Residential burglary offences and response times
Date of request: 28 January 2026
Reference: 13836464
Request
Please provide the following information for the periods 2023, 2024, and 2025 (or the most recent data held within this period):
1. The total number of reported residential burglary offences in your area for each calendar year.
2. The average response time to reported residential burglaries for each calendar year.
3. The total number of arrests made in each calendar year for residential burglaries.
I am seeking headline annual totals only and do not require any breakdown by month, location, or outcome.
Response
Question 1:
We have undertaken a search of our crime recording system for crimes recorded under offences involving residential burglary.
The table below shows the total number of crimes recorded in each year, broken down by offence description.
| Offence Description | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Sum: |
| Aggravated Residential Burglary of a home | 76 | 99 | 105 | 280 |
| Distraction Burglary – Residential of a home | 16 | 19 | 12 | 47 |
| DISTRACTION BURGLARY – RESIDENTIAL OF AN UNCONNECTED BUILDING | 3 | 3 | ||
| Residential Burglary of a home | 2436 | 2364 | 2612 | 7412 |
| RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY OF AN UNCONNECTED BUILDING | 882 | 1163 | 1155 | 3200 |
| Sum: | 3410 | 3648 | 3884 | 10942 |
Question 2:
The following tables show the median response times for calls with a recorded disposal of Burglary Dwelling, broken down by priority code, and response target. The response time is shown both for both:
- the time between the call being transferred to dispatch and arrival;
- the time between the call being received and arrival.
The first table shows this for location category Urban; the second for location category Rural. The third table shows overall averages including both location categories.
| Year | Priority | Location Category | Response Target | Average Time Response (Transfer to Dispatch – Arrival) | Time Response (Received – Arrival) mins |
| 2023 | IMMEDIATE | URBAN | 00:15:00 | 8 | 11 |
| 2023 | PRIORITY | URBAN | 01:00:00 | 1,229 | 1,261 |
| 2024 | IMMEDIATE | URBAN | 00:15:00 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | PRIORITY | URBAN | 01:00:00 | 938 | 976 |
| 2025 | IMMEDIATE | URBAN | 00:15:00 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | PRIORITY | URBAN | 01:00:00 | 548 | 563 |
| 2026 | IMMEDIATE | URBAN | 00:15:00 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026 | PRIORITY | URBAN | 01:00:00 | 183 | 201 |
| Year | Priority | Location Category | Response Target | Average Time Response (Transfer to Dispatch – Arrival) | Time Response (Received – Arrival) mins |
| 2023 | IMMEDIATE | RURAL | 00:20:00 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | PRIORITY | RURAL | 01:00:00 | 667 | 724 |
| 2024 | IMMEDIATE | RURAL | 00:20:00 | 9 | 14 |
| 2024 | PRIORITY | RURAL | 01:00:00 | 563 | 599 |
| 2025 | IMMEDIATE | RURAL | 00:20:00 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | PRIORITY | RURAL | 01:00:00 | 142 | 155 |
| 2026 | IMMEDIATE | RURAL | 00:20:00 | 8 | 12 |
| 2026 | PRIORITY | RURAL | 01:00:00 | 162 | 169 |
| Year | Priority | Response Target | Average Time Response (Transfer to Dispatch – Arrival) | Time Response (Received – Arrival) mins |
| 2023 | IMMEDIATE | 00:15:00 | 8 | 11 |
| 2023 | IMMEDIATE | 00:20:00 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | PRIORITY | 01:00:00 | 1048 | 1085 |
| 2024 | IMMEDIATE | 00:15:00 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | IMMEDIATE | 00:20:00 | 9 | 14 |
| 2024 | IMMEDIATE | 26 | 33 | |
| 2024 | PRIORITY | 01:00:00 | 788 | 820 |
| 2025 | IMMEDIATE | 00:15:00 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | IMMEDIATE | 00:20:00 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | PRIORITY | 01:00:00 | 331 | 345 |
| 2026 | IMMEDIATE | 00:15:00 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026 | IMMEDIATE | 00:20:00 | 8 | 12 |
| 2026 | PRIORITY | 01:00:00 | 165 | 171 |
Question 3:
The table below shows the number of arrests recorded in in each year for the offences listed:
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Sum: | ||
| Aggravated Residential Burglary of a home | ARREST | 88 | 144 | 94 | 326 |
| Distraction Burglary – Residential of a home | ARREST | 1 | 21 | 22 | |
| Residential Burglary of a home | ARREST | 479 | 412 | 437 | 1328 |
| RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY OF AN UNCONNECTED BUILDING | ARREST | 49 | 66 | 39 | 154 |
| Sum: | 617 | 643 | 570 | 1830 |