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Burglary (ICCS 0501)
BURGLARY is defined as “gaining unauthorized access to a part of a building/dwelling or other premises with or without the use of force against the building/dwelling, with intent to commit theft or when actually committing theft”.
INCLUSIONS: Breaking and entering business premises (office buildings, shops, clubs, banks factories, hotels etc.); private residential premises (house, apartment or other dwelling place that is the habitual place of residence of the victim); or public premises owned, rented or leased by public bodies; unlawful entry with intent to commit theft; access by deception with intent to commit theft.
EXCLUSIONS: Theft, defined as unlawfully taking or obtaining property with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive it from a person or organization without consent and without the use of force, threat of force or violence, coercion or deception (0502); possession of stolen goods or money; receiving, handling, disposing, selling or trafficking stolen goods; using stolen parts for producing other goods; concealment of stolen goods (0704); property damage (0504); Robbery, defined as unlawfully taking or obtaining property directly from a person with the intent to permanently or temporarily withhold it from a person or organization with the use of force or threat of force (0401). "Burglary" should also exclude theft from a car, container, vending machine, parking meter and from a fenced meadow/compound.

[Sources: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.57. Web: http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf]
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