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Burglary: Prosecutions

Answer

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Burglary at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.

The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for burglary from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.

‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.

Quarter	04/05-Q4	05/06-Q1	05/06-Q2	05/06-Q3	05/06-Q4	06/07-Q1	06/07-Q2	06/07-Q3
Total completed prosecutions	7,199	7,190	7,545	6,874	7,456	6,502	7,481	7,254
Convictions	5,903	5,978	6,254	5,741	6,222	5,542	6,276	6,211

Quarter	06/07-Q4	07/08-Q1	07/08-Q2	07/08-Q3	07/08-Q4	08/09-Q1	08/09-Q2	08/09-Q3
Total completed prosecutions	7,434	7,088	8,062	7,179	7,303	7,185	7,886	7,123
Convictions	6,321	6,089	6,930	6,170	6,322	6,294	6,855	6,185

Quarter	08/09-Q4	09/10-Q1	09/10-Q2	09/10-Q3	09/10-Q4	10/11-Q1	10/11-Q2	10/11-Q3
Total completed prosecutions	6,889	6,545	7,339	6,899	6,729	6,905	7,841	7,312
Convictions	6,002	5,682	6,341	5,931	5,746	5,972	6,716	6,283

Quarter	10/11-Q4	11/12-Q1	11/12-Q2	11/12-Q3	11/12-Q4	12/13-Q1	12/13-Q2	12/13-Q3
Total completed prosecutions	7,091	6,883	7,980	7,254	7,163	6,386	6,742	6,330
Convictions	6,030	5,889	6,883	6,268	6,037	5,417	5,628	5,313

Quarter	12/13-Q4	13/14-Q1	13/14-Q2	13/14-Q3	13/14-Q4	14/15-Q1	14/15-Q2
Total completed prosecutions	5,829	5,632	6,025	5,826	5,692	5,269	5,560
Convictions	4,891	4,805	5,205	5,012	4,884	4,499	4,694

Quarter	14/15-Q3	14/15-Q4	15/16-Q1	15/16-Q2
Total completed prosecutions	5,311	5,363	4,633	4,807
Convictions	4,499	4,521	3,900	4,065

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

26848

Session

2023-24

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