DCLG Data4NR: Police-Recorded Burglary in a Dwelling Counts

UK police-recorded notifiable offences for burglary in a dwelling. The dataset is a Data4NR reference from the Home Office, last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze burglary trends over time based on police-recorded counts.
• Model crime rates for policy impact assessment based on notifiable offence data.
• Benchmark local crime statistics against national figures based on recorded offences.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Home Office organization.
• Has a specific open license (OGL-UK-3.0) for reuse.
• Last update timestamp (2026-07-08 13:30:22.109012) is precisely recorded.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Home Office

Collection Method

Notifiable offences recorded by the police.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:22.109012; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom