After a number of months the PSNI through Belfast District Policing Partnership have revealed the shocking PSNI statistics on unsolved Burglaries in Belfast.

  A District B District
Recorded Of those recorded, the number that have since been detected1,2 Recorded Of those recorded, the number that have since been detected1,2
2002/03 1429 147 3219 349
2003/04 1265 129 2607 267
2004/05 1464 156 2517 290
2005/06 1134 155 1873 195
2006/07 1289 150 1722 258
2007/08 1443 186 1801 226
2008/09 1320 155 2172 235
2009/10 1583 190 2191 257
1st Apr-30th Jun 2010 382 18 505 35

 

So in other words in North & West Belfast ( A Division ) there have been 11,309 recorded burglaries since 2002 of which only 1,286 have been detected ( which i assume means cleared ) leaving 88.6% burglaries unsolved

In East & South Belfast ( B Division ) there have been 18,607 recorded burglaries since 2002 of which only 2,112 have been detected ( which i assume means cleared ) leaving 88% burglaries unsolved.

So right across Belfast since 2002 there have been a total of  29,916 recorded burglaries of which only 3,398 have been cleared leaving a shocking 26,518 or 88.6% unsolved

It asks the Question are the PSNI / Police putting enough resources into catching Burglars ?