Facts and Figures: Recorded Crime Figures
Vehicle crime accounts for around one in five recorded offences
committed in England and Wales each year.
That means around 1 million offences each year.
Figures recorded by the police for the last five years and
published by the Home Office in statistical bulletins show the
scale of the problem:
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England &
Wales
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Apr 1995-Mar 1996
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Apr 1996-Mar 1997
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Apr 1997-Mar 1998
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Apr 1998-Mar 1999*
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Apr 1999-
Mar 2000
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Theft from motor vehicles
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817,229
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778,269
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695,498
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685, 919
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669,232
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Theft of motor Vehicles
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513,927
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466,783
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400,524
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391,807
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374,686
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Total theft of and from vehicles
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1,331,156
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1,245,052
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1,096,022
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1,077,726
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1,043,918
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Total recorded crime
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5,139,307
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4,930,678
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4,545,337
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5,109,089
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5,301,185
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% of all recorded crime
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26%
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29%
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24%
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21%
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20%
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* New rules figures
Recorded crime figures are published by the Home Office: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hosb1200.pdf
The recorded crime statistics for the last decade
show seven consecutive years of falling rates of recorded crime. The
percentage reductions are shown below.
TABLE 1990-2000 recorded crime figures
Since April 1998, recorded crime figures have also shown offences
of vehicle interference and tampering. In 1999/2000, there were
56,521 such offences recorded. However, the Government’s target of
a 30% reduction in vehicle crime by March 2004 is to reduce thefts
of and from vehicles by 30% over 5 years. Vehicle
interference and criminal damage do not form part of the target That
is because a clear and successful focus on the largest categories of
vehicle crime - theft of and from a vehicle - will deliver
the greatest contribution to achieving that target
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