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Theft: Vehicles

Volume 506: debated on Friday 26 February 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of vehicles stolen during robberies and domestic burglaries in (a) London, (b) each police force area and (c) nationally in each year since 1998. (317661)

The number of recorded offences where a vehicle has been stolen during robberies and domestic burglaries is given in the table.

The collection of these supplementary data began in 2007-08. Figures are not available prior to this date. These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics. These data are provisional and may be subject to change.

The Policing Green Paper announced that Sir David Normington, Permanent Secretary to the Home Office, would lead a review of the strategic data collection burden placed by the Home Office on police forces in England and Wales. Sir David's report was published on 16 February.

Recorded offences of domestic burglaries and robberies in which a vehicle is taken1

Domestic burglaries

Robberies

PFA

2007-082

2008-093

2007-082

2008-093

Avon and Somerset

335

453

33

51

Bedfordshire

248

294

26

26

British Transport Police

0

0

0

10

Cambridgeshire

138

192

52

11

Cheshire

349

468

23

41

Cleveland

27

123

1

16

Cumbria

28

28

0

0

Derbyshire

285

277

17

21

Devon and Cornwall

63

82

6

4

Dorset

52

56

4

2

Durham

81

170

1

6

Dyfed-Powys

25

28

0

0

Essex

579

723

79

78

Gloucestershire

96

4

5

4

Greater Manchester

1,851

2,359

627

613

Gwent

63

94

0

2

Hampshire

159

279

23

16

Hertfordshire

407

566

16

25

Humberside

4

249

4

22

Kent

278

368

37

23

Lancashire

338

336

30

29

Leicestershire

225

277

20

23

Lincolnshire

90

142

2

13

London, City of

0

4

0

4

Merseyside

783

1,109

92

131

Metropolitan Police

2,479

3,144

1,000

845

Norfolk

16

22

1

1

North Wales

63

89

6

4

North Yorkshire

201

274

4

7

Northamptonshire

310

423

27

33

Northumbria

153

366

23

28

Nottinghamshire

434

481

47

33

South Wales

4

4

4

4

South Yorkshire

605

665

45

54

Staffordshire

252

208

32

18

Suffolk

43

21

1

0

Surrey

157

200

5

8

Sussex

25

61

0

11

Thames Valley

843

1,091

40

49

Warwickshire

173

156

28

17

West Mercia

178

69

12

3

West Midlands

1,134

956

377

365

West Yorkshire

2,113

2,440

112

108

Wiltshire

62

62

4

7

England and Wales

15,741

19,401

2,858

2,754

1 The data given in this table are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics. These data are provisional and may be subject to change.

2 42 police forces provided data for 2007-08.

3 41 police forces provided data for 2008-09.

4 Police force unable to provide data.