Vehicle theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/7911
Version Date: 07/04/2025
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Cancelled crimes included, Non notifiable crimes excluded
Qliksense Report: Crime and Outcomes
Filtered by crimed date: January 1st 2021 to December 31st 2023
Home Office Group Desc: Theft of Unauthorised Taking of a Motor Vehicle and Aggravated Vehicle Taking
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request data on vehicle theft investigations within your police force’s jurisdiction. Specifically, I’d like details on:
- The total number of reported vehicle thefts in your jurisdiction for each of the last three calendar years (2021, 2022, and 2023).
Between January 1st 2021 and December 31st 2023, there were 4289 reported vehicle thefts.
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Reported offences |
1086 |
1540 |
1663 |
- The number of those cases that resulted in a suspect being charged or otherwise identified as the offender.
- The number of those cases that remain unsolved
The following table breaks down the offences by crime outcome.
|
Outcome |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Action Against Suspect Not in Public Interest |
17 |
23 |
29 |
|
Action taken by another body/agency |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Adult Caution |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
Charged/Summonsed |
68 |
93 |
105 |
|
Community Resolution |
10 |
3 |
3 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Evidential Difficulties - Victim Declines |
10 |
14 |
31 |
|
Investigation Complete: No Suspect - Case Closed |
609 |
926 |
729 |
|
Investigation Ongoing |
4 |
45 |
223 |
|
No Crime |
140 |
124 |
112 |
|
Not in the Public Interest - CPS |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Not in the Public Interest - Police |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
Not Recorded |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Offender Died |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pending CSU Outcome |
0 |
9 |
13 |
|
Prosecution Time Limit Expired |
1 |
8 |
10 |
|
Suspect Identified - Evidential Difficulties |
108 |
158 |
184 |
|
Suspect too Ill |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Taken into Consideration |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Victim no Support |
105 |
117 |
184 |
|
Victim too Ill or Dead |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
Youth Caution |
2 |
7 |
5 |
|
Total |
1086 |
1540 |
1663 |