FOI 448648

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th December 2025.  Please find below the response to your request:

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.

2. Items stolen

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

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.

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

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).

Your request for information has been considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”), and I am not obliged to provide the information requested.

S.12(1) of the Act states that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the “appropriate limit”.  For police forces in England and Wales, the "appropriate limit" is £450 or 18 hours of work as set by the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.

The information you have requested is not available in a readily retrievable format.  There is no specific category for listing items stolen or location within the property. There are over 6000 records.  In order to ascertain whether the information you have requested is held would take in excess of 18 hours as each record would have to be checked individually.

In accordance with s.17(5) of the Act, this acts as a Refusal Notice.

However, In accordance with Section 16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in relation to your request and can provide some of the information requested  as this was retrieved during our initial research. This should not be taken as a precedent that additional information would be supplied outside of the time/fees legislation for any subsequent requests