Tyre & Wheel Theft

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003601/Y

Version Date: 09/09/2025

The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Performance Analysis have used the crime niche universe on Business Objects to search against theft from a motor vehicle as well as theft of a motor vehicle within the main crime groups. They searched against the keywords ‘wheel’ and ‘tyre’ within the occurrence summary and OEL entry text.

1. Theft from Motor Vehicle - Wheels/Tyres Please provide the total number of recorded offences of “theft from a motor vehicle” where wheels and/or tyres were stolen, for each of the last five years (2020–2024).
For this request, “wheels/tyres stolen” refers to any recorded offence where at least one wheel, tyre, or alloy was stolen from a vehicle.
Please provide data by calendar year (Jan–Dec) if available, or by financial year (Apr–Mar) if this is how your data is recorded, and state which has been used.
There was one occurrence returned which happened in January 2020.

If “wheels/tyres” are not recorded as a distinct category, please identify relevant offences using Home Office offence codes or keyword searches in the offence description (whichever is easier) and state the codes/keywords used.
If no breakdown for wheels/tyres is available, please provide figures for the nearest available category (e.g., all “vehicle parts stolen”) and state the category used.
2. Monthly Breakdown
If available without exceeding cost/time limits, please also provide the above figures broken down by month for each year.
If monthly figures are not available or would exceed cost limits, please provide annual totals instead.
See answer to question 1.

3. Offence Coding
Please include any relevant Home Office offence codes or internal category descriptions used in the extraction if possible.
The Home Office stats code for this was 045/10.