Burglary Dwelling relates to crimes where something is stolen from someone's home, e.g., a house, a flat or a caravan after unlawfully entering the premises. Breaking a window and reaching through to steal something still counts as burglary dwelling.

Properties include domestic dwellings, inhabited vehicles, inhabited vessels (e.g. barges) and multi occupancy dwellings such as flats, hotels, student blocks etc.

The British Crime Survey definition of Domestic burglary comprises the following:

Burglary with entry – incidents in which the offender entered the dwelling as a trespasser with the intention of committing theft, rape, grievous bodily harm or unlawful damage. To be classified as burglary with entry the offender must have entered the property but need not have carried out his/her intention.