Salisbury is the second worst burglary hotspot in Wiltshire

An investigation by Personal Injury Claims UK has found that Salisbury is the Wiltshire's second worst hotspot for home invasions, accounting for 21 per cent of all break-ins in the county, second only to Swindon which accounts for 29 per cent.

A staggering 2,116 residential burglaries were recorded by Wiltshire Police between 2022 and 2023, this accounts for around six home invasions on average every day across the county.

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This includes both aggravated break-ins and distraction burglaries, which are sinister crimes whereby a person tries to gain access to a home by trying to trick the owner into believing they need help, or are officials in the area.

The new figures come amid a recent revelation that UK police have failed to solve a single burglary in half of the country as charging rates for the crime have plummeted in England and Wales.

This is despite public promises in 2022 from 43 chief constables that their officers would visit the scene of every burglary.

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Outraged ex-victims’ commissioner, Dame Vera Baird told the Telegraph: "What these figures show is that in half of the neighbourhoods, burgling somebody's home is a free hit. The criminal can walk away with the proceeds and never look back."

Personal Injury Claims UK revealed that in Wiltshire, Swindon came top for the amount of home invasions in the county. In the past year alone, it was 608 residential break-ins recorded by police.

Salisbury came second on the list with a total of 440 incidents logged. It is followed by Devizes,  Trowbridge and Warminster, which made up 11, 10 and 9 per cent of figures respectively.