FOI 0725-2023/24 - Reported burglaries
Request:
Q1. Number of reported burglaries in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q2. Number of reported burglaries where police officers attended the scene in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q3. Number of reported burglaries where a suspect was charged in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q4.Number of reported burglaries where the case was closed with no suspect identified in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q5. Number of shoplifting cases reported in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q6. Number of shoplifting cases reported where police officers attended the scene in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q7. Number of shoplifting cases reported where a suspect was charged in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
Q8. Number of shoplifting cases reported where the case was closed with no suspect identified in (i) 2022 (ii) between 01/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
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Q1 & Q5. Please see the table below showing the total number of crimes relating to Burglary and Shoplifting that were reported to North Yorkshire Police, for the year 2022 and the period between 01 January 2023 to 01 August 2023, broken down by year and crime type.
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
Crime type |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Burglary |
2115 |
1361 |
3476 |
|
Theft: Shoplifting |
3283 |
2737 |
6020 |
|
Total |
5398 |
4098 |
9496 |
Q2 & Q6. Please see the table below showing North Yorkshire Police officers attendance to Burglary and Shoplifting crimes, for the year 2022 and the period between 01 January 2023 to 01 August 2023, broken down by year and crime type.
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
Crime type |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Burglary |
1217 |
814 |
2031 |
|
Theft: Shoplifting |
1074 |
592 |
1666 |
|
Total |
2291 |
1406 |
3697 |
Please note the count for the above table is purely on if the incident has been attended irrespective of the total number of officers who have attended, for example incident X has 1 officer attend and incident Y has 10 officers attend, they will both only count once in the results.
Q3 & Q4. Please see the table below showing the outcome of Burglary crimes that were reported to North Yorkshire Police for the year 2022 and the period between 01 January 2023 to 01 August 2023, broken down by year.
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
Outcome |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
01-Charged/Summonsed |
108 |
62 |
170 |
|
14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified |
123 |
65 |
188 |
|
18-Investigation complete - no suspect identified |
1522 |
855 |
2377 |
|
Total |
1753 |
982 |
2735 |
Q7 & Q8. Please see the table below showing the outcome of Shoplifting crimes that were reported to North Yorkshire Police for the year 2022 and the period between 01 January 2023 to 01 August 2023, broken down by year.
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
Outcome |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
01-Charged/Summonsed |
462 |
318 |
780 |
|
14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified |
161 |
67 |
228 |
|
18-Investigation complete - no suspect identified |
1686 |
1545 |
3231 |
|
Total |
2309 |
1930 |
4239 |
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.