News Published on : 31-Jan-2022 16:04:28

The car insurance experts at Uswitch recently analysed how car thefts have changed over the last 5 years by analysing ONS crime and vehicle theft statistics to reveal the regions with the highest rate of vehicle thefts. London has the highest rate of vehicle crimes per head with 113.0 reported per 10 000 people. The West Midlands have the second-highest rate of vehicle crime in England and Wales with 87.0 crimes per 10 000 people in the area whilst Greater Manchester places third with 79.6 reported crimes per 10 000 people. The research also revealed the regions in England and Wales that see the lowest rate of vehicle theft. The area covering the Welsh regions of Dyfed and Powys has the lowest rate of vehicle crime in the country standing at 12.1 crimes per 10 000 people. Further Study Insights included that from 2016 to 2021 national vehicle crime numbers fell by 8.70% from 365 037 to 336 650. North Wales has seen the biggest reduction in vehicle crime in the last 5 years with the number of offences falling by 48.3% to 1 061 in the year to March 2021. The Metropolitan Police saw the biggest increase in vehicle crime anywhere in the country with numbers rising by as much as 22.1%. Since Covid-19 vehicle crime has reduced nationwide by 27.13% with over 100 000 fewer crimes being recorded during the first year of the pandemic.