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Publication Number: 1545
FOI Number: 19993
Information Request
I would like to receive information around the number of vans which have been stolen, the number of times items have been stolen from vans and the types of vans most commonly being stolen or stolen from.
To clarify, I would like to receive the following information:
How many thefts have taken place from vans: A list of all thefts where the offence category is Theft from a Motor Vehicle and the vehicle type is Van or Panel Van. Please can you provide these details broken down by the make and model of each vehicle, as well as a breakdown of the category of items stolen (e.g. Tools, equipment, personal items etc)
How many vans have been stolen: A list of all thefts where the offence category is Theft of a Motor vehicle and the vehicle type is Van or Panel Van. Please can you provide these details broken down by the make and model of each vehicle.
I would like this information to cover the following time periods:
1st January 2024 – 29th February 2024
1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023
1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – See below
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 15 May 2024
Notes:
- All Data is extracted from the Athena business objects universe.
- Searches for 'Theft from a motor vehicle' and 'Theft of a motor vehicle' with the vehicle type category set to contain: Luton Van, Van, Light Van, Panel Van, Box Van and Car Derived Van.
- ‘Not Noted’ = This field was left blank.
Numbers of Thefts from Vans by Date Range – Jan 2022 to Feb 2024
Date Range |
Count |
01/01/22 - 31/12/22 |
989 |
01/01/23 - 31/12/23 |
1245 |
01/01/24 - 29/02/24 |
148 |
Total |
2382 |
Numbers of Thefts from Vans by Recorded Make and Model – Jan 2022 to Feb 2024
Make |
Model |
Count |
CITROEN |
BERLINGO |
73 |
BERLINGO LX |
4 |
|
BERLINGO MULTISPACE |
4 |
|
DISPATCH |
41 |
|
NEMO 610 ENTERPRISE HDI |
1 |
|
RELAY |
21 |
|
NOT NOTED |
3 |
|
DAEWOO |
MUSSO |
1 |
DAF TRUCKS |
ALL MODELS |
7 |
NOT NOTED |
8 |
|
FIAT |
DOBLO 16V |
18 |
DUCATO |
8 |
|
FIORINO |
10 |
|
NEW FIAT COMF 900 |
4 |
|
SCUDO 19 TD EL COMBI |
3 |
|
NOT NOTED |
2 |
|
FORD (EUROPE) |
FIESTA |
1 |
FUSION + |
2 |
|
RANGER 4X4 DIESEL |
7 |
|
TRANSIT |
1019 |
|
TRANSIT CAB ONLY |
1 |
|
TRANSIT CONNECT |
124 |
|
NOT NOTED |
12 |
|
FORD (UK) |
FIESTA |
1 |
TRANSIT |
1 |
|
TRANSIT - UK |
12 |
|
NOT NOTED |
1 |
|
HYUNDAI |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
IVECO (GERMANY) |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
IVECO-FORD (UK |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
LAND ROVER |
DEFENDER |
1 |
LDV |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
LAYLAND |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
MAN (TRUCKS) |
ALL MODELS |
7 |
MAXUS |
ALL MODELS |
9 |
MERCADES |
315 |
4 |
ACTROS – ALL MODELS |
1 |
|
CITAN |
4 |
|
SPRINTER |
76 |
|
VITO |
38 |
|
VITO 108 CDI |
13 |
|
NOT NOTED |
10 |
|
MITSUBISHI |
NOT NOTED |
2 |
NISSAN (EUROPE) |
INTERSTAR 100 SE MWB |
2 |
KUBISTAR 60 SE |
1 |
|
NV200 E DCI |
4 |
|
NOT NOTED |
2 |
|
NISSAN (JAPAN) |
NOT NOTED |
4 |
NISSAN (UK) |
NOT NOTED |
4 |
PEUGEOT (FRANCE) |
BIPPER |
6 |
BOXER |
17 |
|
EXPERT |
36 |
|
PARTNER |
59 |
|
PARTNER 600 |
5 |
|
NOT NOTED |
19 |
|
RENAULT TRUCKS |
MASTER 10028 SWB |
2 |
NOT NOTED |
4 |
|
RENAULT (AGRIC) |
ALL MODELS |
2 |
RENAULT (FRANCE) |
KANGOO 655 19D |
4 |
MASTER |
30 |
|
TRAFIC |
79 |
|
NOT NOTED |
7 |
|
RENAULT (UK) |
LL29 DCI 100 |
5 |
TRAFIC |
28 |
|
SCANIA |
ALL MODELS |
2 |
SUZUKI |
CARRY |
