Domestic Burglaries

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/004100/M
Version Date: 13/01/2026

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
For recorded domestic burglary offences only (i.e. residential premises), please provide the following data for the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024:

1. Total number of domestic burglaries
The total number of recorded domestic burglary offences for each calendar year (2023 and 2024), shown separately.

Table i

This table shows the total number of crimes with the Main Crime Group 'Dwelling Burglary' broken down by month and year.

2. Items stolen
A list of the items or item categories recorded as stolen in domestic burglary offences during this period.

Table ii shows, for the crimes in table i, that have linked property, what the property type was. Please note that some occurrences do not have the property field filled in, and others have multiple types of property entered.

3. Frequency of theft
The number of times each item or item category was recorded as stolen, broken down by year (2023 and 2024) where available.
Please see table for question two.

4. Location within the property (if available) If recorded, please indicate whether stolen items were taken from:
Inside the main dwelling
A garage
A shed or outbuilding
Other external storage areas

This table shows, for the property in table ii., what the linked location for the occurrence was.

5. Data format
Please provide the information in a tabular format (such as Excel or CSV), with clear column headings, for example:

Year

Total number of domestic burglaries

Item or item category

Number of recorded thefts

Location within property (if available)

If item-level descriptions are not held centrally, please provide the highest level of categorisation available (for example: jewellery, bicycles, power tools, electronics).

If fulfilling the full request would exceed the cost limit, I would be grateful if you could provide:

The top 10 most frequently stolen items or categories for each year, and

The total number of domestic burglaries for each year, and advise how the request may be refined.