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ONS · offence category: 48 Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 48 Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

495,885offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 48 Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle totalled 495,885 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 16.9% (71,712) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 115448 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0100k200k300k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 306,947 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 280,288 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 231,323 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 203,239 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 182,464 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 159,704 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 137,508 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 109,684 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 99,208 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 85,803 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 74,168 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 70,053 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 70,216 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 75,943 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 90,997 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 105,818 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 113,969 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 113,291 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 89,064 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 107,849 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 129,973 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 128,834 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 121,630 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 115,448 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category