This statistic shows the number of victim-reported vehicle-related theft offences in England and Wales from 2004 to 2016. The Crime Survey for England and Wales interviews people to find out if they've been a victim of crime in the previous 12 months. These figures are generally higher than the police recorded crime statistics. According to the survey, vehicle-related thefts saw decrease by alsmost a million over the assessed period and sunk below one million reported thefts in 2013/2014.
Number of victim-reported vehicle-related thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016
(in 1,000)
Respondents are asked directly about their experience of crime, irrespective of whether or not they reported these incidents to the police. As such the CSEW provides a record of peoples’ experiences of crime which is unaffected by variations in reporting behavior of victims or variations in police practices of recording crime.
Survey results are extrapolated to represent the whole of England and Wales using official population figures.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 24, 2016). Number of victim-reported vehicle-related thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/382784/victim-reported-vehicle-related-theft-england-and-wales-uk-y-on-y/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of victim-reported vehicle-related thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016 (in 1,000)." Chart. November 24, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382784/victim-reported-vehicle-related-theft-england-and-wales-uk-y-on-y/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2016). Number of victim-reported vehicle-related thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016 (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382784/victim-reported-vehicle-related-theft-england-and-wales-uk-y-on-y/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Victim-reported Vehicle-related Thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016 (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382784/victim-reported-vehicle-related-theft-england-and-wales-uk-y-on-y/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of victim-reported vehicle-related thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016 (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382784/victim-reported-vehicle-related-theft-england-and-wales-uk-y-on-y/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of victim-reported vehicle-related thefts in England and Wales from 2004/2005 to 2015/2016 (in 1,000) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 24, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/382784/victim-reported-vehicle-related-theft-england-and-wales-uk-y-on-y/
