Vehicle Crime
Recorded Crime Statistics England and Wales, April 1998 to March 1999
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Key points
Both theft of vehicles and theft from vehicles fell by 2 per cent.
Within the theft offence group, thefts of and from vehicles decreased by 2.2 per cent to 1,077,700 thefts.
Thefts from vehicles decreased by 2.1 per cent to 685,900 while thefts of vehicles fell by 2.4 per cent to 391,800.
Although this is the sixth consecutive decrease in thefts of and from vehicles there were still 10 per cent more such crimes recorded than 10 years ago.
In addition since April 1998, 48,000 offences of vehicle interference and tampering and 354,700 offences of criminal damage to a motor vehicle were recorded.
The inclusion of the interference and tampering offence category may have indirectly reduced the number of attempted vehicle thefts recorded by some police force areas, owing to the difficulty of distinguishing crimes of vehicle interference from attempted thefts.
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Last update: Thursday, August 28, 2008