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<p>The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime and catalytic converter theft.</p><p>We are working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group (NVCWG), chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce theft of and from vehicles. This includes training police officers on methods used to steal vehicles, encouraging vehicle owners to secure their vehicles and working with industry to prevent theft. Through the NVWG a network of vehicle crime specialists has been established, involving every police force in England and Wales, to ensure better sharing of information and intelligence.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police Service is represented on the Working Group and the Home Office regularly engages with the NCA on crime related to criminal gangs.</p><p>The most recent meeting of the NVCWG took place on 4<sup>th</sup> May 2023.</p><p>The Government is also working closely with the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) to tackle theft of catalytic converters. The Home Office provided funding in 2021 to set-up the NICRP, the work of which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, providing training, sharing intelligence to target offenders, and implementing crime prevention measures.</p><p>Crime Survey data on vehicle theft since 2010 being down 42%. The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of car thefts recorded by the police in England and Wales, including data by London Boroughs.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpolice-recorded-crime-open-data-tables&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8101a2ee1ff24b082b3a08db4189c45f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638175832171247224%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ov8HWmSBBVwEaoI8aQDf7NOrliWppB7pKwZtgQyhZdg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Table 1 Volume of Police recorded offences for ‘Theft of a motor vehicle’, Outer London Boroughs</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr to Dec 22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>876</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>744</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outer London Boroughs</p></td><td><p>19,305</p></td><td><p>16,154</p></td><td><p>17,978</p></td><td><p>15,472</p></td></tr></tbody></table> |