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

استسلام
. . . stop working for a living and have Minnesota just wire the money. No charges there either.
Rosie O:
“When they break into my house in Wales I always just tell them…and please take some of my Welsh Cakes with you.”
…”In with a crowbar, out with the pounds…”
“Take the pennies, leave no trace…”
… “Blimey!!! What must I do to get three hots and a cot in this town?”
The Attitude of London Burglars Is … easy peasy if you don’t publish the wrong memes.
“Bollocks! Another empty flat. Why don’t people put out a sign saying they’ve already been robbed? So inconsiderate! “
“It’s so hard making an honest living these days gunner, what with the fences already having a backlog of 72 inches, er I mean 283cm televisions.”
🤔 Hillary: “So crime pays… in the UK?
Hey Bill it rhymes! you wanna move there”?!
Bill:
“It depends on what the meaning of “ineluctable”…is.”
Hillary:
“Oh shut up you old fart or I’ll spew out another Monica Lewdwinsky joke you’ve never heard before that will knock your compression socks off.”
Bill:
“Hahahahaha you old Hag. I’d rather go back to Epstein Island instead if it was still the good ole days.”
Hillary:
“You old fool. Are you trying to tell me you can still bury the bone?
Bwahahahahaha!”
Typical of this generation.
If you break into a house and you’re not wearing a top hat, monocle, and carrying a cane with a sword hidden in it, is it really a British crime?
“Chumbly, my old friend, I heard you buried your wife last week.”
“Yes.”
“Had to.”
“Dead, you know.”