You asked
I would like to know statistics on domestic burglary in the UK.
I would like the month by month statistics on domestic burglary from 2011 April to 2016 March.
We said
Thank you for your request regarding monthly statistics on domestic burglary in the UK.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes information on the numbers of crimes, including domestic burglaries, recorded by the police in England and Wales; the latest published data are available in Appendix Table A4 and Quarterly Table QT1 of the 'Crime in England and Wales, Year ending December 2015' release (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2015).
However, these data are presented either by year (12-month period) or quarter (3-month period). ONS does not hold the raw data on the number of crimes recorded by the police during individual months; the Home Office hold responsibility for this collection of police recorded crime data (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-statistics). Please note that these data only cover England and Wales.
The Home Office also publish monthly summary data, via the www.police.uk website, and data can be downloaded from https://data.police.uk/data/. However, the summary category for burglary will include domestic and non-domestic burglaries.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland publish recorded crime statistics for Northern Ireland (http://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/default.asp4.htm) and the Scottish Government publish recorded crime statistics for Scotland (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice).
Please note however, that figures for Scotland are not directly comparable to Northern Ireland or England and Wales, due to differences in definitions and classifications of crime. In particular, there is no such crime as 'Domestic burglary' in Scotland; it is instead covered by separate crimes of 'Housebreaking' and 'In building with intent to steal'.