Burglary in English law

Burglary is a statutory offence in England and Wales.

The offence of burglary is created by section 9 of the Theft Act 1968 which now reads:

(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question, of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm ... therein, and of doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
[(3) A person guilty of burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding—