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| Table 2: Offences of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle recorded by the police in England |
| Number of offences |
| | 2001-02 | 2002-03( 1) | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
12,181
|
11,983
|
8,705
|
7,070
|
6,280
|
6,108
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
3,873
|
3,111
|
2,834
|
1,965
|
2,185
|
1,882
|
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|
Cambridgeshire
|
2,941
|
3,638
|
3,307
|
2,720
|
2,265
|
2,347
|
|
Cheshire
|
4,625
|
4,503
|
3,994
|
3,599
|
3,503
|
2,935
|
|
Cleveland
|
4,797
|
4,468
|
4,463
|
3,616
|
2,901
|
2,256
|
|
Cumbria
|
1,115
|
1,244
|
1,060
|
1,101
|
1,087
|
948
|
|
Derbyshire
|
3,832
|
4,062
|
3,571
|
2,785
|
2,693
|
2,525
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
3,392
|
3,907
|
3,396
|
3,256
|
3,058
|
3,025
|
|
Dorset
|
2,499
|
2,276
|
2,199
|
1,767
|
1,499
|
1,395
|
|
Durham
|
2,712
|
2,423
|
2,369
|
2,088
|
2,134
|
1,889
|
|
Essex
|
7,505
|
7,664
|
7,283
|
6,419
|
6,253
|
5,629
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,828
|
1,977
|
2,264
|
1,949
|
1,706
|
1,451
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
31,969
|
26,252
|
21,870
|
18,794
|
17,001
|
14,877
|
|
Hampshire
|
6,506
|
6,278
|
5,822
|
4,871
|
4,394
|
4,726
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
3,810
|
4,287
|
4,323
|
3,445
|
3,361
|
2,821
|
|
Humberside
|
6,501
|
7,607
|
7,619
|
6,096
|
4,857
|
4,067
|
|
Kent
|
7,237
|
7,138
|
6,749
|
6,181
|
6,438
|
5,650
|
|
Lancashire
|
6,154
|
5,585
|
5,231
|
4,514
|
3,849
|
3,738
|
|
Leicestershire
|
4,604
|
4,576
|
3,986
|
3,506
|
2,566
|
2,772
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,885
|
2,101
|
1,932
|
1,833
|
1,690
|
1,608
|
|
London, City of
|
380
|
334
|
226
|
97
|
74
|
75
|
|
Merseyside
|
15,081
|
13,081
|
11,403
|
9,354
|
7,161
|
6,198
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
62,112
|
58,405
|
55,158
|
48,026
|
43,463
|
37,599
|
|
Norfolk
|
1,888
|
2,288
|
2,173
|
1,851
|
1,577
|
1,468
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3,758
|
3,817
|
3,642
|
3,415
|
2,896
|
2,731
|
|
Northumbria
|
7,837
|
6,981
|
6,445
|
5,189
|
4,748
|
3,883
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
2,349
|
2,623
|
2,672
|
2,097
|
2,154
|
1,585
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
7,714
|
8,782
|
8,014
|
6,284
|
4,798
|
4,609
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
8,294
|
10,241
|
9,621
|
8,005
|
7,648
|
7,481
|
|
Staffordshire
|
5,637
|
4,463
|
4,209
|
3,470
|
3,411
|
3,235
|
|
Suffolk
|
1,693
|
1,606
|
1,459
|
1,645
|
1,264
|
1,408
|
|
Surrey
|
2,881
|
3,110
|
2,947
|
2,413
|
2,229
|
2,205
|
|
Sussex
|
5,442
|
5,992
|
5,313
|
4,379
|
3,626
|
3,353
|
|
Thames Valley
|
10,255
|
9,111
|
8,753
|
7,651
|
6,829
|
6,384
|
|
Warwickshire
|
2,118
|
2,282
|
2,125
|
1,919
|
1,751
|
1,696
|
|
West Mercia
|
3,336
|
3,371
|
3,432
|
3,179
|
2,629
|
2,340
|
|
West Midlands
|
25,385
|
23,598
|
23,217
|
17,091
|
14,482
|
12,249
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
23,765
|
22,867
|
19,473
|
13,961
|
10,455
|
9,469
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1,267
|
1,308
|
1,265
|
1,328
|
1,031
|
1,024
|
| | | | | | | |
|
England
|
311,158
|
299,340
|
274,524
|
228,929
|
201 ,946
|
181,641
|
(1) The National crime Recording standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
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