Theft of Motor Vehicles (841A/21)
Request
How many cars were reported stolen to West Midlands Police in the period between and inclusive of May 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021?
How many cars reported stolen to West Midlands Police in the period between and inclusive of May 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021 were successfully recovered by the force?
A list of cars by manufacturer and model reported stolen to West Midlands Police in the period between and inclusive of May 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021
Response
Please find attached (841A_21_attachment.pdf). Please note however, due to a recent change in systems used to record incidents, we are only able to provide data up to and including 31 March 2021.
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
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.