Straight Line of the Day: The Attitude of London Burglars Is …

Only 7 burglary suspects charged out of 33,000 reported cases last year in London
Human Events | 27 Dec, 2025 | Hayden Cunningham

Out of the 32,788 burglaries reported in London last year, only seven resulted in a suspect actually being charged. Data cited by the Daily Mail shows the Metropolitan Police accounted for roughly two-thirds of all recorded theft cases in the UK in 2024. Greater Manchester recorded nearly 10,000 burglaries, while South Yorkshire followed with 6,694 cases.

The figures come as burglary remains a common experience for many households across the country. One in five UK adults have expressed experiencing either a burglary or attempted burglary.

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Cops drop investigations into 5,592 crimes every day, with one case a minute abandoned before suspect is ever found
Daily Mail | December 25, 2025 | David Barrett

Police abandon investigations into almost four crimes every minute.

There were 2,040,976 offences reported in England and Wales in the year to June where no suspect was identified – equivalent to 5,592 every single day, or 3.8 per minute.

Out of the 5.3 million crimes logged by police in England and Wales in the year, 38.6 per cent were closed as ‘investigation complete – no suspect identified’.

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