Britain’s largest police force has said it is doing all it can to bring thieves to justice after figures suggested 95% of burglaries and robberies across the UK are not being solved.

The Metropolitan police said they were putting a “huge amount of effort” into tackling a rise in crime related to motor scooters, which they said had reduced.

They said burglary presented particular challenges in finding culprits, however they have accepted more work needs to be done to tackle such crimes.

There are fears over a wave of criminality in parts of the country, with scooter thefts attracting particular concern after a number of high-profile incidents.

On Sunday the home secretary, Sajid Javid, revealed he fell victim to thieves on a motor scooterwho stole his phone and earlier this month, the comedian Michael McIntyre was robbed of his watch by scooter-riding thieves.

Scotland Yard said its London sanction detection rates – the way it measures cases that are solved – were 5.5% for burglary and 7% for robbery between April 2017 and April 2018.

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