FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES IN STRATFORD-ON-AVON LEFT TO "FEND FOR THEMSELVES" AS ONLY 2.96% OF BURGLARY CASES IN WARWICKSHIRE RESULT IN A CHARGE

Manuela Perteghella, MP for Stratford on Avon has slammed the Government’s handling of crime as “asleep at the wheel”, and has called for emergency legislation to legally bind police forces to attend every single burglary, and to give local police the resources needed. 

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. In Warwickshire, those figures are 2.96% charge/summons rate, and 1,542 (73.64%) of cases where the police fail to identify a suspect.

Home Office data analysed by the Liberal Democrats have found that 97.04% of the 2,094 burglary cases reported in Warwickshire result in the criminal getting away scot free. Lib Dem MP, Manuela Perteghella, is demanding an urgent restoration of neighbourhood police funding.

Manuela Perteghella has slammed the Government’s handling of the situation as “asleep at the wheel”, calling out Andy Burnham for failing to commit to tackling crime since taking office.

Liberal Democrats have urged Ministers to get a grip on crime and bring forward emergency legislation to ensure that all domestic burglaries are attended by the police and properly investigated. Currently, the vast majority of burglars are getting away scot free.

Manuela Perteghella has urged the Prime Minister to bring in a ‘Burglary Response Guarantee’, to reassure families across Warwickshire that burglaries will be investigated, and that the criminals involved will be brought to justice.

Manuela Perteghella, MP for Stratford-on-Avon said:

“It is unacceptable that families and businesses across Warwickshire are being left terrified as the vast majority of burglaries go unsolved. The Government has been asleep at the wheel, a persistent lack of support for community policing has left our streets vulnerable.

“In 97.04% of burglary cases, the victims never see someone charged. That has to change. Warwickshire Police works tirelessly but they require the proper resources and mandate from central government to ensure every single case is rigorously investigated.

“That’s why I’m demanding urgent action from the Prime Minister, to restore proper funding for neighbourhood policing so that our police officers our properly supported, and back our calls for an investigation guarantee for all burglaries in Warwickshire.”

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