Lincolnshire Police attended 99.5% of burgled homes, figures reveal

Lincolnshire Police have attended 99.5% of homes affected by burglaries, new figures reveal.

The county’s force had set out a mission statement to attend all burglaries of a home as part of their ‘beating burglary together’ campaign.

Latests stats show that between April 1 and June 30, police had an attendance rate of 99.5%.

Detective Chief Inspector Jo Fortune said: “It’s our policy to attend all burglaries that happen in a home.

“We know this is what people want, but not necessarily what they expect to happen.

“A Nextdoor poll in June 2023 found 76% (of 826 respondents) did not know about this attendance policy. So it’s really important that we share this to offer reassurance that we are committed to fully investigating and reducing burglary.”

The attendance rate follows the force’s previously released year-on-year comparison for burglary, which showed a 19% reduction in burglary, from 1,642 incidents in 22/23 reducing to 1,332 incidents recorded in 23/24.

Reductions were recorded across the force in every district with the most significant reduction (34%) in East Lindsey.

Detective Chief Inspector Fortune added: “These are some really good results and I would like to thank everyone across the force who has worked to make them happen.

“However, whilst burglaries are still being committed, there is always more we can do.

“It’s the start of the school holidays so the next focus in the campaign will be summer security, where we will highlight advice on keeping your home safe.”