Keyless Car Thefts

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003257/C

 Version Date: 09/06/2025

The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Searches were completed within Niche for all crimes with a main crime group of ‘Theft of Motor Vehicle’ which contained the keywords ‘relay’ or ‘keyless’ within the occurrence entry log text.

The results were manually reviewed to determine relevance.

Please note that the data does not include attempted thefts and vehicles that are not cars.

1. How many keyless car thefts or 'relay thefts' have been recorded in each of the last five years, 2020/2021/2022/2023/2024.