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Burglary statistics: England and Wales (year ending June 2026)

In the year ending June 2026, the police force areas with the highest rate of residential burglaries were Cleveland (435.6 per 100,000 people), West Yorkshire (417.7) and South Yorkshire (403.3); the England and Wales average was 247.1. By number of cases the top three are Metropolitan Police (32,999), West Yorkshire (10,127) and West Midlands (10,062): a high count also reflects population size, not just risk.

There were 153,229 police recorded residential burglaries in England and Wales in the year ending June 2026: 247.1 per 100,000 people. Cases fell 4.9% on the year before, from 161,077.

The figures

Cases
153,229
Per 100,000 people
247.1
On the year before
−4.9%

Regions: England and Wales

AreaPer 100,000 peopleCasesOn the year before
Yorkshire and The Humber363.420,615−9.9%
London362.133,038−1.3%
North East352.89,747+4.7%
West Midlands267.516,600−5.5%
East Midlands221.311,254−2.8%
North West218.716,998−12.0%
South West192.711,382+0.6%
East of England179.411,868−2.7%
South East169.616,436−7.3%
Wales166.65,289−7.3%

All police force areas: England and Wales

AreaPer 100,000 peopleCasesOn the year before
Cleveland435.62,610−4.0%
West Yorkshire417.710,127−5.6%
South Yorkshire403.35,785−19.2%
Metropolitan Police362.332,999−1.3%
Humberside360.43,478−5.9%
Durham341.02,225+13.5%
West Midlands332.410,062−7.2%
Northumbria325.14,912+6.0%
Greater Manchester274.98,294−14.1%
Gwent267.81,611+12.1%
Avon and Somerset265.34,836+3.0%
Gloucestershire250.51,683+4.9%
Leicestershire242.62,856−14.5%
Warwickshire240.81,551+1.2%
Nottinghamshire236.52,810+0.4%
Lancashire230.83,730−13.1%
Northamptonshire223.01,837−3.5%
Hertfordshire216.62,685−10.1%
Staffordshire211.32,505−0.9%
Cambridgeshire210.21,980+13.5%
Lincolnshire206.41,639+9.0%
Essex197.53,837+0.8%
Derbyshire191.62,112+3.8%
Dorset185.41,477−9.4%
West Mercia183.92,482−6.9%
Hampshire183.53,785−2.5%
Surrey181.42,277−6.8%
Merseyside179.92,660−5.3%
Kent171.83,342−15.0%
Thames Valley164.44,375−1.5%
North Wales155.71,083−2.2%
Bedfordshire152.41,150−14.1%
Sussex150.32,657−12.4%
Dyfed-Powys149.6783−27.3%
Cheshire148.71,705−12.2%
Wiltshire148.51,146+7.6%
Suffolk146.61,158+5.5%
North Yorkshire144.41,225−6.0%
South Wales133.81,812−13.0%
Devon and Cornwall121.52,240−3.4%
Cumbria118.6609−1.5%
Norfolk111.91,058−13.8%

How to read these figures

These are offences reported to or recorded by the police, not every offence committed: some burglaries are never reported. The rate per 100,000 people lets you compare areas of different sizes. The three countries use different definitions, so their figures cannot be compared directly with each other.

What it means for installers and for anyone protecting a property

  • Local figures help justify a proposal: a risk assessment also starts from how many burglaries are recorded in the area.
  • An alarm system should be chosen for the risk, not from the catalogue.
  • If you install cameras, sort out signage and retention periods before switching on.

Tools and further reading

Frequently asked questions

How many home burglaries were there in England and Wales in the year ending June 2026?

153,229 police recorded residential burglaries, or 247.1 per 100,000 people, according to Office for National Statistics.

The three countries

Source

Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables, year ending June 2026 - Table P1 (number of offences, year ending June 2026), Table P3 (rate of offences per 1,000 population, year ending June 2026), Table P4 (number of offences, year ending June 2025); previous period rate: Table P3, year ending June 2025 edition. Column 'Residential burglary'. Source: Police recorded crime from the Home Office. Data read on 10 November 2026.

Statistical series used: “Residential burglary, police recorded crime”.

  • Figures are extracted from the official file by a script, not copied by hand.
  • Where the statistics body publishes the rate we reproduce it; otherwise we calculate it from the official population for the same year.