0	597	640	539	7970	1	1
Totals		71	1633	623	4	23	10	433	5	203	9	1	1	3	1522	2001	1786	31481	4	46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. If held, please provide a list showing the variety of items stolen in the 20 most recently reported stolen items as part of these theft offences starting from 1.6.25. If possible, please include the estimated value of each item.

 

The value of an item  / estimated value is not information that is always recorded in the same place on a crime record, and often it is not recorded at all.  Therefore, for this reason it would mean a manual review of each crime in order to locate and create this data set.  The authority does not have to answer your question if this would mean creating new information  (section 8 FOI Act).

 

The item list is:

 

 

Bracelet

Cash (including coins)

Copper

General remote control

Gold

Angle grinder

Hedge trimmer

Household items

Keys

Laptop

Leather

Microwave

Mobile phone

Necklace

Passport

Drill

Suit

Tablet

Television

Watch

 

 

 

 

4. Please could you answer questions 1, 2 and 3 again but this time in relation to the following offences, provided below with their Home Office code:

Residential burglary of unconnected building (28M) Aggravated burglary – residential (unconnected building) (29C)

 

Please note that pre – 2023 this offence did not exist. Therefore, there is no data for it.

 

	Offence Sub Class	Residential burglary of unconnected building
Month Year Crime Recorded	Offence Category	Aggravated burglary - residential (unconnected)	Attempted residential burglary of unconnected	Residential burglary of unconnected building
Totals		14	386	2,437
Apr-2023		-	21	154
May-2023		1	29	149
Jun-2023		3	16	115
Jul-2023		1	22	116
Aug-2023		-	15	87
Sep-2023		-	17	124
Oct-2023		-	17	122
Nov-2023		-	23	119
Dec-2023		-	23	103
Jan-2024		1	26	129
Feb-2024		2	15	97
Mar-2024		-	16	110
Apr-2024		-	15	144
May-2024		1	17	129
Jun-2024		1	17	105
Jul-2024		1	15	105
Aug-2024		1	15	94
Sep-2024		-	10	104
Oct-2024		1	23	156
Nov-2024		1	14	94
Dec-2024		-	20	81

 

 

Items Stolen

 

Beer / lager

Chain saw

Cricket bat

Decorating ma-paint

Electricians

Foodstuffs-miscellaneous

Garden tools

Garden-lawn mower

Hybrid bike

Motor cycle

Mountain bike

Other bike

Plant-drill

Post - letter

Pressure / je

Road bike

Rotavator

Scaffold

Socket set

Tools

 

	Offence Sub Class	Residential burglary of unconnected building
	Offence Category	Aggravated burglary - residential (unconnected)					Attempted residential burglary of unconnected						Residential burglary of unconnected building
Date Recorded	Outcome Code	OC	OC14	OC15	OC16	OC18	OC	OC1	OC14	OC15	OC16	OC18	OC	OC1	OC1A	OC2	OC4	OC8	OC10	OC11	OC14	OC15	OC16	OC18	OC20
Apr-2023		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	2	5	114	-
May-2023		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	26	-	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	23	3	2	113	-
Jun-2023		-	-	-	2	1	-	-	6	1	1	8	-	7	-	1	3	-	-	-	15	3	4	82	-
Jul-2023		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	2	16	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	16	4	5	88	-
Aug-2023		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	13	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	6	4	57	-
Sep-2023		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	14	-	7	-	-	2	-	-	-	27	2	-	86	-
Oct-2023		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	13	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	22	5	1	90	-
Nov-2023		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	2	-	17	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	23	6	1	84	-
Dec-2023		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	19	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	3	2	67	-
Jan-2024		-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	-	22	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	1	103	1
Feb-2024		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	13	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	4	73	-
Mar-2024		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	4	2	90	-
Apr-2024		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	9	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	5	116	-
May-2024		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	15	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	7	2	98	-
Jun-2024		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	15	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	3	81	-
Jul-2024		-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	12	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	17	6	5	75	-
Aug-2024		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	13	5	3	68	-
Sep-2024		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	10	3	1	85	-
Oct-2024		-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	20	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	14	4	4	128	-
Nov-2024		-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	12	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	81	-
Dec-2024		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	15	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	10	3	3	60	-

 

 

 

 

 

5. Please could you answer questions 1, 2 and 3 again but this time in relation to the following offence, provided with the Home Office code

