FOI 461133
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 461133
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 3rd March 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
Definition
For the purpose of this request, please interpret “school break-ins” as:
Recorded burglary or attempted burglary offences (business and community / non-residential burglary) where the recorded premises or location type is a school or educational establishment (including primary, secondary, and sixth-form/FE colleges where identifiable).
If your recording system uses alternative location classifications, please use the closest equivalent and briefly explain how this maps to the definition above.
Time period
Please provide data for the last five complete calendar years:
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (inclusive).
If only available by financial year, please provide the closest five-year period and specify which period has been used.
Requested information
For each year in scope, please provide:
- Recorded offences
- Total number of recorded offences matching the definition above within your force area.
In addition, where held in a structured format:
- Number of completed burglaries
- Number of attempted burglaries (or nearest equivalent classification)
- Geographic area (structured fields only)
For each offence (or aggregated annually if preferred), please provide the structured geographic field(s) already held in your crime recording system, such as:
- Local authority area
- Postcode outward code (e.g., “OX1”)
I understand that full addresses or full postcodes may engage personal data exemptions; I am only requesting structured geographic identifiers held in your system that can be disclosed.
If specific fields cannot be released, please specify which are held but exempt.
- Outcomes
For the same offences, please provide the number assigned to each recorded outcome type per year (e.g., charge/summons, investigation complete – no suspect identified, evidential difficulties, etc.).
If Home Office outcome types are used, please specify the outcome categories.
- Stolen property
Where held in structured format, please provide:
- The categories of stolen property recorded
- The total number of offences per category (annual totals acceptable)
If property value is recorded in a structured field, please also provide:
- Total recorded estimated value of stolen property per year
- Number of offences with a value recorded
Reply
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 regarding data on the stolen property is not available in a readily retrievable format. There are over 248 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. This is not a mandatory field to complete.
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
Caveat: To try and capture all school establishments, the words ‘college’ and ‘academy’ has been included in the Location Premises Name field as not all primary or secondary establishments have the word ‘school’ in their titles. The return will also include colleges of education and schools that have sixth forms.
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Home Office Primary Full Offence Title |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Attempted Burglary - Business And Community |
8 |
8 |
5 |
12 |
7 |
40 |
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Burglary - Business And Community |
48 |
39 |
54 |
28 |
39 |
208 |
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Grand Total |
56 |
47 |
59 |
40 |
46 |
248 |
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Home Office Primary Full Offence Title and Postcode Area |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Attempted Burglary - Business And Community |
8 |
8 |
5 |
12 |
7 |
40 |
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B60 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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4 |
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B61 |
1 |
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1 |
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B97 |
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1 |
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1 |
2 |
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B98 |
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1 |
1 |
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DY10 |
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1 |
1 |
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2 |
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DY12 |
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1 |
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1 |
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HR1 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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HR7 |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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SY1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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SY11 |
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1 |
1 |
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2 |
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SY2 |
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1 |
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1 |
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SY3 |
1 |
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1 |
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SY4 |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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SY5 |
1 |
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1 |
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TF11 |
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1 |
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1 |
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TF13 |
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1 |
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1 |
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TF9 |
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1 |
1 |
2 |
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WR1 |
1 |
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1 |
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WR10 |
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1 |
1 |
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WR11 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
3 |
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WR14 |
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2 |
1 |
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3 |
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WR4 |
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2 |
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2 |
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WR5 |
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|
1 |
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1 |
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WR9 |
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2 |
2 |
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Burglary - Business And Community |
48 |
39 |
54 |
28 |
39 |
208 |
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B45 |
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|
1 |
1 |
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B47 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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B48 |
|
|
1 |
|
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1 |
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B60 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
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B61 |
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|
1 |
|
1 |
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B96 |
|
|
1 |
|
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1 |
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B97 |
2 |
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3 |
5 |
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B98 |
|
|
2 |
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2 |
4 |
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CV37 |
|
1 |
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1 |
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DY10 |
2 |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
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DY11 |
|
1 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
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DY13 |
|
1 |
1 |
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1 |
3 |
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DY14 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
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DY8 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
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GL20 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
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HR1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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5 |
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HR2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
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|
7 |
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HR4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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3 |
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HR6 |
|
1 |
1 |
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1 |
3 |
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HR7 |
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3 |
3 |
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HR8 |
2 |
1 |
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3 |
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HR9 |
|
1 |
2 |
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3 |
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SY1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
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SY10 |
|
1 |
3 |
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4 |
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SY11 |
1 |
2 |
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1 |
4 |
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SY12 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
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SY2 |
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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SY3 |
2 |
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1 |
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3 |
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SY4 |
2 |
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2 |
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4 |
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SY5 |
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1 |
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1 |
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SY6 |
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1 |
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1 |
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SY8 |
2 |
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2 |
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TF1 |
1 |
3 |
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2 |
2 |
8 |
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TF10 |
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1 |
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1 |
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TF11 |
|
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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TF12 |
|
|
1 |
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1 |
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TF2 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
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TF3 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
5 |
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TF6 |
3 |
1 |
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4 |
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TF8 |
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1 |
1 |
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TF9 |
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1 |
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1 |
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WR1 |
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|
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
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WR10 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
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WR11 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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WR13 |
1 |
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1 |
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WR14 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
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WR15 |
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2 |
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2 |
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WR2 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
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WR3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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1 |
5 |
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WR4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
7 |
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WR5 |
3 |
|
7 |
3 |
|
13 |
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WR8 |
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|
1 |
1 |
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WR9 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Grand Total |
56 |
47 |
59 |
40 |
46 |
248 |
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Police Outcome Type |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Attempted Burglary - Business And Community |
8 |
8 |
5 |
12 |
7 |
40 |
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Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
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1 |
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1 |
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Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
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2 |
1 |
|
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3 |
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Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
|
|
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1 |
2 |
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Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
7 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
31 |
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Burglary - Business And Community |
48 |
39 |
54 |
28 |
39 |
208 |
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Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
4 |
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Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate offence. Offender is a juvenile and has been given a youth caution under the alternate offences rule. |
|
|
1 |
|
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1 |
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Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
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|
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
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Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
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Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
2 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
18 |
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Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
40 |
28 |
39 |
16 |
23 |
146 |
|
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
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Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action. |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
4 |
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Pending/under investigation |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
56 |
47 |
59 |
40 |
46 |
248 |