Vehicle Theft EU

United Kingdom — Local authorities by Theft Rate

Ranked by official recorded vehicle theft rate per 1,000 residents. Source: Home Office Recorded Crime — all motor vehicles, not motorcycle-specific. Recorded crime; significantly underreported. Rank within United Kingdom only; not comparable across countries.

Top 300 of 330 local authorities ranked

Worst first (highest theft rate per 1,000 residents).

#Local authorityRate / 1,000Flag
1DartfordEngland6.14
2City of LondonLondon4.83
3EnfieldLondon5.81
4BrentwoodEngland5.27
5ThurrockEngland5.14
6WalsallEngland5.11
7WolverhamptonEngland4.85
8BirminghamEngland4.81
9HaringeyLondon4.81
10SandwellEngland4.80
11Barking and DagenhamLondon4.79
12SolihullEngland4.77
13HarlowEngland4.47
14Epping ForestEngland4.43
15Kensington and ChelseaLondon4.37
16BarnetLondon4.36
17HaveringLondon4.31
18Waltham ForestLondon4.23
19DoncasterEngland4.17
20LewishamLondon4.14
21GreenwichLondon4.08
22DudleyEngland4.06
23BromleyLondon3.96
24CoventryEngland3.90
25NewhamLondon3.86
26CroydonLondon3.85
27RedbridgeLondon3.74
28BrentLondon3.69
29BexleyLondon3.65
30WorcesterEngland3.55
31RotherhamEngland3.54
32BasildonEngland3.54
33Hammersmith and FulhamLondon3.47
34SheffieldEngland3.38
35SouthwarkLondon3.35
36HounslowLondon3.32
37RochfordEngland3.32
38EalingLondon3.26
39Bristol, City ofEngland3.25
40WandsworthLondon3.23
41OldhamEngland3.22
42CamdenLondon3.19
43Tower HamletsLondon3.13
44WestminsterLondon2.92
45Southend-on-SeaEngland2.91
46SouthamptonEngland2.91
47Richmond upon ThamesLondon2.90
48LambethLondon2.89
49ChelmsfordEngland2.85
50North WarwickshireEngland2.82
51South StaffordshireEngland2.80
52HertsmereEngland2.77
53BarnsleyEngland2.76
54SloughEngland2.73
55HillingdonLondon2.69
56RochdaleEngland2.68
57Epsom and EwellEngland2.67
58LutonEngland2.66
59LeedsEngland2.64
60SuttonLondon2.63
61SevenoaksEngland2.63
62LiverpoolEngland2.63
63WakefieldEngland2.61
64BoltonEngland2.58
65KirkleesEngland2.56
66CalderdaleEngland2.56
67HarrowLondon2.54
68Stoke-on-TrentEngland2.53
69Nuneaton and BedworthEngland2.53
70Blaenau GwentWales2.50
71MertonLondon2.46
72SpelthorneEngland2.46
73BroxbourneEngland2.45
74BlackpoolEngland2.40
75BradfordEngland2.40
76HastingsEngland2.38
77LichfieldEngland2.37
78Castle PointEngland2.36
79BassetlawEngland2.35
80HackneyLondon2.34
81BolsoverEngland2.34
82IslingtonLondon2.33
83MiddlesbroughEngland2.32
84NewportWales2.32
85CaerphillyWales2.25
86ElmbridgeEngland2.23
87DacorumEngland2.19
88TamesideEngland2.19
89CardiffWales2.19
90Hinckley and BosworthEngland2.19
91Cannock ChaseEngland2.16
92EastbourneEngland2.16
93Kingston upon ThamesLondon2.15
94SalfordEngland2.15
95SunderlandEngland2.13
96Milton KeynesEngland2.11
97PortsmouthEngland2.10
98TamworthEngland2.08
99North West LeicestershireEngland2.08
100MedwayEngland2.08
101CambridgeEngland2.06
102MaidstoneEngland2.04
103HartlepoolEngland2.01
104ColchesterEngland1.99
105NottinghamEngland1.98
106WatfordEngland1.96
107ReadingEngland1.94
108BuryEngland1.94
109County DurhamEngland1.93
110WiganEngland1.93
111Merthyr TydfilWales1.56
112CharnwoodEngland1.90
113AshfieldEngland1.90
114Welwyn HatfieldEngland1.90
115Central BedfordshireEngland1.89
116Stockton-on-TeesEngland1.87
117Three RiversEngland1.86
118North East LincolnshireEngland1.84
119HyndburnEngland1.84
120RunnymedeEngland1.81
121PeterboroughEngland1.80
122OxfordEngland1.78
123East StaffordshireEngland1.77
124Bath and North East SomersetEngland1.76
125BraintreeEngland1.75
126Newcastle upon TyneEngland1.75
127Tonbridge and MallingEngland1.75
128Brighton and HoveEngland1.73
129BurnleyEngland1.72
130Windsor and MaidenheadEngland1.72
131SwanseaWales1.72
132Newark and SherwoodEngland1.71
133BlabyEngland1.71
134StockportEngland1.70
135East HertfordshireEngland1.70
136DarlingtonEngland1.69
137BedfordEngland1.69
138Isles of ScillyEngland1.27Low count
139HaltonEngland1.66
140RossendaleEngland1.66
141MaldonEngland1.65
142TendringEngland1.65
143Redcar and ClevelandEngland1.64
144Blackburn with DarwenEngland1.63
145GatesheadEngland1.62
146UttlesfordEngland1.62
147EastleighEngland1.62
148South GloucestershireEngland1.61
149St AlbansEngland1.60
150WokingEngland1.60
151North LincolnshireEngland1.59
152ErewashEngland1.58
153RotherEngland1.57
154Tunbridge WellsEngland1.57
