Serious Acquisitive Crime (SAC) is an incredibly intrusive crime that strikes at the heart of people’s feelings of safety in their home and communities.

SAC can have long-lasting and profound effects on victims, leading them to live in fear of going out or no longer feeling safe in their own home. Sometimes, the consequences can also leave some people in long-term financial difficulties.

SAC covers a broad range of crimes, but is mostly defined as:

🏠Domestic burglary when someone breaks into a building with the intention of stealing, hurting someone or committing unlawful damage

👤Personal robbery when someone takes another person’s property using force or threatening to hurt them

🚗Theft from a person, or theft of, and from a motor vehicle which is when a person’s property is taken from the owner without their consent, but doesn’t involve using force or threatening to hurt them

When you report a crime of this nature, it’s usually one of our patrol officers or Neighbourhood Policing teams (NPT) who will visit to begin enquiries and obtain statements, and where there are forensic opportunities, you might even see Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) at the scene dusting for DNA, fingerprints, footprints, and other evidence that may help us identify a suspect.

Most cases will be sent to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to be investigated thoroughly by the most appropriate team, but in some instances, your case may be referred to the Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) for a security review to be arranged.

Did you know we have dedicated officers called Designing Out Crime Officers who conduct these reports and ultimately work to make areas more attractive to help deter crime? 

You can find out more about them and all the great work they do, here: https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/humberside/news/news/25/mar/the-crime-reduction-unit-help-us-help-you/