Theft of Vehicle
Your request details
Please could you provide the following data for the calendar year 2024:
1. The total number of recorded theft of vehicles
2. The total number of recorded attempts to commit theft of vehicles
3. The numbers of recorded theft of vehicles by vehicle type (e.g. cars, motorcycles, vans,lorries etc.)
4. The total number of recorded thefts from vehicles
5. The total number of recorded attempts to commit theft from vehicles
6. The total number of recorded thefts from vehicles by vehicle type (e.g. cars, motorcycles,vans, lorries etc.)
Response
I approached our Performance Review Unit for assistance with your request. An analyst within this unit hasconducted a search of our Crime Management System - Connect which records complaints or allegationsof those matters, which the Home Office specify should be recorded as 'crimes'. All our systems aredesigned and used first and foremost for Policing Purposes and have limited search capability. Theyprovided me with the following explanation regarding their search criteria:
Criteria: SYP & crime only filter and Incident Created Date is between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2024 and Full Offence Title is equal to Attempted - Theft of a motor vehicle, Theft of a motor vehicle, Attempted -Theft from a motor vehicle, Theft from a motor vehicle
Please note:
- This data is only where the offence type is recorded in the said Home Office Offence Classes andthis may not include details of any thefts that have been recorded in accordance with the HomeOffice Counting Rules – General Rules - The Principal Crime Rule (1 of 1) - IF THE SEQUENCEOF CRIMES IN AN INCIDENT, OR A COMPLEX CRIME, CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OFCRIME, THEN COUNT THE MOST SERIOUS
- Extracted on 14/10/2025. Data from CONNECT only. This is a live recording system and may be
subject to change
- Vehicle count is not expected to match the count of offences recorded
Please see attached spreadsheet - FOI2025/02398
Please note, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that data has been extracted from data sources used by this force for policepurposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherentin any large-scale recording systems and information assets.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but youshould be aware that the collation of figures/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should betaken into account when those data sets are used.
Police forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures for capturing the data. For these reasonsthis response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with responses you mayreceive from other police forces.