Incidents of breaking into vehicles with the intention to steal, dating from 2010 to 2020

Release date:
3 July 2020

You asked

Please provide the following information:​

  1. What was the total annual crimes reported in the UK for breaking into a vehicle with the intention to steal from the vehicle covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020?

  2. What are the highest 50 areas in the UK, reported crime for breaking into a vehicle with intention to steal from the vehicle covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020, please include including their respective numbers.

  3. What was the total annual crimes reported in ‘London’ for breaking into a vehicle with the intention to steal from the vehicle covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020?

  4. What was the annual crimes reported in ‘Each respective Borough of London' for breaking into a vehicle with the intention to steal from the vehicle covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020?

  5. What was the annual crimes reported for breaking into a vehicle with intention to steal from the vehicle in the ‘London borough of Brent’ covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020?

  6. What was the annual crimes reported for breaking into a vehicle with intention to steal from the vehicle in the area of ‘Harlesden, NW10, London borough of Brent’ covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020?

  7. What was the annual crimes reported for breaking into a vehicle with the intention to steal from the vehicle in ‘Harlesden Gardens, NW10 4EX, London borough of Brent’ covering each year, between the years of 2010 and 2020?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry relating to the number of reported 'breaking into a vehicle with the intention to steal from the vehicle' offences.

Unfortunately, we (The Centre for Crime and Justice at the Office for National Statistics) only hold aggregate data for England and Wales. Data regarding 'Breaking into a vehicle with the intention to steal from the vehicle', are categorised by the police as 'theft from a vehicle'. This includes attempted thefts. Therefore, we do not hold the breakdown of data you have requested.

However, the numbers of 'theft from a vehicle' offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, from the year ending March 2010 to the year ending December 2019, can be found in Appendix Table A4 (line 161) of our latest published 'Crime in England and Wales, year ending December 2019 release. This is available via the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables

Unfortunately, we do not publish data on police recorded 'theft from a vehicle' offences for any lower level geographies.

However, the Home Office publish data on police recorded crime including 'theft from a vehicle' for Police Force Areas and Community Safety Partnership Areas in their Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables. This data are available via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables

If you have any questions regarding the previous link, please contact the Home Office directly at: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk

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