The available information is for offences recorded by the police and is given in the following tables. Statistics for Jarrow constituency are not available centrally and figures for South Tyneside relate to the South Tyneside Community Safety Partnership area.
Number of offences Offence 1997 South Tyneside CSP Theft of a motor vehicle n/a Theft from a vehicle n/a North East Region Theft of a motor vehicle 24,641 Theft from a vehicle 34,814 England and Wales Theft of a motor vehicle 407,239 Theft from a vehicle 710,333 n/a = Not available.
Number of offences Offence 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 South Tyneside CSP Theft of a motor vehicle n/a 1,008 1,014 743 Theft from a vehicle n/a 1,585 1,671 1,471 North East Region Theft of a motor vehicle 21,650 18,402 16,307 15,346 Theft from a vehicle 27.524 29,953 27,920 27,113 England and Wales Theft of a motor vehicle 391,807 374,668 310,613 328,115 Theft from a vehicle 685,919 669,232 571,176 655,161 n/a = Not available. 1 The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
Number of offences Offence 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 South Tyneside CSP Theft of a motor vehicle 734 587 507 461 405 366 306 Theft from a vehicle 1,581 1,117 1,069 1,281 947 779 561 North East Region Theft of a motor vehicle 13,872 13,277 10,893 9,783 8,028 7,060 5,878 Theft from a vehicle 28,132 24,378 20,761 20,833 19,183 15,344 13,645 England and Wales2 Theft of a motor vehicle 318,507 291,858 242,732 214,182 193.384 170,008 147,342 Theft from a vehicle 663,679 603,256 500,360 507,239 502,651 432,374 396,950 1 The data in this table takes account of the Introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. 2 Includes British Transport Police from 2002-03 onwards.