PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Burglary: Prosecutions (17 May 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for burglary in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

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


Answered by:
Robert Courts (Conservative)
22 May 2024

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