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Burglary

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 13 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) burglaries and (b) robberies in respect of (i) businesses and (ii) individuals were reported in each year since 1997; and what the detection rate was for each type of offence in each such year. (307631)

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.

Table 1: Offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, 1997

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.

Table 2: Offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, 1998-99 to 2001-02

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.

Table 3: Offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, 2002-03 to 2008-09

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

2006-072007-082008-09

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.