Theft from the person (39)

 

Date record created	Theft from the person
Jan-2022	369
Feb-2022	374
Mar-2022	339
Apr-2022	355
May-2022	323
Jun-2022	326
Jul-2022	416
Aug-2022	355
Sep-2022	332
Oct-2022	462
Nov-2022	433
Dec-2022	380
Jan-2023	346
Feb-2023	350
Mar-2023	432
Apr-2023	337
May-2023	357
Jun-2023	299
Jul-2023	311
Aug-2023	268
Sep-2023	263
Oct-2023	283
Nov-2023	309
Dec-2023	313
Jan-2024	287
Feb-2024	272
Mar-2024	238
Apr-2024	229
May-2024	237
Jun-2024	226
Jul-2024	199
Aug-2024	209
Sep-2024	209
Oct-2024	262
Nov-2024	233
Dec-2024	235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date Record Created	Outcome Code	OC	OC1	OC1A	OC3	OC8	OC10	OC14	OC15	OC16	OC17	OC18	OC20	OC22
Jan-2022		-	-	-	-	-	-	18	17	39	-	295	-	-
Feb-2022		-	-	-	2	-	-	40	19	25	-	287	1	-
Mar-2022		-	1	-	1	1	-	28	14	26	-	268	-	-
Apr-2022		-	-	-	-	1	-	25	9	18	-	302	-	-
May-2022		-	1	-	-	-	-	15	24	36	-	246	1	-
Jun-2022		-	1	-	1	1	1	17	8	35	-	261	1	-
Jul-2022		-	1	-	-	-	-	22	9	42	1	341	-	-
Aug-2022		-	4	-	-	1	-	21	17	41	-	271	-	-
Sep-2022		-	2	-	-	-	-	48	12	21	-	249	-	-
Oct-2022		-	1	-	-	1	-	33	10	28	-	389	-	-
Nov-2022		-	4	-	1	-	-	48	13	21	-	346	-	-
Dec-2022		-	2	-	-	2	-	55	12	23	-	286	-	-
Jan-2023		-	6	-	-	-	-	67	20	27	-	226	-	-
Feb-2023		-	4	2	1	-	-	50	9	20	-	264	-	-
Mar-2023		-	5	-	-	-	-	85	11	25	-	306	-	-
Apr-2023		-	3	-	-	1	-	52	11	25	-	245	-	-
May-2023		-	3	2	-	13	-	39	3	26	-	271	-	-
Jun-2023		-	16	-	1	4	-	31	12	19	-	216	-	-
Jul-2023		-	4	-	-	4	-	37	18	15	-	233	-	-
Aug-2023		-	6	-	-	9	-	37	14	17	-	185	-	-
Sep-2023		-	7	-	-	4	-	57	4	30	-	161	-	-
Oct-2023		1	13	-	-	4	-	58	11	16	-	180	-	-
Nov-2023		-	23	-	-	4	-	59	5	15	-	202	1	-
Dec-2023		-	10	-	1	1	-	64	8	25	-	204	-	-
Jan-2024		-	5	-	1	8	-	40	8	14	-	210	1	-
Feb-2024		-	13	-	1	6	-	39	5	26	-	181	-	1
Mar-2024		1	11	1	-	4	-	37	9	16	-	159	-	-
Apr-2024		-	6	-	-	4	-	28	12	14	-	165	-	-
May-2024		1	11	-	-	16	-	28	5	19	-	157	-	-
Jun-2024		-	1	-	-	10	-	41	7	23	-	144	-	-
Jul-2024		-	7	-	-	5	-	41	12	18	-	115	1	-
Aug-2024		-	5	-	-	7	-	29	6	22	-	140	-	-
Sep-2024		2	7	-	-	7	-	38	7	12	-	136	-	-
Oct-2024		1	5	2	-	6	-	50	5	22	-	171	-	-
Nov-2024		4	2	-	-	2	-	43	6	16	-	160	-	-
Dec-2024		1	7	-	-	1	-	37	12	26	-	151	-	-

 

Items stolen below:

 

Bank / credit cards

Cash

Laptop

Mobile phone

Passport

Wallet

Ring

Pounds

 

These are the last 20 items stolen some were repeated for example there were 9 mobile phones.

 

 

Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area. 

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data. 

 

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.  

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