Is your car on the top ten list of most stolen vehicles
New data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) shows worrying theft levels of high-end motor vehicles. Natasha Root, Private Client Insurance Executive looks at the implications for luxury car owners of increasingly sophisticated criminal methods.
B y far the most stolen car brand in the last twelve months was the Land Rover, according to the DVLA. The twelve months to March 2023 highlighted that almost one in every hundred Land Rovers licensed in the UK was stolen, and Land Rovers were three times more likely to be targeted than Mercedes Benz, the second most sought-after brand targeted by car thieves.
Most stolen car brands in the UK for the twelve months to March 2023:
Make of car
Number of stolen cars
Number of licensed cars
Cars stolen per 100,000
Land Rover
8,284
896,948
924
Mercedes Benz
5,542
1,717,687
323
Ford
11,703
4,010,348
292
BMW
5,870
2,026,370
290
Audi
4,091
1,897,498
216
Toyota
3,095
1,675,612
185
Fiat
1,004
659,893
152
Volkswagen
4,336
2,903,778
149
Vauxhall
4,288
2,959,890
145
Hyundai
1,359
1,005,460
135
Seat
853
630,464
135
DVLA data, analysed by confused.com
The data obtained by confused.com shows that as well as Land Rover being the most popular brand of vehicle for thieves, it also featured in six of the most popular car models that were stolen in the past twelve months. The Land Rover Range Rover Velar R-Dyn HSE D180 A and the Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE Dyn Black P400E A were the top two stolen car models, with the Lexus 450H CVT and the F Sport CVT coming in at third and fourth place, and the Ford Fiesta Zetec S (red and black editions) taking eighth and ninth places.
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