The statistics for burglary of dwellings in the last 5 years
30th May 2025
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref No: FOI2025/04016
The statistics for burglary of dwellings in the last 5 years.
Specifically, broken out by year, the:
1. Number of reported incidents
2. Number of new investigations conducted
3. Number of incidents where investigations were not conducted, with reasons
4. Number of burglaries solved (i.e. culprit found)
5. Number of successful prosecutions completed
6. Statistics about the sentences imposed
7. Statistics about the actual sentences served
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Response: Following searches conducted on the crime recording system of the Force, enquiries within the Force, please see our response below:
1.
Burglary Dwelling
Dates between: 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2024
|
Incidents |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BURGLARY - DWELLING |
1513 |
1150 |
1092 |
923 |
907 |
5585 |
|
Grand Total |
1513 |
1150 |
1092 |
923 |
907 |
5585 |
- All incidents were investigated
- Please see the answer to question 2 above.
4.
Recorded Crime - Burglary dwelling
Dates between: 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2024
|
Crime Outcome |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 - Charged/Summons |
92 |
99 |
91 |
125 |
87 |
494 |
|
|
2 - Youth Caution |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
3 - Adult Caution |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
4 - TIC |
71 |
37 |
40 |
49 |
40 |
237 |
|
|
8 - Community Resolution |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
|
|
9 - Not in the Public Interest (CPS) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
10 - Not in the Public Interest (Police) |
0 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
|
|
12 - Suspect is too ill |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
14 - Victim does not support, no named suspect |
53 |
75 |
74 |
69 |
77 |
348 |
|
|
15 - Suspect, victim supports, evidential difficulties |
92 |
96 |
105 |
86 |
91 |
470 |
|
|
16 - Suspect, victim does not support |
60 |
54 |
68 |
65 |
75 |
322 |
|
|
18 - Investigation Complete |
1501 |
1426 |
1238 |
1170 |
1125 |
6460 |
|
|
20 - Further action undertaken by another body/agency |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
22 - Diversionary, educational or intervention activity |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Unsolved |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
25 |
31 |
|
|
Grand Total |
1871 |
1801 |
1627 |
1575 |
1531 |
8405 |
|
Questions 5-7. Prosecution data is not held by Bedfordshire Police, it is held by the Ministry of Justice and can be accessed via [email protected]
The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.