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ONS · Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables

Vehicle offences (police-recorded)

Year ending March 2026 Final

312,250offences

Vehicle offences (police-recorded) were 312,250 offences in the year ending March 2026, down 10.8% (37,781) from 350,031 in the year ending March 2025.

▼ 10.8% · −37,781 against Year ending March 2025 (year on year)

  1. ONS count
  2. Year ending March 2026
  3. published 23 July 2026
  4. Table A5a
  5. row “Vehicle offences”
  6. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  7. cell value 312250

Year ending March 2026 is the lowest figure in the published series: 312,250. Rule: lowest of the 24 periods published here (Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026).

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Vehicle offences (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1,074,659 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 985,006 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 820,096 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 792,821 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 765,015 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 656,453 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 591,853 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 494,873 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 449,616 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 417,442 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 387,359 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 372,041 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 349,522 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 366,689 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 407,513 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 457,036 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 467,229 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 466,665 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 336,808 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 360,846 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 405,588 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 379,861 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 350,031 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 312,250 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

Police-recorded theft of vehicles, theft from vehicles and interference with vehicles in England and Wales in a 12-month period.

What this doesn’t measure

Vehicle crime not reported to the police, or driving offences.

Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
ONS
Publication
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026
Source file
appendixtablesyemar2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
9e4a930ec090b4b4a7dfda22f6f5f3b418cfa6a034f977ae99977562f8502ac9
Retrieved
4 September 2026
Sheet
Table A5a
Table
Table A5a
Row
Vehicle offences
Column
Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
Cell value
312250
Geography
England and Wales
Unit
offences
API
/api/metrics/prc_vehicle_offences · /series · /vintages

Related metrics

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–379,861Year ending March 2024312,250Year ending March 2026↓ 17.8%
Conservative 2019–2024467,229Year ending March 2019379,861Year ending March 2024↓ 18.7%
Conservative 2017–2019407,513Year ending March 2017467,229Year ending March 2019↑ 14.7%
Conservative 2015–2017349,522Year ending March 2015407,513Year ending March 2017↑ 16.6%
Coalition 2010–2015494,873Year ending March 2010349,522Year ending March 2015↓ 29.4%
Labour 2005–2010820,096Year ending March 2005494,873Year ending March 2010↓ 39.7%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending March 2026 · publication page
Last updated
23 July 2026
Next scheduled release
22 October 2026 (official date)