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ONS · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024

Residential burglary (police-recorded) during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

Year ending March 2019 → Year ending March 2024 · 5 periods

↓ 38.0%−112,157 offences

Residential burglary (police-recorded) fell by 38.0% over the period, from 295,081 offences (Year ending March 2019, the level when the government took office) to 182,924 (Year ending March 2024, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2019: 295,081
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 2024: 182,924
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Residential burglary (police-recorded): Year ending March 2018 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100k200k300k20182020202220242026Year ending March 2018: 309,770 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 295,081 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 268,779 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 195,981 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 190,982 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 190,449 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 182,924 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 166,281 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 153,966 offences · published 23 July 2026
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Definition and caveats

Police-recorded burglaries of homes and buildings connected to homes in England and Wales in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: Burglary of shops, offices or other non-residential buildings, or burglaries not reported to the police.