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FOI 412289
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 412289
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 2nd June 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
For each of the past ten years (2015-2025) what is the number of attempted burglary reports involving use of a blowtorch?
Reply
West Mercia Police hold some of the requested information. No data is available prior to 2019.
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Home Office offence title |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Attempted Residential Burglary of a Home (Dwelling) |
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|
|
|
1 |
1 |
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Burglary - Business And Community |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
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EXPIRED - NOT FOR USE AFTER 31/03/23 - Attempted Burglary - Residential - Dwelling |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
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EXPIRED - NOT FOR USE AFTER 31/03/23 - Burglary - Residential - Dwelling |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
6 |
|
Residential Burglary of a Home (Dwelling) |
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
5 |
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Grand Total |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
Caveat: A search of the Incident Summary field has been relied upon to bring back those offences which included the term ‘blowtorch’ or ‘blow torch’. Any burglary using a blowtorch which has not been included specifically as the MO, or where another term was used in the Incident Summary, will not have been brought back in the search, therefore the accuracy of the data cannot be relied upon.