2023 to 2025 DVLA & Police LoS Data

The Data

Notes

The records relate to England & Wales. Some difficulties were encountered, but where information could not be obtained from a DVLA source of LoS data, the equivalent ‘police’ data was disregarded. All participating constabularies, except one (West Yorkshire), provided data for the requested periods. Excluded from the DVLA & police data were Army, NCA, NaVCIS and ‘unknown’ – read more here.

YearDVLAPolice# Difference% Difference
2023101,551133,28831,73731.25%
202495,589127,62932,04033.52%
202586,113115,08428,97133.64%
  • Is ‘WEEDING‘ a significant cause of the discrepancy?

The above record totals are derived from a FoIA to the DVLA for all ‘constabulary’ statistics and individual FoIA requests to constabularies. The ‘police figures’ are slightly skewed by W. Yorkshire police, which only provided information for the first 7 months of 2025, i.e. the discrepancy is slightly larger than conveyed above.

Individual constabulary figures are compared here:

ConstabularyPolice 2023DVLA 20232023 differencePolice 2024DVLA 20242024 differencePolice 2025DVLA 20252025 difference% difference
Avon and Somerset Police33592,2361,1233,3322,3121,0203,2012,34785426.68%
Bedfordshire Police15691,1404291,7401,2355051,27989338630.18%
Cambridgeshire Constabulary1,4461,0683781,2418893521,36898638227.92%
Cheshire Constabulary101577723893374918480860220625.50%
City of London Police261313201191991052.63%
Cleveland Police13195158041,03636567197341455957.45%
Cumbria Constabulary36218317934115418730111618561.46%
Derbyshire Constabulary1,9711,4744971,7451,1336121,6741,03164338.41%
Devon and Cornwall Police1,5287168121,4577087491,4371,3041339.26%
Dorset Police1,1145285861,14460853692748544247.68%
Durham Constabulary1,2876456421,1976705271,07759847944.48%
Essex Police5,2614,8434185,0484,2877614,2513,67957213.46%
Gloucestershire Constabulary1,1913708211,2153808351,10035574567.73%
Greater Manchester Police7,4616,0971,3646,0594,7261,3335,6954,0081,68729.62%
Hampshire Constabulary3,1871,9971,1903,0691,7161,3532,7491,5571,19243.36%
Hertfordshire Constabulary2,2191,6965232,5121,8716412,0881,59948923.42%
Humberside Police1,3921,0813111,3019903111,22786935829.18%
Kent Police3,5912,3921,1993,7672,5161,2513,2542,0891,16535.80%
Lancashire Constabulary2,5501,6978532,6011,7638382,4381,55488436.26%
Leicestershire Police1,5841,612-281,3831,560-1771,3181,494-176-13.35%
Lincolnshire Police78357820575051723377859818023.14%
Merseyside Police2,7541,3551,3992,2551,0181,2371,8215231,29871.28%
Metropolitan Police Service33,52728,4325,09533,78027,4646,31631,83724,7697,06822.20%
Norfolk Constabulary55726029767930837169136932246.60%
North Yorkshire Police82263818472659812861846115725.40%
Northamptonshire Police1,0016813201,02669832891760731033.81%
Northumbria Police2,6131,3631,2502,1251,1359901,9191,01090947.37%
Nottinghamshire Police2,2521,2939592,0771,1709072,1611,31884339.01%
South Yorkshire Police4,9763,7591,2174,7443,4201,3244,5322,7211,81139.96%
Staffordshire Police2,1241,9331911,9722,015-431,5881,843-255-16.06%
Suffolk Constabulary53629024657829528355434520937.73%
Surrey Police2,0881,5255631,8141,2585561,5931,13745628.63%
Sussex Police2,5151,6089072,4391,5099302,0281,23779139.00%
Thames Valley Police4,0242,8411,1833,6082,6071,0013,1612,34182025.94%
Warwickshire Police1,1811,132491,1841,189-51,2841,188967.48%
West Mercia Police1,5971,3562411,7001,4772231,3881,22816011.53%
West Midlands Police14,82213,4641,35813,81112,84496713,05811,2301,82814.00%
West Yorkshire Police6,7565,1431,6136,0174,5691,4483,1704,399-1,229-38.77%
Wiltshire Police5094041055664311354693917816.63%
British Transport Police50711938855513042547212534773.52%
Dyfed-Powys Police2869419229910919034714420358.50%
Gwent Police1,1704487221,1613757861,09142067161.50%
North Wales Police44816927949714135644711533274.27%
South Wales Police2,0081,5864222,1251,6694561,9761,60537118.78%
Total133,288101,55131,737127,62995,58932,040115,08486,11328,971