155South TynesideEngland1.57
156ChesterfieldEngland1.55
157TandridgeEngland1.55
158North SomersetEngland1.54
159South DerbyshireEngland1.53
160FenlandEngland1.52
161Amber ValleyEngland1.51
162St. HelensEngland1.49
163TorfaenWales1.49
164TraffordEngland1.48
165SwaleEngland1.46
166Oadby and WigstonEngland1.46
167LancasterEngland1.46
168Reigate and BansteadEngland1.44
169TorbayEngland1.43
170AshfordEngland1.43
171MansfieldEngland1.42
172Rhondda Cynon TafWales1.00
173ThanetEngland1.42
174PendleEngland1.41
175LincolnEngland1.40
176PrestonEngland1.39
177Mole ValleyEngland1.39
178GosportEngland1.37
179Kingston upon Hull, City ofEngland1.37
180RugbyEngland1.36
181WorthingEngland1.33
182Staffordshire MoorlandsEngland1.33
183HavantEngland1.32
184CrawleyEngland1.31
185KnowsleyEngland1.29
186West LancashireEngland1.28
187HarboroughEngland1.24
188CanterburyEngland1.24
189DoverEngland1.24
190YorkEngland1.23
191PlymouthEngland1.23
192New ForestEngland1.22
193Telford and WrekinEngland1.21
194GuildfordEngland1.21
195WokinghamEngland1.21
196Test ValleyEngland1.21
197North East DerbyshireEngland1.20
198CheltenhamEngland1.20
199Vale of GlamorganWales1.19
200ArunEngland1.16
201WealdenEngland1.16
202SeftonEngland1.15
203North TynesideEngland1.14
204StaffordEngland1.14
205Bracknell ForestEngland1.11
206WyreEngland1.10
207Neath Port TalbotWales1.10
208WarringtonEngland1.10
209West LindseyEngland1.06
210ShropshireEngland1.04
211DorsetEngland1.03
212StroudEngland1.03
213South RibbleEngland1.02
214Mid SussexEngland1.02
215ExeterEngland1.01
216ChorleyEngland1.01
217Newcastle-under-LymeEngland1.00
218AdurEngland1.00
219HuntingdonshireEngland1.00
220MonmouthshireWales0.99
221NorwichEngland0.99
222NorthamptonEngland0.98
223East LindseyEngland0.98
224SomersetEngland0.96
225LewesEngland0.96
226BostonEngland0.96
227CotswoldEngland0.95
228WirralEngland0.95
229FyldeEngland0.95
230East HampshireEngland0.95
231MeltonEngland0.94
232RutlandEngland0.92
233East Riding of YorkshireEngland0.91
234Derbyshire DalesEngland0.91
235Surrey HeathEngland0.90
236Ribble ValleyEngland0.90
237GloucesterEngland0.89
238South CambridgeshireEngland0.89
239HorshamEngland0.88
240WrexhamWales0.88
241BridgendWales0.88
242North WorcestershireEngland0.88
243NorthumberlandEngland0.87
244North HertfordshireEngland0.85
245CherwellEngland0.84
246FarehamEngland0.82
247East CambridgeshireEngland0.82
248StevenageEngland0.82
249West BerkshireEngland0.81
250North YorkshireEngland0.81
251Great YarmouthEngland0.81
252South OxfordshireEngland0.80
253Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleEngland0.79
254ChichesterEngland0.79
255South HollandEngland0.77
256South KestevenEngland0.76
257High PeakEngland0.75
258FlintshireWales0.73
259SwindonEngland0.71
260Folkestone and HytheEngland0.69
261WinchesterEngland0.67
262TewkesburyEngland0.65
263West OxfordshireEngland0.64
264IpswichEngland0.64
265Cheshire EastEngland0.64
266North KestevenEngland0.63
267Cheshire West and ChesterEngland0.61
268DenbighshireWales0.60
269BrecklandEngland0.57
270WaverleyEngland0.56
271CornwallEngland0.55
272GwyneddWales0.53
273Vale of White HorseEngland0.51
274Forest of DeanEngland0.49
275Isle of WightEngland0.47
276ConwyWales0.46
277CarmarthenshireWales0.45
278Herefordshire, County ofEngland0.39
279South NorfolkEngland0.36
280PowysWales0.34
281North NorfolkEngland0.34
282PembrokeshireWales0.33
283BroadlandEngland0.28
284Isle of AngleseyWales0.25
285CeredigionWales0.17
286Northern DevonEngland0.10
287Unassigned West MidlandsEngland0.07
288Suffolk CoastalEngland0.07
289LeicesterEngland0.06
290Unassigned LancashireEngland0.06
291Unassigned HampshireEngland0.05
292Unassigned StaffordshireEngland0.03
293ManchesterEngland0.03
294DerbyEngland0.02Low count
295East NorthamptonshireEngland0.02
296Unassigned CambridgeshireEngland0.02
297Unassigned GloucestershireEngland0.01Low count
298Unassigned KentEngland0.01
299Unassigned WarwickshireEngland0.01Low count
300Unassigned HertfordshireEngland0.01

Rate column: vehicle theft per 1,000 residents — all motor vehicles combined (not motorcycle-specific).

Source: Home Office Recorded Crime, Open Government Licence v3.0. Metric: Vehicle theft per 1,000 residents (all motor vehicles). Denominator: resident population per 1,000.Methodology