A consideration and comparison of CARS, no more than 3 years old, recorded as stolen by the DVLA during 2023 and 2024.
2023
For the 2023 statistics, vehicles 1st registered between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2023 were considered. In 2023:
- 65,905 cars were recorded stolen, of which:
- 7,052 or 10.83%, were less than 3 years old.
- 3,108 were marked as ‘recovered’ during 2023, and of these recovered cars:
- 345 or 11.1%, were categorised as salvage, i.e. a total loss.
837 – TOYOTA
648 – BMW
563 – VOLKSWAGEN
548 – AUDI
536 – KIA
451 – LEXUS
412 – LAND ROVER
402 – HYUNDAI
385 – FORD
368 – MERCEDES-BENZ
Of the Toyota CARS, the most commonly recorded model was the Rav4 – 420 of the 837 cars. The DVLA had no model recroded against 54 of the 837 records. Of these 54, the majority had a recroded body type ‘MPV’. The top 3 models recorded stolen were:
420 – Rav 4 – 50.18%
113 – C-HR – 13.5%
90 – HiLux – 10.75%
2024
For the 2024 statistics, vehicles 1st registered between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2024 were considered. In 2024:
- 62,972 cars were recorded stolen, of which:
- 7,518 or 11.94%, were less than 3 years old.
- 3,485 were marked as ‘recovered’ during 2024, and of these recovered cars:
- 267 or 7.66%, were categorised as salvage, i.e. a total loss.
1182 TOYOTA
760 BMW
680 KIA
583 VOLKSWAGEN
576 FORD
525 AUDI
432 HYUNDAI
352 MERCEDES-BENZ
308 VAUXHALL
261 NISSAN
‘not’ (above = not recroded by the DVLA.
584 HILUX
134 RAV4
115 PRIUS
98 C-HR
81 not
58 YARIS
42 COROLLA
18 AYGO
15 LAND
14 ESTIMA