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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/6165
Version Date: 13/03/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Data Processing:
Qliksense Crime and Outcomes Report
Filtered by reported date: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023
No crimes/Cancelled Crimes included
Non-Notifiables excluded
Filtered by Offence Groups
Burglary- Residential
Burglary - Business and Commercial
Please can I have this information for each of the past four calendar years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).
1. The total number of burglary cases reported to your force, broken down by Local Policing Area.
The total number of burglary cases reported to Devon and Cornwall police between 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023, broken down by Local Policing Area
Local Policing Area |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
East Cornwall |
575 |
491 |
581 |
628 |
Exeter, East & Mid Devon |
737 |
620 |
802 |
674 |
North & West Devon |
424 |
464 |
501 |
467 |
Plymouth |
974 |
601 |
589 |
659 |
South Devon |
807 |
780 |
687 |
790 |
West Cornwall |
502 |
459 |
508 |
437 |
No LPA Identified |
1 |
2 |
6 |
28 |
Out of Force |
1 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
Unlinked / Missing Address |
0 |
0 |
18 |
26 |
Total |
4021 |
3417 |
3696 |
3715 |
2. The number of burglary cases that were closed without a suspect being identified, again broken down by Local Policing Area.
The number of burglary cases that were reported to Devon and Cornwall police between 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023 and closed without a suspect being identified. Broken down by Local Policing Area
Local Policing Area |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
East Cornwall |
435 |
358 |
399 |
351 |
Exeter, East & Mid Devon |
543 |
495 |
571 |
385 |
North & West Devon |
316 |
383 |
353 |
264 |
Plymouth |
617 |
393 |
368 |
276 |
South Devon |
562 |
571 |
472 |
414 |
West Cornwall |
360 |
356 |
364 |
259 |
No LPA Identified |
1 |
2 |
2 |
22 |
Out of Force |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
Unlinked / Missing Address |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Total |
2834 |
2558 |
2532 |
1977 |
3. The average time (in hours, minutes and seconds) it took for police to arrive on the scene of domestic burglary incidents, broken down by Local Policing Area.
Performance and Analysis do not hold the data for average time (in hours, minutes and seconds) it took for police to arrive on the scene of a domestic burglary