A total of 723 burglaries and thefts were registered in Cyprus during the first half of 2026, of which 436, or 60.3 per cent, were solved, according to official police statistics released on Monday.

Of the total, 449 were burglaries, with 302 solved, while 134 of the 274 theft cases were solved.

Limassol recorded the highest number of burglaries, with 162 cases, of which 114 were solved.

Larnaca followed with 87 cases and 55 solved, while Nicosia recorded 85, of which 63 were solved.

Paphos recorded 52 burglaries, of which 34 were solved, while Famagusta recorded 46, with 34 solved. Morphou recorded 17 cases, of which two were solved.

A total of 274 theft cases were registered during the first six months, with 134 solved.

As for thefts, Limassol again recorded the highest number, with 89 cases, of which 50 were solved, followed by Nicosia with 68 cases and 37 solved.

Larnaca recorded 52 thefts, of which 14 were solved, while Paphos recorded 37, with 21 solved.

Famagusta recorded 18 thefts, of which eight were solved, while Morphou recorded 10, with four solved.

Police figures from previous years show a downward trend in the number of burglaries registered across Cyprus.

There were 1,091 burglaries in 2023, of which 644 were solved, followed by 966 in 2024, with 605 solved, and 930 in 2025, with 609 solved.

The number of thefts has fluctuated.

Police recorded 583 thefts in 2023, of which 269 were solved. The number rose to 632 in 2024, with 306 solved, before falling to 579 in 2025, of which 273 were solved.

The figures come against a wider European backdrop of property-related offences increasing following the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to Eurostat, police-recorded thefts across the EU fell to their lowest level in 2021, down 20.1 per cent compared with 2019.

By 2024, 5,261,267 thefts had been recorded, an increase of 21.4 per cent compared with 2021, but 2 per cent fewer than in 2023.

Police-recorded burglaries across the EU also increased by 9 per cent between 2021 and 2024, reaching 1,197,932 cases, although this was 2.6 per cent lower than in 2023.

Robberies, meanwhile, increased by 8.7 per cent between 2021 and 2024 to 251,162 cases, but were down 4 per cent compared with 2023.