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3. Other Crimes
3.5.1. Burglary (ICCS 0501), number or offences
“BURGLARY” means “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, unlawful entry with intent to commit theft, or access by deception with intent to commit theft, of: business premises (office buildings, shops, clubs, banks factories, hotels etc); residential premises (house, appartment or other dwelling place that is the habitual place of residence of the victim); or public premises owned, rented or leased by public bodies,
EXCLUSIONS: Theft (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 (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: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf;
United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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