Police highly unlikely to catch burglars
Date published: 20 October 2017
A burglar targets an insecure property
Over nine out of ten burglary investigations in Greater Manchester are closed without a suspect being identified, according to Home office figures.
Police close a case when a crime has been investigated "as far as reasonably possible".
Poportion of crimes ending in no suspect being indentified
- Residential burglary 92.3%
- Theft of a bicycle 92.1%
- Criminal damage to a vehicle 83.2%
- Theft of a vehicle 80.2%
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