1 |
TOYOTA (JAPAN) |
HIACE |
6 |
HILUX |
4 |
|
NOT NOTED |
7 |
|
VAUXHALL |
ANTARA |
1 |
ASTRA |
2 |
|
ASTRAVAN |
1 |
|
COMBO |
58 |
|
CORSA |
4 |
|
CORSAVAN 16V |
1 |
|
MOVANO 3300 CDTI MWB |
1 |
|
MOVANO 3500 CDTI LWB |
7 |
|
MOVANO CDTI 100 |
6 |
|
MOVANO COMBI 100 CDTI 9S |
1 |
|
VIVARO |
152 |
|
VIVARO 2700 CDTI 100 SWB |
25 |
|
NOT NOTED |
18 |
|
VOLKSWAGAN |
CADDY |
55 |
CRAFTER 30 BLUE TDI 109 S |
4 |
|
CRAFTER CR30 109 SWB |
3 |
|
CRAFTER CR35 109 LWB |
17 |
|
T-PORTER SHUT S130 LWB |
1 |
|
TRANSPORTER |
58 |
|
NOT NOTED |
7 |
|
VOLVO |
S40 |
1 |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
|
NOT NOTED |
NOT NOTED |
49 |
Numbers of Items Stolen from Vans by Recorded Property Category - Jan 2022 to Feb 2024
Property Category |
Count |
Art |
1 |
Commercial |
79 |
Construction |
1319 |
Conveyance |
294 |
Drugs |
1 |
Electrical |
285 |
Evidence |
1 |
Evidential Media |
1 |
Finance |
62 |
Groceries |
17 |
Highway |
2 |
Household |
221 |
Jewellery |
2 |
Optical Equipment |
11 |
Ornament |
2 |
Publication |
1 |
Weapons |
3 |
Not Noted |
469 |
Total |
2771 |
Numbers of Thefts of Vans by Date Range – Jan 2022 to Feb 2024
Date Range |
Count |
01/01/22 - 31/12/22 |
318 |
01/01/23 - 31/12/23 |
400 |
01/01/24 - 29/02/24 |
63 |
Total |
781 |
Numbers of Thefts of Vans by Recorded Make and Model – Jan 2022 to Feb 2024
Make |
Model |
Count |
CITROEN |
BERLINGO |
8 |
DISPATCH |
5 |
|
NEMO 610 ENTERPRISE HDI |
1 |
|
NEMO LX HDI 610 |
1 |
|
RELAY |
22 |
|
NOT NOTED |
3 |
|
DAF TRUCKS |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
DAIHATSU |
EXTOL |
1 |
FIAT |
DOBLO 16V |
5 |
DUCATO |
5 |
|
QUBO ACTIVE |
2 |
|
SCUDO 19 TD EL COMBI |
11 |
|
NOT NOTED |
1 |
|
FORD(EUROPE) |
FIESTA |
2 |
KA |
1 |
|
RANGER 4X4 DIESEL |
1 |
|
TOURNEO 280 SWB |
1 |
|
TRANSIT |
374 |
|
TRANSIT CONNECT |
30 |
|
TRCON 110 T220 TREND DC |
1 |
|
NOT NOTED |
6 |
|
FORD(UK) |
TRANSIT - UK |
17 |
TRANSIT CONNECT - UK |
1 |
|
NOT NOTED |
1 |
|
IVECO(GERMANY) |
ALL MODELS |
2 |
IVECO(ITALY) |
DAILY |
1 |
EUROCARGO |
1 |
|
IVECO-FORD(ITAL) |
DAILY |
1 |
IVECO-FORD(UK) |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
LAND ROVER |
DEFENDER |
1 |
MAZDA |
E2200 |
1 |
MERCEDES |
CITAN |
1 |
SPRINTER |
51 |
|
VITO |
8 |
|
NOT NOTED |
3 |
|
NISSAN(EUROPE) |
NOT NOTED |
2 |
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
BIPPER |
10 |
BOXER |
35 |
|
EXPERT |
10 |
|
PARTNER |
15 |
|
BOXER |
1 |
|
PEUGEOT(UK) |
BOXER |
1 |
PIAGGIO(VANS) |
PORTER |
1 |
RENAULT(FRANCE) |
KANGOO 655 19D |
3 |
MASTER |
3 |
|
SPORT SPIDER |
1 |
|
TRAFIC |
11 |
|
TRAFIC AS CAMPER |
1 |
|
NOT NOTED |
2 |
|
RENAULT(UK) |
TRAFIC |
5 |
SUZUKI(CARS) |
CARRY |
20 |
NOT NOTED |
1 |
|
SUZUKI(UK) |
SUPERCARRY |
3 |
VAUXHALL |
ASTRAVAN |
1 |
COMBO |
19 |
|
CORSA |
1 |
|
MOVANO 3300 CDTI MWB |
1 |
|
MOVANO 3500 CDTI LWB |
2 |
|
MOVANO CDTI 100 |
2 |
|
VIVARO |
20 |
|
VIVARO 2700 CDTI 100 SWB |
7 |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
CADDY |
9 |
CRAFTER CR35 109 LWB |
4 |
|
LT32 109 TDI MWB |
1 |
|
TRANSPORTER |
9 |
|
NOT NOTED |
3 |
|
NOT NOTED |
NOT NOTED |
6 |
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
Headline vehicle theft statistics can be found within the monthly Essex Police performance reports published by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex:
Essex Police Performance - Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner (pfcc.police.uk)
The following articles available via our publication scheme may also be of interest:
Vehicle Theft Statistics 2019 to 2022 | Essex Police
Thefts of and From Caravans March 2018 to March 2023 | Essex Police