Vehicle Theft Data Mar 24 - Mar 26

Your request details

Please set out the data as annual totals for the previous two years (11 March 2024 - 10 March 2025, and 11 March 2025 - 10 March 2026):

1.         The number of vehicle theft offences recorded
2.         The number of vehicle theft offences recorded, split by whether or not the vehicle stolen was a motorbike
3.         The number of vehicle theft offences recorded where a motorbike was stolen, split by whether or not a suspect was identified. Where they were identified, please provide those figures split by whether the suspect was under 18 years old, or 18 and over.

Response

I approached our Performance Review Unit for assistance with your request. An analyst within this unit has conducted a search of our Crime Management System - Connect which records complaints or allegations of those matters, which the Home Office specify should be recorded as 'crimes'. All our systems are designed and used first and foremost for Policing Purposes and have limited search capability. They provided me with the following data and explanation regarding their search criteria:

Criteria used :–

SYP & crime only filter,    Incident Created Date is between 11/03/2024 and 10/03/2025,    HO Sub Sub Group Name is equal to AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING, THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH

&

SYP & crime only filter,    Incident Created Date is between 11/03/2024 and 10/03/2025,    HO Sub Sub Group Name is equal to AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING, THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH,    Vehicle Type Desc is equal to / is in Motorcycle

&

Incident Number is equal to any Incident Number in  2026/00646 24-25 Q1 Offences – Motorcycle,    Person Role is equal to SUSPECT, SUSPECT (INSUFFICIENT TO PROCEED), SUSPECT (INTERVIEWED), SUSPECT (NO ACTION) EVIDENTIAL DIFF., SUSPECT (NO ACTION) TIME LIMIT EXPIRED, SUSPECT (NOT INTERVIEWED), SUSPECT (PROSECUTION PREVENTED), SUSPECT PRE ATHENA

&

SYP & crime only filter,    Incident Created Date is between 11/03/2025 and 10/03/2026,    HO Sub Sub Group Name is equal to AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING, THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH

&

SYP & crime only filter,    Incident Created Date is between 11/03/2025 and 10/03/2026,    HO Sub Sub Group Name is equal to AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING, THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH,    Vehicle Type Desc is equal to / is in Motorcycle

&

Incident Number is equal to any Incident Number in  2026/00646 25-26 Q1 Offences – Motorcycle,    Person Role is equal to SUSPECT, SUSPECT (INSUFFICIENT TO PROCEED), SUSPECT (INTERVIEWED), SUSPECT (NO ACTION) EVIDENTIAL DIFF., SUSPECT (NO ACTION) TIME LIMIT EXPIRED, SUSPECT (NOT INTERVIEWED), SUSPECT (PROSECUTION PREVENTED), SUSPECT PRE ATHENA

Please note :–

• Extracted on 17/03/2026. Data from CONNECT crime only. This is a live recording system and may be subject to change.
• It's worth noting that some fields used are not mandatory and require manual input.
• The suspect demographic data provided has been extracted from the crime recording system and cleansed using what we believe is the most efficient method in order to provide the most accurate data possible and minimise data quality issues.

Despite our best efforts, as with any large-scale recording system, the data is subject to potential errors from data entry and processing.

We are committed to improving the quality of our data and internal testing has shown that data quality issues are likely to be minimal, as such we are able to provide the data along with this caveat.

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Please note that multiple suspects can be identified for each crime incident. Offence totals are not expected to match age breakdowns.

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 police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording systems and information assets.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should be taken into account when those data sets are used.

Police forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures for capturing the data. For these reasons this response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with responses you may receive from other police forces.