What
are the numbers and rates of:
Theft of motor vehicles
Theft
from motor vehicles
The bulk of offences will relate to theft of and
from vehicles and these offences contribute to the Prime Minister's target.
In addition, partners may also wish to look at:
How
do crime rates compare with other areas (locally and nationally)?
What
trends can be detected?
Police (data / analysis of recorded crimes)
Recorded
crime figures at Basic Command Unit and Crime and Disorder Reduction
Partnership level
Car
park managers /operators
Neighbourhood
Watch co-ordinators
Motoring
organisations
Community
surveys/ consultations
(Information
on unrecorded and non-reported crimes.)
Commercial
data houses (data on the local vehicle parc to calculate risks.)
DVLA
(Information
on requests to re-register vehicles deemed to be insurance write-offs;
Requests
for registration documents for vehicles recorded as having another current
keeper.)
Insurance
companies
(Data
from claims.)
Fire
service
(information
regarding burnt out vehicles)
Is
it predominantly thefts of or thefts from vehicles or both?
NB.
It is important not only to look at high absolute numbers but also high
risk (this can be calculated using local vehicle parc data).
What
items tend to be stolen?
From
what types of vehicles are items stolen?
Are
there particular makes and models at risk?
What
types of vehicles are being stolen?
(Thefts
of older, familiar models may point to opportunist crime. Thefts of higher
value, luxury cars, specialist vehicles, or makes where second hand spares are
in short supply may point to work by professionals.)
What
makes and models are stolen in high numbers and are at high risk of theft?
What
age is most at risk?
What
proportion of stolen vehicles are recovered?
(Low recovery rates may point to a high proportion of
thefts by professional thieves)
Can
patterns be detected in when and where stolen vehicles are recovered?
(Common
recovery sites may point to local suspects or suggest a targeted police
operation.)
What
condition are vehicles in when recovered? (The
type of damage may give clues to whether the theft was the work of
professionals.)
Ignition
damage
Damaged
Burnt
out
Accident
damaged
Stripped
False
plates
Police (data / analysis of recorded crimes)
Recorded
crime figures at Basic Command Unit and Crime and Disorder Reduction
Partnership level
Car
park managers /operators
Neighbourhood
Watch co-ordinators
Motoring
organisations
Community
surveys/ consultations
(Information
on unrecorded and non-reported crimes.)
Commercial
data houses (data on the local vehicle parc to calculate risks.)
DVLA
(Information
on requests to re-register vehicles deemed to be insurance write-offs;
Requests
for registration documents for vehicles recorded as having another current
keeper.)
Insurance
companies
(Data
from claims.)
Fire
service
(information
regarding burnt out vehicles)
Are there particular hotspots (wards or streets)?
Are there particular types of location?
On the street
Car parks
Outside
owner’s home
Do locations share common physical features?
E.g. ease of access/egress, poor lighting, lack of natural surveillance
Police (data /analysis of recorded crimes)
Recorded
crime figures at Basic Command Unit and Crime and Disorder Reduction
Partnership level
NW
co-ordinators
Motoring
organisations
Community surveys/ consultations (Information on unrecorded and unreported crimes)
Car
park managers /operators (Information
on unrecorded crimes plus data on car park usage to calculate risks.)
Insurance
contacts (risk
assessments for different areas.)
Large employers with fleet operations
Is
the risk of vehicle crime higher at certain times of the:
Day
Week
Year?
What
trends can be detected?
Are particular makes/models/ages/items stolen more at risk at different times?
Police
(data /analysis of recorded crimes)
Car
park managers/operators
Neighbourhood
Watch co-ordinators
Motoring
organisations
Community
surveys/ consultations (Information
on unrecorded and unreported crimes)
Are there spates of crime in particular locations?
Police
(data /analysis of
recorded crimes)
Car
park managers/operators
NW
co-ordinators
Motoring
organisations
Community
consultations
(Information on unrecorded crimes)
What
concerns the public most?
What
is the impact on victims?
What
is the value of items / vehicles stolen?
Are
local services (shops, community facilities etc) affected by reduced or poor
level levels of public attendance due to crime levels/ fear of crime?
Community
consultations (Focus groups / surveys etc)
Police
(data/analysis
of recorded crimes)
Victim
Support
Reparation
schemes (feedback
from victims)
General
practitioners/ health authority/ hospitals (e.g. feedback
on stress-related illness)
Local
insurance contacts (Data on claims)
Police
(data
/analysis of recorded crimes)
Insurance
companies
Do
crimes tend to be committed in a certain way? (May
give clues to the number /sophistication of
offenders
involved)
What
security features did the vehicle possess?
How
did they get into the vehicle? (e.g. did
they break a window – if so which, were keys used etc.)
Police
(data
/analysis of recorded crimes)
Insurance
companies
Are these victim or location focussed?
Police
(data
/ analysis of recorded crimes)
Insurance
companies