Car theft 2021 - 2023

7th April 2025

Our Ref: FOI2025/02162

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref No: FOI2025/02162

I write in connection with your request for information received on 10th March.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request data on car theft investigations within your police force’s jurisdiction. Specifically, I’d like details on:
-           The total number of reported car thefts in your jurisdiction for each of the last three calendar years (2021, 2022, and 2023).

-           The number of those cases that resulted in a suspect being charged or otherwise identified as the offender.

-           The number of those cases that remain unsolved

If possible, please provide this information in a year-by-year breakdown.

I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.

Response: Following searches conducted on the Crime recording system of the Constabulary please find the information you have requested in the attached PDF Document.

CAMBS Annex A FOI2024-2162

(web version of PDF presented below)

The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.