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2024 Vehicle Theft – how well (or otherwise) did your constabulary perform?

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 by 5@mwosb.co.uk

2023 vs. 2024 PNC LoS Comparison

A comparison of the 2023 and 2024 ‘stolen’ car data received by the DVLA from constabularies, conveying, for both years:

  • Total Taken & Recovered (with percentage)
  • Annual taking numbers

Then, by constabulary:

  1. 2023 taking records
  2. 2023 recoveries
  3. 2023recovery percentage
  4. 2024 taking records
  5. 2024 recoveries
  6. 2024 recovery percentage
  7. The percentage recovery rate variance between 2023 & 2024
  8. The taking difference between 2023 & 2024
  9. The percentage taking variance between 2023 & 2024

The information is presented here.

There are important caveats about the information, shedding further light on why the figures understate the issue. The UK’s recording of vehicle taking appears long overdue attention, standardisation. The caveats can be read here.

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