Families and businesses in Reading left to 'fend for themselves' as only 5.5% of burglary cases in the Thames Valley result in a charge
New figures from 2025 show that of the 223,194 burglaries reported in England and Wales, just 13,936 (6.24%) resulted in someone being charged, whilst in a shocking 160,396 (71.86%) cases police failed to even identify a suspect.