Burglary Chris Huhne 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. Alan Johnson 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.| | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------