Vehicle Crime Review 2005 - AVCIS Police.UK

PART 4Police forces and local communities 24are becoming better equipped to tacklevehicle crimeThe Police can find it difficult to engage local 25organisations to address vehicle crimePolice detection rates for thefts of and from 26vehicles are relatively lowPART 5Progress in improving the security of 28car parks has been more limitedClosed Circuit Television Cameras have reduced 29vehicle crime, although performance variesMany car park operators believe improved security 30is only part of the answer to making car parks saferPART 6Data held by the Driver and Vehicle 32Licensing Agency are crucial and needto be accurateA significant minority of vehicle records 33are inaccurateThe Agency has set a target to halve the 34estimated number of unregistered vehicles by2007 and instigated several initiatives to improvedata accuracyPART 7Further progress is needed in 36targeting offendersAlthough the Home Office has introduced 37measures to make it more difficult for criminalsto sell stolen vehicles or parts, progress hasbeen limitedThe Home Office has worked with the Police to 39develop a range of initiatives to target offendersand has also introduced a prolific and other priorityoffenders strategyPART 8The Home Office has committed 42considerable resources to raisingpublic awarenessThe Home Office has made good progress in 43running a publicity campaign which hascontributed to the reduction in vehicle crimeLocally-run publicity campaigns organised in 44conjunction with other initiatives have alsobeen effectiveAPPENDICES1 The number of thefts of and from vehicles 45per 1,000 population in 2003-04, byPolice Force2 Our audit approach 46Photographs courtesy of Alamy, Digital Vision and www.secureyourmotor.gov.uk