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Cloning, statistics, recoveries & components … aspects of vehicle crime warranting much more of BBC’s Crimewatch’s time. • Cloning &… Read more

The Convenient Label That Replaces Investigation If a vehicle vanishes and the owner still holds their keys, the obvious question… Read more

Section 184 of the Data Protection Act 2018 – ‘Enforced Subject Access’ Given the delays associated with disclosure of police… Read more

Stealing quality, not quantity. Whilst the number of recorded vehicle thefts in the UK fell by 4.5% last year (2024),… Read more

Crushing e-bikes after 7 days: meaningful action or media soundbite? The West Midlands PCC wants to halve the time before… Read more

Cost-Cutting Brilliance? You have likely heard the tale. Someone asks a matchbox company: “Want to save 50% on your striking… Read more

Police Report Disclosure – the ICO, the NPCC and … ‘The Others’. They say communications were sent. Important ones. A… Read more

What is wrong with this vehicle taking scenario: Such an account challenges conventional assumptions about organised vehicle theft, which typically… Read more

Vehicle taking allegations in the United Kingdom hve surged in recent years, reaching a 15-year high with 129,159 vehicles stolen… Read more

Car Theft Trio Jailed After Crime Spree Three individuals involved in a major car theft operation have been sentenced after… Read more

2023 vs. 2024 PNC LoS Comparison A comparison of the 2023 and 2024 ‘stolen’ car data received by the DVLA… Read more

Vehicles, Cars, Car-Crime, Recoveries More vehicle ‘taking’ figures from the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner’s office which, in 2019,… Read more

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“Facts are the building blocks of knowledge. Without a solid foundation, nothing can be built.” Marie Curie It is frustrating… Read more

04/03/2025 Tomorrow will see the ‘Crime and Policing Bill’ introduced to Parliament.An aspect highlights and seeks to address ‘car signal… Read more

Imagine a central police information unit tasked with issuing guidance to every chief police officer in the country. The expectation?… Read more

Criticism of car insurers who are ‘generally more reliable than other sectors for accepting customer claims: data from the Financial… Read more

How the UK Tackled Car Crime and Let It Slip Away In the 1990s, the UK faced a tipping point… Read more

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The Hidden Cost of Vehicle Theft: Did Complacency Leave the UK Exposed to Organised Crime? You can lead a force… Read more

And by this measure are treated leniently? The ‘Practice Notice’ can be read here. November 2024: Staffordshire police recognised their… Read more