Theft From Motor Vehicles (762A/23)
Request
1) The total number of reports received of items stolen from a motor vehicle, broken down by year, in 2021, 2022 and 2023
2) The reported estimated average value of the items stolen from a motor vehicle, broken down by year, in 2021, 2022 and 2023
3) The reported estimated total value of the items stolen from a motor vehicle, broken down by year, in 2021, 2022 and 2023
Response
Q1 – Please see as follows:
Table. Total number of ‘theft from a motor vehicle’ offences:
| Year | Total |
| 2021 | 14,136 |
| 2022 | 17,459 |
| 2023 (to 31st March) | 4,467 |
| Total | 36,062 |
Q2 & Q3 – This information is not held. We do not routinely record the £value of items stolen and therefore are unable to provide this information.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
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