How much car crime is there near you?
Every week we get dozens of calls from people whose car has been stolen or targeted, so we put the official police data in one place. Type your postcode to see every vehicle crime recorded within a mile of you in the last 12 months.
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Vehicle crimes within a mile, month by month
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Streets with the most vehicle crime near you
Police.uk places each crime "on or near" a street to protect victims’ privacy.
Why we built this
We run a driveway security bollard company, so every week we get dozens of calls from people whose car has just been stolen, whose neighbour’s car has gone, or who watched thieves try their car on the doorbell camera before running off. Most of them had no idea how common it was on their own street.
The police publish every vehicle crime they record, street by street, every month, along with what happened to each case. It’s all public, but it’s spread across different sites and hard to read. So we pulled the official data into one free tool. Put in a postcode and you can see what’s been happening around you, and how often these crimes are solved.
We fit driveway security bollards across London and the Home Counties. Every figure here comes straight from police.uk and the Home Office, and the method is set out below.
Flo Schirmer, co-founder, Wentworth Protection
Most car thefts in London and the Home Counties
Thefts of a motor vehicle recorded by the police, July 2025 to June 2026, by borough or district. Source: Home Office.
- 1Croydon4.2 per 1,000 people · +10.9% on the year before1,713
- 2Enfield5.2 per 1,000 people · -2.3% on the year before1,697
- 3Newham4.4 per 1,000 people · +8.3% on the year before1,665
- 4Barnet3.8 per 1,000 people · -2.6% on the year before1,524
- 5Bromley4.2 per 1,000 people · +4.5% on the year before1,404
- 6Redbridge3.6 per 1,000 people · -13.6% on the year before1,145
- 7Hillingdon3.4 per 1,000 people · +6.3% on the year before1,112
- 8Brent3.1 per 1,000 people · -9.8% on the year before1,098
- 9Lewisham3.5 per 1,000 people · -9.7% on the year before1,065
- 10Ealing2.7 per 1,000 people · -2.5% on the year before1,059
Protect your car on the drive
Most car thefts in England and Wales happen at or near the owner’s home, and three in four happen in the evening or overnight (Crime Survey for England and Wales). A locked post in front of the car stops it leaving the drive, even if a thief gets in and starts it.
About the data
- Vehicle crime near you comes from police.uk street-level crime data: theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle and interfering with a vehicle, within one mile of your postcode, for the latest 12 months published. It’s updated monthly.
- Outcomes are the police’s recorded result for each crime, also from police.uk. The most recent months may not have an outcome yet, so the "no suspect identified" share only counts crimes that have one.
- Coverage. The forces covering London and the Home Counties publish street-level data every month. Some forces elsewhere don’t publish all their crimes to police.uk, so counts outside our area can be incomplete.
- Locations are approximate. Each crime is mapped to an anonymised point "on or near" a street, so counts are a guide, not an exact address list.
- Borough and district comparisons use Home Office police recorded crime data (theft of a motor vehicle, July 2025 to June 2026). Some Kent districts and the old Buckinghamshire districts are reported differently; see the full table and method.
- Your postcode isn’t stored. Your browser looks it up with postcodes.io and asks police.uk for crimes near that point. Nothing is saved by us.
- Use it freely. Journalists, councils and residents’ groups are welcome to cite these figures. Please credit Wentworth Protection’s car crime checker and link to this page. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Car crime checker: your questions answered
How do I check car crime in my area?
Type your postcode into the checker at the top of this page. It counts every vehicle crime the police recorded within a mile of your postcode over the last 12 months, shows the month-by-month pattern, how many cases were closed with no suspect identified, the streets with the most incidents, and where your borough or district sits across London and the Home Counties.
What counts as vehicle crime?
Police.uk groups theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle (things taken from inside it) and interfering with a vehicle together as "vehicle crime". The borough and district comparison uses theft of a motor vehicle only, from the Home Office’s police recorded crime data.
What does "no suspect identified" mean?
It is the outcome the police record when an investigation is finished without anyone being identified as a suspect. Police.uk publishes an outcome for most crimes once it is known; the most recent months may not have one yet.
Where does the data come from?
Street-level crime and outcomes come from police.uk, published under the Open Government Licence and updated monthly. Postcodes are located with postcodes.io, which uses Ordnance Survey and ONS data. Borough and district figures come from Home Office police recorded crime data for July 2025 to June 2026.
Is the location of each crime exact?
No. To protect victims’ privacy, police.uk places each crime at an anonymised point "on or near" a street, so counts near a boundary can shift slightly. Treat the figures as a guide to how much vehicle crime there is nearby, not as an exact address list.
How can I protect my car on the drive?
Most car thefts in England and Wales happen at or near the owner’s home, usually in the evening or overnight. Layers work best: keep keyless fobs in a signal-blocking pouch, use a steering lock, and put a locked security post in front of the car so it can’t be driven off the drive.