This section collates formal submissions, research papers and correspondence relating to vehicle crime governance and data integrity. Material is published for transparency and record-keeping purposes. It does not allege misconduct unless expressly stated.
Policy Submissions
In 2026, CarCrimeUK provided a short policy submission to relevant oversight bodies concerning structural issues in vehicle theft recording and fraud identification. The document is anonymised and focuses on system design rather than individual conduct. It is published here in the interests of transparency.
02/2026 – Parliamentary Question Submitted:
Investigation
19/03/2026 – Unexplored Lines of Enquiry
- The “Third Key” Problem: A Hidden Gap in Vehicle Theft Investigations – read more here
19/03/2026 – Vehicle theft investigation quality and complaint-recording limbo (HMICFRS) – West Mercia Police
25/03/2026 – Systematic Failure of Complaint Recording (HMICFRS) – Gwent Police
‘Weeding’ of PNC LoS notifications
- What is weeding?
- The Extent of Weeding – a summary
- Policy submission – 33 page pdf
- The Gwent police complaint, the correspondence timeline and the ‘admission’; we do not check VE602 notifications
- 28/05/2026 – referral to the NAO – Potential Assurance Failure Affecting National Stolen-Vehicle Data
- 25/06/2026 – NAO response: ‘it is this process (weeding) which leads to the discrepancy between the police and DVLA databases
- The DVLA vs Constabulary LoS comparision table
27/05/2026 – NPCC Complaint:
potentially serious issues concerning the interaction between the NPCC and NaVCIS, the handling and characterisation of me by NPCC-associated functions, the apparent inconsistency between adverse internal treatment and NaVCIS / NVCRP’s direct engagement with me, and governance questions concerning NaVCIS remit, funding, prioritisation and use of public-police systems. Read more here [protected]
Complaint continuity [protected]
The Use of Third Part Subject Access Requests (TP SAR) to obtain police reports & S.184 allegations
Repatriation – of stolen vehicles
NaVCIS charges – 2015 FoIA response
Leicestershire – The Intelligence Arrived. Then the Trail Went Cold & Overseas Stolen Vehicle Intelligence – a governance issue?
Research Papers
2025 ‘stolen’ vehicle number discrepancy – DVLA vs. Constabulary. Is weeding the cause?
- 16/07/2026 supportive time line – the Gwent police example.
28/05/2026 – Referral to the National Audit Office (NAO) – Potential Assurance Failure Affecting National Stolen-Vehicle Data
Data Analysis
09/01/2026 – Request for Authoritative Determination – Potential Systemic Under-Recording of Stolen Vehicles
07/01/2026 – Home Office counting rules – Vehicle THEFT vs. FRAUD
- 16/06/2026 – the Home Office & Misdirected correspondence
Statistical Commentary
13/03/2026 – A Policy Consideration for Vehicle Theft Reporting and Recovery (Home Office) and the accompanying Policy Briefing Note
Information-Sharing & MoU
2026 – ongoing – Consent, Third Party Subject Access Requests (TP SAR) & s.184 DPA – the provision of police crime reports in response to a consent or TP SAR request.
04/2026 – an FoIA loophole? If the system cannot reliably establish what was held at the time of a request, its effectiveness must be open to question.