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Request:
Q1. The total number of car thefts reported in all car parks (public and private) within your police force area for the last five calendar years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023).
Q2. The total number of car thefts reported in airport car parks within your police force area for the last five calendar years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), if applicable. This includes any private and public car parks that are predominantly used for long-stay and short-stay airport parking.
Q3. The total number of car thefts reported in train station car parks within your police force area for the last five calendar years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), if applicable. This includes any private and public car parks that are predominantly used for train station parking.
If possible, a breakdown of the make and model of all car thefts for the three above requests for the last five calendar years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023).
When referring to car theft, I mean offences of taking a motor vehicle without consent under Section 12 of the Theft Act 1968 (outlined here: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cps.gov.uk%2Flegal-guidance%2Ftheft-act-offences%23%3A~%3Atext%3DSection%252012&data=05%7C02%7CCivilDisclosure%40northyorkshire.police.uk%7Caf27716199f64097414f08dca24db6db%7C2c84bc9193af476e9721cdad67cb3ead%7C0%7C1%7C638563701873759146%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vmSpU3a1Hu8ALh%2BR6HJYCag6bokmsSpbk3uSlTRpJgo%3D&reserved=0(1)%20TA%201968,the%20taking%20of%20pedal%20cycles).
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle crimes for the period between 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2023 where the MO location description is either ‘car park level’ ‘car park licenced premises’ ‘car park multi-storey’, broken down by calendar year.
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Column Labels |
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Car Thefts |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Grand Total |
Car Parks |
5 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
24 |
Of those figures above, please see the table below showing the breakdown of make and models of vehicles stolen.
Make/Model |
Total |
Audi |
|
A4 S Line |
1 |
BMW |
|
3 Series |
1 |
Citroen |
|
C2 |
1 |
Ford |
|
Fiesta |
3 |
Hyundai |
|
Not recorded |
1 |
KIA |
|
Ceed |
1 |
Land Rover |
|
Discovery |
3 |
Range Rover |
2 |
Mercedes-Benz |
|
C Class |
1 |
Not recorded |
1 |
Peugeot |
|
107 |
1 |
206 |
1 |
208 |
2 |
Renault |
|
Megane |
1 |
Scenic |
1 |
SAAB |
|
93 |
1 |
Volkswagen |
|
Bora |
1 |
Polo |
1 |
Total |
24 |
Q2. A search has been carried out of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle crimes from the last 5 years where the MO location description was ‘Airport/field’ - to which there were zero results.
Q3. A search was carried out of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle crimes from the last 5 years where the MO location description was ‘Train’ - to which there were zero results.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.