The Gwent police FoIA disclosure, in response to FoI request 2025/28985 also provided stolen vehicle information relating to the first 9 months of 2025.
A request of the DVLA for the stolen vehicle notifications they received was made by us for the first 8 months of 2025. The figures are as follows:
| Source | Stolen Vehicles | Stolen Vehicle per Month |
| Gwent police | 727 in 1st 9** months | 81 |
| The DVLA | 263 in 1st 8** months | 33 |
*’vehicle’ data, not just cars, which for 2023 & 2024, can be found here.
**The difference in time period results from FoI 2025/28985 not being made by the author of this page, and was located when researching vehicle ‘theft’ statistics.
727 theft allegations in 9 months equate to about 646 reports in the 1st 8 months – it appears the DVLA received about 383 (646 – 263) fewer ‘stolen’ notifications from Gwent police than were recorded by the constabulary in the first 8 months of 2025.
- Why is there such a substantial difference?
- Why does the DVLA appear unaware of 100’s of vehicles reported stolen to Gwent police?
- What does this say about the true size of the UK’s vehicle theft problem?
