Figures based on the number of recorded offences in England and Wales of (1) total burglary in a dwelling, (2) total burglary in a building other than a dwelling, (3) robbery of business property and (4) robbery of personal property are given in the following tables.
The number of burglaries related to business properties cannot be separately identified from the recorded ‘burglary in a building other than a dwelling’ offences.
1997 Offence Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Robbery 63,072 27 Total burglary in a dwelling 519,265 26 Total burglary in a building other than a dwelling 495,810 20 Note: Up until 1997, robbery of (i) business property and (ii) personal property offences were recorded together under the classification of ‘robbery’ and were not separately identifiable.
1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Offence Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Robbery of business property 10,481 35 12,148 25 12,394 25 13,186 27 Robbery of personal property 56,354 20 72,129 17 82,760 17 108,173 15 Total burglary in a dwelling 473,349 22 442,602 15 402,984 14 430,347 14 Total burglary in a building other than a dwelling 479,835 17 463,866 10 433,043 10 448,162 10 Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Offence Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Robbery of business property 11,066 29 10,110 28 7,934 29 8,760 26 Robbery of personal property 99,205 17 93,626 18 83,076 19 89,438 18 Total burglary in a dwelling 437,583 15 402,345 15 321,507 16 300,517 17 Total burglary in a building other than a dwelling 452,516 10 417,668 10 358,851 11 344,551 11
Offence Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of Offences Detection rate (percentage) Robbery of business property 9,454 23 9,174 26 9,344 27 Robbery of personal property 91,922 18 75,574 19 70,772 20 Total burglary in a dwelling 292,260 17 280,694 16 284,427 16 Total burglary in a building other than a dwelling 329,752 11 302,989 11 297,119 11 Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.