Vehicle Thefts and Recoveries 2021 to 2024

Publication Number: 1548

FOI Number: 20348

Information Request 

1) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) reported as stolen to Essex Police in the calendar year 2021.

2) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) that were recovered after being reported as stolen to Essex Police in the calendar year 2021.

3) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) reported as stolen to Essex Police in the calendar year 2022.

4) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) that were recovered after being reported as stolen to Essex Police in the calendar year 2022.

5) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) reported as stolen to Essex Police in the calendar year 2023.

6) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) that were recovered after being reported as stolen to Essex Police in the calendar year 2023.

7) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) reported as stolen to Essex Police between January 1st 2024 and May 31st 2024.

8) The number of road vehicles (care/vans/motorbikes etc) that were recovered after being reported as stolen to Essex Police between January 1st 2024 and May 31st 2024.

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 04 July 2024

Numbers of Theft of a Motor Vehicle Investigations by Year – 2021 to 2024

Numbers of Stolen Vehicles Recovered by Year – 2021 to 2024

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 data on the numbers of Theft of a Vehicle offences and their outcomes recorded between January 2021 and May 2024 can be found within the 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

Theft of Car Components / Accessories | Essex Police

Thefts of and from Vans 2022 to 2024 | Essex Police

Thefts from Vehicles and Domestic Outbuildings | Essex Police

Van Thefts and Form of Entry 2016 – 2021 | Essex Police

Thefts of and From Caravans March 2018 to March 2023 | Essex Police