ONS · 6 May 200511 May 2010

Vehicle offences (police-recorded) during the Labour 2005–2010 government

Year ending March 2005Year ending March 2010 · 5 periods

39.7%325,223 offences

Vehicle offences (police-recorded) fell by 39.7% over the period, from 820,096 offences (Year ending March 2005, the level when the government took office) to 494,873 (Year ending March 2010, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2005: 820,096
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 2010: 494,873
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Vehicle offences (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1,074,659 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 985,006 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 820,096 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 792,821 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 765,015 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 656,453 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 591,853 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 494,873 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 449,616 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 417,442 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 387,359 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 372,041 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 349,522 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 366,689 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 407,513 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 457,036 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 467,229 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 466,665 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 336,808 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 360,846 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 405,588 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 379,861 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 350,031 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 312,250 offences · published 23 July 2026

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Definition and caveats

Police-recorded theft of vehicles, theft from vehicles and interference with vehicles in England and Wales in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: Vehicle crime not reported to the police, or driving offences.