Unsolved London car thefts above 30,000 last year

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Unsolved London car thefts above 30,000 last year
The number of cars stolen in London topped 30,000 last year with the majority of crimes unsolved, according to data from the Liberal Democrats.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65461...

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Terminator X said:

Indicative that the police either don't care about much these days or just there are very few police left.

I sometimes wonder that if most people weren't law abiding all of a sudden could they cope.

TX.

They are more busy with other domestic violence type crimes and social media crime. They do not bother with car crime as it is not high priority. They would rather do speeding as that gains revenue back for the government.

Even still the idiots that do this crime would get let off when they go to courts or end up with a silly sentence, so no wonder the police are not bothered.

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K4sper said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Oi you policeman go and find it mate. Where? Madness.

I called the police within 10 minutes of my E63 being stolen, told them exactly where it was as the tracker was still active, and they did absolutely nothing even though the thieves were sat parked up less than three miles away.

By the time they followed up 6 hours later, it had been moved to an industrial estate where the tracker cut-out so I assume it had either been ripped out or the car was in the back of a lorry.

That makes you think that the criminals that are doing these crimes has inside people working in the police why they do not even bother or take their time to investigate. I bet if you went and batter the st out of the people who stole your car, they would be after you in less thasn 10 minutes to arrest you.

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Terminator X said:

Indicative that the police either don't care about much these days or just there are very few police left.

I sometimes wonder that if most people weren't law abiding all of a sudden could they cope.

TX.

More than enough police, trouble is, it is no longer a priority.

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MadRob69 said:

I tell you what, more than car theft a big issue is blue badges being stolen! My partner used to work in Croydon Council and apparently an incredibly high percentage of blue badges were being stolen from cars DAILY... Mental.

This has been going on for years. One of the main reasons is they are sold on for a lot of money.

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K4sper said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Oi you policeman go and find it mate. Where? Madness.

I called the police within 10 minutes of my E63 being stolen, told them exactly where it was as the tracker was still active, and they did absolutely nothing even though the thieves were sat parked up less than three miles away.

By the time they followed up 6 hours later, it had been moved to an industrial estate where the tracker cut-out so I assume it had either been ripped out or the car was in the back of a lorry.

Says it all, they cannot be bothered. The thieves know this and one of the reasons the crime is so prevalent. It is easy for them to get a car in 60 seconds and go. As police rely on technology ANPR etc. the car would be likely still within the law so the time the car is reported stolen it would be long gone.