Once again, thanks to the NPIA for the data. After ASB incidents and Other crime, Burglary is the next most numerous category in our National Picture page – with 43,052 burglaries across England and Wales in May 2011. So what are the different offences?
Based on the Theft Act of 1968, here are the 9 different offences and the maximum sentence in years they carry;
1. burglary – indictable – 14
2. burglary – violence – 14
3. Burglary in a dwelling – either way – 14
4. artifice burglary in a dwelling – 14
5. Aggravated burglary in a dwelling – life
6. Burglary in a building other than a dwelling – indictable only – 10
7. Burglary in a building other than a dwelling – either way – 10
8. artifice burglary in a building other than a dwelling – 10
9. Aggravated burglary in building other than a dwelling – life