FOI Van Theft (0179.2022-23)
Request
Q1 Please could you provide statistics for the number of vans reported broken in to and/or stolen (or had items stolen)
Q2 Any specific locations (streets / postcodes) where the most van related crimes or offences have been reported 
Q3 Please could you then provide the makes/models of vans most targeted by thieves
Q4 Please then provide statistics for the number of vans and/or items that were stolen that were later recovered (nice to have only - if these make the request unfeasible then please ignore)
Response
Q1 Please could you provide statistics for the number of vans reported broken in to and/or stolen (or had items stolen)
Table 1. The total number of occurrences where there is a van linked as stolen. Recorded between 01/05/2018 - 31/05/2022 – North Yorkshire Police
|
Month/Year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
January |
|
5 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
February |
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
|
March |
|
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
April |
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
May |
8 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
|
June |
5 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
July |
1 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
|
|
August |
4 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
September |
5 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
|
|
October |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
November |
7 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
|
December |
4 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
|
Table 2. The total number of occurrences where there is property recorded as stolen from a van. Recorded between 01/05/2018 - 31/05/2022 – North Yorkshire Police
|
Month |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
January |
|
11 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
|
February |
|
5 |
23 |
5 |
8 |
|
March |
|
4 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
|
April |
|
10 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
|
May |
20 |
21 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
|
June |
16 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
July |
6 |
15 |
7 |
7 |
|
|
August |
8 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
|
|
September |
7 |
12 |
17 |
13 |
|
|
October |
19 |
16 |
16 |
4 |
|
|
November |
10 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
December |
8 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
|
Q2 Any specific locations (streets / postcodes) where the most van related crimes or offences have been reported 
Table 3. Van thefts by North Yorkshire Police Location – 01/05/2018 – 31/05/2022
|
Area |
Occurrences |
|
Craven |
16 |
|
Hambleton & Richmondshire |
34 |
|
Harrogate |
42 |
|
Scarborough & Ryedale |
28 |
|
Selby |
61 |
|
York |
40 |
|
Location not recorded |
7 |
Table 4. Thefts from vans by North Yorkshire Police Location – 01/05/2018 – 31/05/2022
|
Area |
Occurrences |
|
Craven |
29 |
|
Hambleton & Richmondshire |
71 |
|
Harrogate |
80 |
|
Scarborough & Ryedale |
75 |
|
Selby |
60 |
|
York |
119 |
|
Location not recorded |
2 |
Q3 Please could you then provide the makes/models of vans most targeted by thieves
The table below shows the make and type of van most recorded as being either stolen or stolen from. I have limited this to where makes and types of vans appear frequentlyacross the period.
Table 5. Van type involved – 01/05/2018 – 31/05/2022
Where make/model of van appears times 5 times or more across the period.
|
Make/Model (where specified) |
Occurrences – Stolen/Stolen From |
|
Ford TRANSIT |
107/164 |
|
Vauxhall COMBO |
8/8 |
|
Vauxhall VIVARO |
7/22 |
|
Vauxhall ASTRA |
9/0 |
|
Vauxhall MOVANO |
0/6 |
|
Mercedes SPRINTER |
20/20 |
|
Peugeot BOXER |
11/9 |
|
Peugeot PARTNER |
9/7 |
|
Citroen BERLINGO |
5/18 |
|
Citroen DISPATCH |
0/29 |
Q4 Please then provide statistics for the number of vans and/or items that were stolen that were later recovered (nice to have only - if these make the request unfeasible then please ignore)
Across this period, of all vans reported stolen, a total of 64 are recorded as having been recovered.
A total of 16 incidents of theft from vans across the period, show the stolen property as having been recovered.