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Burglary: Greater London

Answer

Offences of burglary recorded by the police and the number of sanction detections by London borough are available from 2000-01 and are given in the following tables.

Table 1: Offences of burglary recorded and detected by means of a sanction detection by London borough, 2000-01 and 2001-02
Number
	2000-01	2001-02
Borough	Offences	Sanction detections	Offences	Sanction detections
Barking and Dagenham	1,970	132	2,220	149
Barnet	4,107	438	3,954	546
Bexley	2,583	379	2,394	186
Brent	4,441	404	4,099	471
Bromley	3,263	272	3,580	278
Camden	5,305	707	5,857	765
City of Westminster	5,403	563	5,646	666
Croydon	3,779	392	4,131	498
Ealing	4,637	311	4,533	404
Enfield	3,973	514	4,411	349
Greenwich	3,050	399	2,794	304
Hackney	4,298	667	4,287	518
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,076	263	2,789	334
Haringey	4,159	430	4,803	444
Harrow	2,791	185	2,623	200
Havering	2,356	120	2,567	166
Hillingdon	4,085	213	3,643	297
Hounslow	3,415	253	3,192	261
Islington	4,292	552	4,567	508
Kensington and Chelsea	3,555	306	2,826	255
Kingston upon Thames	1,349	139	1,180	144
Lambeth	6,150	400	6,974	453
Lewisham	3,287	688	3,490	488
Merton	1,792	114	1,967	189
Newham	3,460	202	3,886	263
Redbridge	2,798	191	2,899	186
Richmond upon Thames	2,384	161	2,174	201
Southwark	4,235	428	5,016	676
Sutton	1,471	111	1,820	223
Tower Hamlets	3,714	431	3,262	434
Waltham Forest	3,123	314	4,012	304
Wandsworth	4,023	272	4,352	372
Total	112,324	10,951	115,948	11,532
Note:
Figures in this table were prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.

Table 2: Offences of burglary recorded and detected by means of a sanction detection by London borough, 2002-03 to 2006-07
Number
	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Borough	Offences	Sanction detections	Offences	Sanction detections	Offences	Sanction detections	Offences	Sanction detections	Offences	Sanction detections
Barking and Dagenham	2,012	230	2,240	241	2,175	254	1,921	350	2,117	295
Barnet	4,039	527	3,978	362	4,045	323	4,363	465	3,904	744
Bexley	2,341	312	2,226	210	1,986	178	2,366	280	2,076	235
Brent	3,859	204	4,062	356	3,987	669	3,904	1,008	3,330	1,133
Bromley	3,596	306	3,472	351	3,776	448	3,926	436	3,588	375
Camden	5,884	629	4,843	521	4,171	471	4,108	648	4,322	715
City of Westminster	5,264	878	4,296	907	4,497	918	4,158	664	3,801	679
Croydon	4,115	638	3,769	379	3,230	353	3,582	361	3,464	536
Ealing	4,543	316	4,375	357	4,350	341	4,999	535	3,957	633
Enfield	4,301	705	3,865	476	3,528	431	3,844	524	3,638	464
Greenwich	2,986	350	3,080	307	2,970	376	3,209	291	3,241	319
Hackney	4,807	688	4,327	334	3,897	508	3,547	645	2,687	496
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,089	254	2,827	262	3,023	269	3,052	282	2,732	316
Haringey	4,356	695	4,115	567	4,084	451	3,841	612	3,559	824
Harrow	2,736	313	2,626	355	2,178	300	2,446	795	1,959	642
Havering	2,386	249	2,161	190	2,315	183	2,453	331	2,511	328
Hillingdon	3,569	365	3,183	324	3,143	331	3,137	406	3,182	427
Hounslow	3,374	342	3,450	323	2,969	425	2,982	469	2,594	395
Islington	4,429	856	3,957	755	3,681	609	3,683	783	3,728	965
Kensington and Chelsea	2,512	289	2,576	370	2,580	289	2,444	293	2,182	358
Kingston upon Thames	985	158	939	160	984	157	1,188	283	1,038	307
Lambeth	5,694	681	4,980	571	4,150	492	3,884	629	3,685	364
Lewisham	3,708	507	3,837	335	3,778	451	3,524	410	3,579	379
Merton	1,930	186	2,034	288	1,764	241	1,796	208	1,828	479
Newham	3,494	299	3,398	313	3,410	322	4,112	513	3,371	709
Redbridge	2,974	214	2,990	279	3,058	283	3,282	508	3,053	289
Richmond upon Thames	2,120	362	1,787	224	2,017	167	2,395	315	2,085	268
Southwark	4,885	668	4,556	604	4,411	485	4,143	937	4,087	735
Sutton	1,446	191	1,397	196	1,429	122	1,480	121	1,451	199
Tower Hamlets	3,567	389	3,023	426	3,070	484	3,467	573	2,890	329
Waltham Forest	3,812	376	3,284	258	3,144	242	3,131	299	3,116	315
Wandsworth	4,547	703	3,664	430	3,616	295	3,108	433	3,943	341
Total	113,360	13,880	105,317	12,031	101,416	11,868	103,475	15,407	96,698	15,593
Note:
Figures in this table are after the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

474 c976-80W; 195851

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Burglary Greater London

Link

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