Residential burglaries
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007640/R
Version Date: 19/02/2025
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source
Crimes recorded on crime information system – NICHE
Data Processing:
Qliksense Crimes & Outcomes Report
No Crimes: included
Filtered on Reported Date: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Filtered on Offence Group: Burglary – Residential
Qliksense Occurrence People Links (all)
No Dates selected, brought down all Victim injurys and matched this into the residential burglary data
Qliksense MO Text Search Report
No Dates Selected
Filtered on MO_Data_SubTypes
Violent Acts Sub-Type
Violent Acts Type
Weapon Possession
Weapons Used Sub-Type
Weapons Used Type
Data Matched to Burglary Data and considered as violent
Caveats/Limitations
No crimes/Cancelled Crimes included
Data dependant on correct recording of MO_Data_SubTypes
- How many home burglaries/residential burglaries have been reported to the force in the last three years? Broken down by calendar years (January 1st-December 31st, 2021 to 2024
|
Calendar Year |
Number of residential burglaries |
|
2021 |
1642 |
|
2022 |
1794 |
|
2023 |
2242 |
|
2024 |
2547 |
|
Total |
8225 |
1a) For those reported in the last year alone, (Jan 1st-Dec 31st, 2024), can these be broken down by area?
|
LPA |
Number |
|
East Cornwall LPA |
340 |
|
Exeter, East & Mid Devon LPA |
493 |
|
North & West Devon LPA |
297 |
|
Plymouth LPA |
510 |
|
South Devon LPA |
553 |
|
West Cornwall LPA |
317 |
|
Out of Force |
4 |
|
No LPA Identified |
18 |
|
Unlinked / Missing Address |
15 |
|
Total |
2547 |
1b) For those reported in the last year alone, how many resulted in a charge outcome?
|
Outcome |
Number of charged/summonsed |
|
Charged/Summonsed |
128 |
1c) For those reported in the last year alone, how many were considered ‘violent’ i.e. a weapon was present and/or injuries were sustained?
|
Victim injurys sustained |
Number |
|
Serious |
10 |
|
Slight |
58 |
|
Total |
68 |
|
Violent act or weapon possessed /Used |
Number of reports |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Asphyxiate; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Beat; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Kick; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Punch; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Struck; Violent Acts Type: Asphyxiate/strangle; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Instrument - knife/bladed; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Attack - from front; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Struck; Violent Acts Type: Approach; Violent Acts Type: Extreme act; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Hammer/blunt; Weapons Used Type: Blunt instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Attack - from front; Violent Acts Type: Approach |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Grab; Violent Acts Type: Other |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Kick; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Punch; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Other bodily force; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Scratch; Violent Acts Type: Approach; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut; Weapon Possession: Held in - right hand; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Kitchen knife; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Punch; Violent Acts Sub-Type: Struck; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Strangle - hands; Violent Acts Type: Asphyxiate/strangle |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Struck; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut; Weapon Possession: Held in - unspecified hand; Weapon Possession: Unknown/unseen; Weapons Used Type: Blunt instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Struck; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Axe; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Struck; Violent Acts Type: Hit/cut; Weapons Used Type: Blunt instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Used weapon as threat; Violent Acts Type: Other; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Hammer/blunt; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Instrument - knife/bladed; Weapons Used Type: Blunt instrument; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Used weapon as threat; Violent Acts Type: Other; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Instrument - knife/bladed; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Sub-Type: Verbal threats; Violent Acts Type: Other |
3 |
|
Violent Acts Type: Approach |
7 |
|
Violent Acts Type: Approach; Weapon Possession: Held in - unspecified hand; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Instrument - knife/bladed; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Type: Approach; Weapon Possession: Held in - unspecified hand; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Type: Approach; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Type: Extreme act; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Violent Acts Type: Other |
1 |
|
Weapon Possession: Held in - unspecified hand |
1 |
|
Weapon Possession: Held in - unspecified hand; Weapons Used Sub-Type: Instrument - knife/bladed; Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Weapon Possession: Unknown/unseen |
9 |
|
Weapons Used Type: Sharp instrument |
1 |
|
Total |
40 |