Vehicle theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/9752
Version Date: 16/04/2026
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Data Processing:
Qliksense Occurrence People Links (All) Report
Filtered on Home Office Group Desc
Theft of Unauthorised Taking of a Motor Vehicle
Filtered on Crimed Date:1 April 2019 to 23 March 2026
Caveats/Limitations
No crimes/Cancelled Crimes excluded
The data shows the number of crimes recorded and not crimes reported.
No Crimes / Cancelled Crimes are not available
Clarification: Please provide date up to 23.03.26 I can submit a second FOI if required for the remaining week of data.
1. A yearly breakdown of the total number of ‘theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle’ offences reported in your policing area during the periods:
1st April 2019 - March 31st 2020
1st April 2020 - March 31st 2021
1st April 2021 - March 31st 2022
1st April 2022 - March 31st 2023
1st April 2023 - March 31st 2024
1st April 2024 - March 31st 2025
1st April 2025 - March 23rd 2026
2. Please provide all recorded outcomes for the results of Q1 above using the same yearly periods.
|
Outcome |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
22/23 |
23/24 |
24/25 |
25/26* |
|
1: Charged |
53 |
44 |
31 |
51 |
64 |
50 |
38 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
42 |
35 |
37 |
29 |
17 |
6 |
15 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
21 |
3 |
|
12: Named suspect identified but is dead or too ill (physical or mental health) to prosecute |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
13: Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
12 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
37 |
62 |
89 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
147 |
139 |
69 |
32 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
2 |
35 |
197 |
155 |
166 |
242 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
126 |
82 |
93 |
114 |
177 |
221 |
118 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
699 |
506 |
602 |
837 |
680 |
613 |
650 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
2: Youth caution |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
2: Youth conditional caution |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
39 |
27 |
11 |
28 |
34 |
21 |
12 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, has been undertaken and there is no public interest to continue |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
|
3: Adult caution |
1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
4: TIC (taken into consideration) |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
|
5: Offender has died |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8: Community resolution |
5 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
8: Youth restorative disposal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
9: CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Under investigation / No outcome recorded |
0 |
1 |
3 |
63 |
182 |
128 |
284 |
|
Pending CSU Outcome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
RTC - NFA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
1134 |
866 |
909 |
1418 |
1404 |
1347 |
1470 |
*Up to 23 March only