Vehicle Theft Statistics 2019 to 2022
Keywords
Vehicle, Theft, Driving, Owner, Age, Security, Precautions, Stolen, Returned, Cost, Damage, Interference.
Publication Number
PUB 1489
FOI Reference Number
17754
Request Title
Vehicle Theft Statistics 2019 to 2022
Date Range
2019 to 2022
Information Requested
Essex Police have reported 2,000 stolen vehicles in 2022 so far, which is a 10% reduction from last year. However, we would be grateful if you could supply some additional statistics for the last 3 years, namely:
a) Incidents of attempted vehicle theft
b) Methods used in incidents of attempted theft of vehicles
c) Methods used in incidents of actual theft of vehicles
d) Incidents of taking and driving away
e) Incidents of taking without owner’s consent
f) Age of vehicles in incidents of attempted theft
g) Age of vehicles in incidents of actual theft
h) Security precautions on vehicles targeted in attempted vehicle-related theft
i) Security precautions on vehicles targeted in actual vehicle-related theft
j) Number of stolen vehicles returned to owners
k) Average cost of damage in all vehicle-related theft incidents
l) Number of vehicle interferences
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Refusal with Section 12 Exemption
Information Correct as at
28 September 2022
Date of Disclosure
06 December 2022
Related Documents/Links
Juveniles Charged With Theft of Vehicle, Burglary & All Crime 2019 - 2022
Thefts and Attempted Thefts from Vehicles 2015 to 2021
Van Thefts and Form of Entry 2016 – 2021
Thefts from Motor Vehicles/Catalytic Converter 2015-2019
Theft of Car Components / Accessories 2019 to 2021
Thefts from Vehicles and Domestic Outbuildings 2018 to 2020
Damage / Thefts from Unattended Vehicles in Laybys - A120 2015 to 2016
Motorcycle and Scooter Thefts 2020 to 2022
FOI 17754 Response
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police holds some of the information relating to your request
Second Duty – See below
Fact - It is not possible to extract and verify all the data in your request
Exemption - Section 12(1)
Refusal - Section 17(5) of FOIA
Reasoning - With regard to Questions b), c), f), g), h) and i) above, it is not possible to accurately extract this information from our recorded vehicle theft data. There is no mandatory field to include data such as the methods used in the theft of a vehicle, the age of a vehicle and the security precautions used within a vehicle. It is not held in a readily extractable format nor is it held on a central log.
Each relevant crime record would need to be reviewed, which would take approximately 30 minutes per record to establish the facts, that is to say whether the details for Questions b), c), f), g), h) and i) were held within the investigation notes in free text fields – this would take considerable resource to achieve and, therefore, is regarded as excessive and would exceed the time and cost limits under the Act.
Similarly, for Question j), not all Vehicles are noted as returned to owners, some property may be noted as Recovered, where that data is available it has been reported below, but represents partial data. In order to determine the Returned status in all cases would require the same manual review of each stolen record.
Duty to assist – When refusing a request on cost (Section 12(1)/12(2), outside of the act and in effort to assist we can provide the following
Essex Police can report the following two previous FOI disclosures on this subject:
FOI 1: Caveat: The data is correct as at 12 August 2021.
Date Range: 01 May 2020 to 30 April 2021.
The following table can support Question a) and provides partial data for Question j) over this 12 month period:
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
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|
|
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
Grand Total |
|
Sum of Count of Crimes |
216 |
245 |
251 |
320 |
326 |
361 |
239 |
254 |
233 |
231 |
285 |
300 |
3261 |
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
|
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|
FOUND / RECOVERED |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
Grand Total |
|
FOUND |
9 |
15 |
18 |
15 |
30 |
32 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
24 |
221 |
|
RECOVERED |
34 |
44 |
36 |
53 |
49 |
52 |
37 |
43 |
22 |
23 |
39 |
41 |
473 |
|
Grand Total |
43 |
59 |
54 |
68 |
79 |
84 |
55 |
60 |
37 |
37 |
53 |
65 |
694 |
FOI 2: Caveat: The data and statements are correct as at 28/09/2022.
The dates included in the query are between 01/05/2018 and 31/05/2022.
