Burglary stats (28A/24)
Request
1) How many incidents of domestic burglary have been reported to your force in the past three calendar years: 2020, 2021 and 2023
2) Please can you also provide a breakdown of how many of these reports led to a police officer visiting the scene of the incident, also broken down by calendar year.
Response
Please find enclosed our response. Below is a key to the policing areas.
BE = Birmingham East
BW = Birmingham West
CV = Coventry
DY = Dudley
OO = Not recorded area on system
SH = Solihull
SW = Sandwell
WS = Walsall
WV = Wolverhampton
How many incidents of domestic burglary have been reported to your force in the past three calendar years: 2020, 2021 and 2023
| NPU | Year | Grand Total | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| BE | 2,751 | 3,203 | 3,062 | 9,016 |
| BW | 4,080 | 3,895 | 3,675 | 11,650 |
| CV | 1,379 | 1,627 | 1,863 | 4,869 |
| DY | 1,214 | 1,290 | 1,453 | 3,957 |
| Oo | 24 | 67 | 62 | 153 |
| SH | 928 | 1,217 | 1,152 | 3,297 |
| SW | 1,419 | 1,405 | 1,517 | 4,341 |
| WS | 1,175 | 1,431 | 1,399 | 4,005 |
| WV | 1,138 | 1,315 | 1,104 | 3,557 |
| Grand Total | 14,108 | 15,450 | 15,287 | 44,845 |
Please can you also provide a breakdown of how many of these reports led to a police officer visiting the scene of the incident, also broken down by calendar year.
| NPU | Year | Grand Total | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| BE | 1,551 | 1,906 | 2,344 | 5,801 |
| BW | 2,083 | 2,068 | 2,838 | 6,989 |
| CV | 712 | 971 | 1,404 | 3,087 |
| DY | 730 | 774 | 1,238 | 2,742 |
| Oo | 3 | 26 | 19 | 48 |
| SH | 484 | 786 | 1,003 | 2,273 |
| SW | 837 | 922 | 1,229 | 2,988 |
| WS | 644 | 829 | 1,149 | 2,622 |
| WV | 653 | 771 | 868 | 2,292 |
| Grand Total | 7,697 | 9,053 | 12,092 | 28,842 |
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
We fully understand the devastating impact burglary can have on those affected whether in their home or business environment.
Since December 2022, our response to incidents of burglary changed. Following a national agreement, we now attend all reported residential burglaries, unless the victim states they do not wish us to attend.
We’re committed to following the trail of evidence in all the cases we examine − but if an investigation finds no witnesses, CCTV or forensic evidence then the chances of identifying offenders is vastly reduced.
We look at the underlying causes of burglary and the people who commit these crimes and have invested in rehabilitation and intervention programmes to help reduce these offences.
The results of these comprehensive measures are encouraging. We continuously evaluate and refine our strategies, we remain committed to providing a safer environment for all members of the public.
As recommended as good practice by the Information Commissioner’s Office a version of this response may be published on the West Midlands Police website.
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