FOI 76/26 Theft from Vans
Date: 12/02/26
Enquiry Reference: FOI 76-26
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
I am seeking aggregated recorded-crime data (not incident logs) relating to thefts from vans (i.e., property stolen from a vehicle, not theft of the vehicle itself).
For each calendar year:
- 2024
- 2025
Please provide the total number of recorded crimes in your force area where:
- the offence classification is "Theft from a motor vehicle" / "Theft from vehicle" (or your closest equivalent recorded-crime classification for theft from a vehicle), AND
- the victim vehicle is recorded as a van / light commercial vehicle (e.g., van, panel van, Luton van, light goods vehicle, LCV, or equivalent local vehicle-type/body-type codes).
The analyst as used ‘Crimes’ and the HO code ‘045/10 - Theft from motor vehicle’
To identify ‘vans’ I have used ‘motor vehicle type’ ‘TRK’ for truck.
From these I filtered out ‘Vehicle Type 2 code’:
BOX = Box Van
OTV = Other Van
PAV = Panel Van
VAN = Van
LGV = Light Goods Vehicle
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Vehicle/Date |
Box Van |
Light Goods Vehicle |
Other Van |
Panel Van |
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Jan-24 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
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Feb-24 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
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Mar-24 |
2 |
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Apr-24 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
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May-24 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Jun-24 |
3 |
3 |
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Jul-24 |
1 |
|||
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Aug-24 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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Sep-24 |
1 |
2 |
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Oct-24 |
1 |
3 |
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Nov-24 |
2 |
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Jan-25 |
1 |
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Feb-25 |
2 |
2 |
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Mar-25 |
3 |
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Apr-25 |
1 |
4 |
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May-25 |
1 |
2 |
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Jun-25 |
3 |
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Jul-25 |
1 |
1 |
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Aug-25 |
2 |
3 |
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Sep-25 |
1 |
2 |
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Oct-25 |
1 |
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Nov-25 |
3 |
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Dec-25 |
2 |
|||
|
Total |
10 |
3 |
17 |
57 |
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold. Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker