Residential burglary (FOI ref: 1732A/25)

Request

1. The total number of recorded residential burglary offences in your police force area for March 2024-March 2025.

2. A breakdown of the number of offences by month for the same 12-month period.

Response

See table below and note

"We fully understand the devastating impact burglary can have on those affected whether in their home or business environment.

Since December 2022, we have attended all reported residential burglaries, unless the victim states they do not wish us to attend.

Date released from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) covering the period year ending October 2023 to September 2024 revealed that the number of home burglaries has reduced by 12%.

We're committed to following the trail of evidence in all the cases we examine − but if an investigation finds no witnesses, CCTV or forensic evidence then the chances of identifying offenders is vastly reduced.

We also look at the underlying causes of burglary and the people who commit these crimes and have invested in rehabilitation and intervention programmes to help reduce these offences.

The results of these comprehensive measures are encouraging. We continuously evaluate and refine our strategies, we remain committed to providing a safer environment for all members of the public."

Table - Residential burglary offences 01 March 2024 to 28 February 2025:

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 taken into account 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 taken into account when those data are used.

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