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Burglaries: Greater London

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 25 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded burglaries there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of those recorded burglaries led to a conviction in each year, broken down by borough. (133509)

The statistics are not available in the form requested. Recorded burglary statistics relate to offences and convictions data relates to offenders. In addition, recorded crime data are published on a financial year basis and conviction data are published on a calendar year basis. For these reasons, the two data sources are therefore not directly comparable.

Figures for the number of offences recorded and the number of convictions are provided in the tables. Recorded crime data at borough level are only available from 2000-01.

Table 1: Recorded offences of burglary by London borough, 2000-01 and 2001-02

Borough

2000-01

2001-02

Barking and Dagenham

1,970

2,220

Barnet

4,107

3,954

Bexley

2,583

2,394

Brent

4,441

4,099

Bromley

3,263

3,580

Camden

5,305

5,857

City of Westminster

5,403

5,646

Croydon

3,779

4,131

Ealing

4,637

4,533

Enfield

3,973

4,411

Greenwich

3,050

2,794

Hackney

4,298

4,287

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,076

2,789

Haringey

4,159

4,803

Harrow

2,791

2,623

Havering

2,356

2,567

Hillingdon

4,085

3,643

Hounslow

3,415

3,192

Islington

4,292

4,567

Kensington and Chelsea

3,555

2,826

Kingston upon Thames

1,349

1,180

Lambeth

6,150

6,974

Lewisham

3,287

3,490

Merton

1,792

1,967

Newham

3,460

3,886

Redbridge

2,798

2,899

Richmond upon Thames

2,384

2,174

Southwark

4,235

5,016

Sutton

1,471

1,820

Tower Hamlets

3,714

3,262

Waltham Forest

3,123

4,012

Wandsworth

4,023

4,352

Total

112,324

115,948

Table 2: Recorded offences of burglary by London Borough, 2002-03 to 2005-06

Borough

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Barking and Dagenham

2,012

2,240

2,175

1,921

Barnet

4,039

3,978

4,045

4,363

Bexley

2,341

2,226

1,986

2,366

Brent

3,859

4,062

3,987

3,904

Bromley

3,596

3,472

3,776

3,926

Camden

5,884

4,843

4,171

4,108

City of Westminster

5,264

4,296

4,497

4,158

Croydon

4,115

3,769

3,230

3,582

Ealing

4,543

4,375

4,350

4,999

Enfield

4,301

3,865

3,528

3,844

Greenwich

2,986

3,080

2,970

3,209

Hackney

4,807

4,327

3,897

3,547

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,089

2,827

3,023

3,052

Haringey

4,356

4,115

4,084

3,841

Harrow

2,736

2,626

2,178

2,446

Havering

2,386

2,161

2,315

2,453

Hillingdon

3,569

3,183

3,143

3,137

Hounslow

3,374

3,450

2,969

2,982

Islington

4,429

3,957

3,681

3,683

Kensington and Chelsea

2,512

2,576

2,580

2,444

Kingston upon Thames

985

939

984

1,188

Lambeth

5,694

4,980

4,150

3,884

Lewisham

3,708

3,837

3,778

3,524

Merton

1,930

2,034

1,764

1,796

Newham

3,494

3,398

3,410

4,112

Redbridge

2,974

2,990

3,058

3,282

Richmond upon Thames

2,120

1,787

2,017

2,395

Southwark

4,885

4,556

4,411

4,143

Sutton

1,446

1,397

1,429

1,480

Tower Hamlets

3,567

3,023

3,070

3,467

Waltham Forest

3,812

3,284

3,144

3,131

Wandsworth

4,547

3,664

3,616

3,108

Total

113,360

105,317

101,416

103,475

Note:

The National crime Recording standard was introduced in April 2002. Figures for earlier years are therefore not directly comparable.

Table 3: Number of defendants found guilty at all courts of burglary, broken down by London court area, 1996 to 20051,2,3

London Court Area

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

City of London

Guildhall Justice Rooms

37

26

25

23

14

38

29

27

24

29

Inner London Courts

Bow Street

98

80

66

68

56

64

87

82

67

59

Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge

293

402

372

378

326

276

343

341

365

297

Greenwich and Woolwich

216

188

202

165

180

177

180

168

170

177

Highbury Corner

365

301

286

245

262

223

293

264

253

230

Horseferry Road

124

105

144

170

175

156

173

173

129

157

Marylebone

99

109

98

88

34

4

-

-

5

2

South Western

141

166

119

145

145

133

154

149

120

96

Thames

92

111

74

243

334

298

294

326

220

248

West London

76

183

131

155

204

193

191

202

191

205

Inner London Juvenile Courts

447

94

48

31

-

-

-

-

-

Total - Inner London

1,951

1,739

1,540

1,688

1,716

1,524

1,715

1,705

1,520

1,471

Outer London

Barking and Dagenham

75

74

92

59

62

59

56

75

69

56

Bar net

84

107

99

56

88

77

107

97

89

84

Bexley

82

54

72

75

54

57

57

41

37

54

Brent

124

121

93

75

105

91

91

70

85

114

Bromley

93

77

81

59

62

71

62

76

107

91

Croydon

125

162

174

117

118

133

107

100

100

78

Baling

132

94

101

84

92

88

113

113

98

123

Enfield

74

86

94

81

116

82

127

113

86

100

Haringey

104

125

98

87

111

99

83

110

100

107

Harrow

44

49

44

43

48

55

62

60

52

47

Havering

34

57

71

74

39

45

61

52

55

52

Hillingdon

58

78

78

72

89

87

91

69

77

57

Hounslow

86

84

116

119

109

95

92

48

87

82

Kingston upon Thames

52

49

42

48

37

38

42

47

43

49

Merton

73

82

65

68

52

54

51

68

59

76

Newham

116

134

145

103

83

65

113

116

106

141

Redbridge

90

58

60

69

56

66

55

52

92

72

Richmond upon Thames

75

47

43

63

56

53

71

46

63

63

Sutton

71

60

72

42

46

55

72

50

60

37

Waltham Forest

99

118

124

87

93

79

111

85

88

77

Total -Outer London

1,691

1,716

1,764

1,481

1,516

1,449

1,624

1,488

1,553

1,560

Total

3,679

3,481

3,329

3,192

3,246

3,011

3,368

3,220

3,097

3,060

1 These data are on the principal offence basis . 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 3 The above data comprises burglary in a dwelling, aggravated burglary in a dwelling, burglary other than in a dwelling and aggravated burglary in a building other than a dwelling. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Ref IOS 209-07