Reported Thefts 2024-01-15
2024-01-15
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Q1
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The Liberal Democrat MP is inquiring about the efficiency of police responses to reported thefts, specifically focusing on residential burglary cases over the last 12 months.
What the average length of time was between (a) thefts being reported and (b) first contact with the police in the last 12 months?
The Government take domestic burglary very seriously, which is why, just over a year ago, we obtained a commitment from the police to attend every residential burglary. That is delivering results and, according to the crime survey, residential burglary has fallen by 8% year on year.
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The question asked for specific statistics about response times, but the answer did not provide them.
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Q2
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The MP is concerned about the rising costs of rural theft in the south-west, noting a 16.6% increase from the previous year. She asks for an evaluation on how effective the new national rural crime unit has been.
I thank the Minister for his response. In 2022, the cost of rural theft in the south-west rose by 16.6% from the year before. Has the Minister made an assessment of the success of the new national rural crime unit in improving police contacts with victims of rural theft?
I agree that combating rural crime is extremely important, and the national rural crime unit is designed to do exactly that. We have also legislated, of course, and we will implement that legislation to ensure that things like all-terrain vehicles and agricultural equipment have to be marked or fitted with an immobiliser. Overall domestic burglary has fallen by 57% since 2010.
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The question asked for a specific assessment of the national rural crime unit's effectiveness, but the answer did not provide this.
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