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Motor Vehicles: Theft

Asked by Alex BakerLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 15 October 2024UIN 8002

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of vehicles stolen in (a) Aldershot constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each of the last 12 years.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of ‘Aggravated vehicle taking’ and ‘theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle’ offences recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis. The latest information, to the year ending March 2024, can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables

This information is available at the Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership area level. Information at the constituency level is not held centrally.

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