Update # 3

My story aims to uncover:

• The falling crime of break-ins in BC over the past five years
• The reducing amount of people been charged for such crimes

This chart shows the reduction of break-ins in BC when compared to past five years.

Mahtab Janjua, a resident of Surrey, BC shares her personal story of a break-in despite of having an alarm system protecting her house.

"Last year in December, there had been a break-in in my house while I was out of the town. The burglars broke in and took their time to disconnect our alarm system. I found odd that the police actually arrived about 45 minutes from the time they were contacted by the alarm company, like they're not concerned about the citizens at all."

Deputy Cheif Constable, Adam Palmer says, "These homes are monitored and targeted ahead of time, so it makes easier to break in after assessing the schedule of the homeowners."

Although, the fallen numbers tell us that the law has been doing a great job locking up criminals behind bars, but, a reduction in convicting criminals on such crimes tend to prove the entire statement wrong.

This chart shows how many people are actually convicted for such a crime. Although BC hasn't seen much of a change but even a slight reduction depicts the future of break-ins in BC.

Mahtab Janjua agreed in the end that the policing has perhaps improved since past year. She says, "The policing has actually improved and that there has been a movement, who've done effort building new programs on a base level. "

One question that I cannot answer is "what months are mostly at the peak for breaking and entering." "I would also like to know how such crimes are processed in a criminal justice system." I think I will most preferably request an FOI request to get into the depths of this problem,

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Update #2

1. A one- or two-sentence tentative lead for your final story, based on
   the most interesting thing you've found in your data so far. You can
   change your lead later on if you find something more interesting in
   your data.

 Breaking and Entering counts as one of the largest offence in Canada. Home is considered to    be the safest place for an individual to live and, the citizens should have the right to feel    protected in their own house. However, British Columbia has seen a significant decrease in  break-ins when compared to other provinces.

2. A link to an Excel spreadsheet showing a small slice of your data that
    backs up your lead and could be used as the basis for a Datawrapper
    chart.

   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx1L0TBeuCyrZFh3OXlaQ0FWNk0/view?usp=sharing

 
 3. The name of one expert you could interview for your story. This can
     be an academic, activist or someone from the agency that produced
     the data. But it must be a named individual, with job title included.

 I plan to interview Alexander Ejsmont, who serves as the criminal defense lawyer in  Vancouver. He has defended many Break and Enter cases and holds extensive experience in  this area.