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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>
</p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive
of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Birt</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A
0PW</p><p> </p><p>9 May 2024</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Birt,</p><p>As National Statistician
and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary
Question asking what percentage of annual vehicle theft in the UK is accomplished
by offenders cloning the signal from the vehicle owner’s remote locking device (HL4379).</p><p>The
Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish figures on the levels and trends of crime
in England and Wales primarily based on two sets of crime statistics: the Crime Survey
for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime data. The CSEW provides estimates
of the prevalence of crime and different crime types as experienced by victims, which
may not always be reported to the police.</p><p>Table 1 shows an estimate of the percentage
of households who have experienced theft of a vehicle, where the method of entry into
the vehicle was through manipulation of the signal from the remote locking device.
This is taken from our Nature of crime: vehicle-related theft tables for the year
ending March 2023 published on 3 April 2024. Due to the suspension of the CSEW during
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, data are not available for the year ending March
2021 and the year ending March 2022.</p><p>Unfortunately, we do not hold any information
from police-recorded crime which shows what percentage of annual vehicle theft in
England and Wales is accomplished by offenders cloning the signal from the vehicle
owner’s remote locking device.</p><p>Crime and justice statistics for Scotland can
be found on the Scottish Government website and for more information please contact
Justice_Analysts@gov.scot. The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
are responsible for producing crime and justice statistics for Northern Ireland and
can be contacted at statistics.research@justice-ni.x.gsi.gov.uk.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor
Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated percentage of theft of vehicles
where method of entry was through manipulation of the signal from remote locking device,
year ending March 2019 to year ending March 2023 CSEW</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>England
and Wales - household incidents, percentages</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr’18
to Mar’19</p></td><td><p>Apr’19 to Mar’20</p></td><td><p>Apr’22 to Mar’23 [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry
to vehicle through manipulation of signal from remote locking device[2]</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unweighted
base – number of incidents[3]</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Office for National Statistics – Crime Survey for England and Wales</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>[1]CSEW estimates for the year ending March 2023 have been temporarily suspended
of their National Statistics status. Caution should be taken when interpreting these
estimates because of the impact of lower response rates, and reduced interviewer numbers
on the quality of the estimates.</p><p>[2]This category was added into the survey
from the year ending March 2019.</p><p>[3]Estimates that are based on fewer than 50
respondents should be interpreted with caution.</p><p> </p>
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