More than one in 10 burglary investigations are being closed on the same day they are reported to one Welsh police force.

Figures released in response to a freedom of information request show 507 burglaries were given an outcome of “investigation complete, no suspect identified” by North Wales Police on the same date they were recorded as crimes in the 2014-15 financial year.

Reported by Wales Online. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.