The following table can also support Question a):
|
Offence |
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Year and month |
AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING |
INTERFERING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE |
THEFT FROM A VEHICLE |
THEFT OR UNAUTH. TAKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE |
Grand Total |
|
2018 |
7 |
166 |
954 |
359 |
1486 |
|
May |
2 |
24 |
139 |
62 |
227 |
|
June |
1 |
13 |
96 |
43 |
153 |
|
July |
1 |
16 |
115 |
46 |
178 |
|
August |
0 |
19 |
141 |
46 |
206 |
|
September |
0 |
26 |
155 |
59 |
240 |
|
October |
1 |
27 |
111 |
47 |
186 |
|
November |
1 |
20 |
111 |
31 |
163 |
|
December |
1 |
21 |
86 |
25 |
133 |
|
2019 |
5 |
264 |
1069 |
387 |
1725 |
|
January |
0 |
18 |
120 |
40 |
178 |
|
February |
1 |
19 |
102 |
58 |
180 |
|
March |
0 |
21 |
72 |
20 |
113 |
|
April |
0 |
27 |
90 |
30 |
147 |
|
May |
0 |
36 |
101 |
34 |
171 |
|
June |
0 |
23 |
81 |
37 |
141 |
|
July |
2 |
15 |
58 |
41 |
116 |
|
August |
0 |
14 |
64 |
30 |
108 |
|
September |
0 |
28 |
143 |
23 |
194 |
|
October |
1 |
26 |
95 |
27 |
149 |
|
November |
1 |
19 |
78 |
24 |
122 |
|
December |
0 |
18 |
65 |
23 |
106 |
|
2020 |
0 |
188 |
690 |
228 |
1106 |
|
January |
0 |
18 |
81 |
26 |
125 |
|
February |
0 |
36 |
120 |
30 |
186 |
|
March |
0 |
18 |
54 |
20 |
92 |
|
April |
0 |
12 |
29 |
10 |
51 |
|
May |
0 |
8 |
21 |
7 |
36 |
|
June |
0 |
11 |
51 |
14 |
76 |
|
July |
0 |
12 |
81 |
15 |
108 |
|
August |
0 |
11 |
62 |
19 |
92 |
|
September |
0 |
16 |
64 |
17 |
97 |
|
October |
0 |
20 |
43 |
29 |
92 |
|
November |
0 |
13 |
58 |
17 |
88 |
|
December |
0 |
13 |
26 |
24 |
63 |
|
2021 |
5 |
180 |
832 |
266 |
1283 |
|
January |
1 |
9 |
58 |
20 |
88 |
|
February |
0 |
10 |
80 |
15 |
105 |
|
March |
2 |
12 |
61 |
20 |
95 |
|
April |
0 |
19 |
88 |
20 |
127 |
|
May |
1 |
16 |
75 |
15 |
107 |
|
June |
0 |
8 |
34 |
17 |
59 |
|
July |
0 |
12 |
60 |
17 |
89 |
|
August |
1 |
14 |
46 |
24 |
85 |
|
September |
0 |
15 |
63 |
36 |
114 |
|
October |
0 |
23 |
104 |
31 |
158 |
|
November |
0 |
29 |
95 |
25 |
149 |
|
December |
0 |
13 |
68 |
26 |
107 |
|
2022 |
2 |
67 |
322 |
162 |
553 |
|
January |
0 |
18 |
73 |
34 |
125 |
|
February |
0 |
8 |
89 |
29 |
126 |
|
March |
0 |
16 |
68 |
43 |
127 |
|
April |
0 |
15 |
51 |
22 |
88 |
|
May |
2 |
10 |
41 |
34 |
87 |
|
Grand Total |
19 |
865 |
3867 |
1402 |
6153 |
The following provides the makes of Vans most targeted over this same time period – 01/05/2018 and 31/05/2022.
|
Make |
Number of offences |
|
FORD(EUROPE) |
2176 |
|
MERCEDES |
438 |
|
FORD(EUROPE) |
349 |
|
VAUXHALL |
294 |
|
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
213 |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
184 |
|
CITROEN |
165 |
|
CITROEN |
142 |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
135 |
|
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
132 |
|
RENAULT(FRANCE) |
130 |
|
VAUXHALL |
126 |
|
VAUXHALL |
117 |
|
RENAULT(UK) |
98 |
|
MERCEDES |
83 |
|
CITROEN |
79 |
|
(blank) |
77 |
|
RENAULT(FRANCE) |
69 |
|
FORD(UK) |
57 |
|
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
53 |
|
FIAT |
49 |
|
FIAT |
44 |
|
FORD(EUROPE) |
44 |
|
CITROEN |
42 |
|
VAUXHALL |
42 |
|
VAUXHALL |
39 |
|
SUZUKI(CARS) |
33 |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
31 |
|
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
29 |
|
RENAULT TRUCKS |
28 |
|
FORD(EUROPE) |
27 |
|
CITROEN |
26 |
|
FIAT |
26 |
|
MERCEDES |
22 |
|
RENAULT(FRANCE) |
22 |
|
TOYOTA(JAPAN) |
22 |
|
VAUXHALL |
22 |
|
VAUXHALL |
21 |
|
VAUXHALL |
19 |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
19 |
|
NISSAN(EUROPE) |
18 |
|
NISSAN(EUROPE) |
17 |
|
IVECO(ITALY) |
16 |
|
RENAULT(FRANCE) |
16 |
|
MERCEDES |
15 |
|
NISSAN(UK) |
15 |
|
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
15 |
|
FIAT |
13 |
|
FIAT |
12 |
|
IVECO(GERMANY) |
12 |
|
VAUXHALL |
12 |
|
PEUGEOT(FRANCE) |
11 |
|
RENAULT(UK) |
11 |
|
TOYOTA(JAPAN) |
11 |
|
SCANIA |
10 |
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 figures for incidents of Theft from a Vehicle, Theft of a Vehicle and Vehicle Interference can be found within the regular Essex Police Performance reports published by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex:
Essex Police Performance
https://www.essex.pfcc.police.uk/essex-police-performance-2-2/
Likewise headline monthly figures for Vehicle Crime incidents in Essex can be downloaded from the Data.Police.UK website:
Data.Police.UK