Vehicle thefts down, but police urge owners to stay alert

Po­lice in the Stolen Ve­hi­cles Squad have re­port­ed a sig­nif­i­cant de­cline in ve­hi­cle thefts so far this year com­pared with the same pe­ri­od in 2025. How­ev­er, they con­tin­ue to urge ve­hi­cle own­ers and le­git­i­mate busi­ness­es to re­main cau­tious and vig­i­lant, warn­ing that the trade in stolen ve­hi­cles per­sists de­spite the low­er fig­ures.

At a week­ly me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing on Sackville Street yes­ter­day, In­sp Ma­jid Khan cit­ed da­ta com­piled by the TTPS Crime and Prob­lem Analy­sis (CA­PA) branch. Be­tween Jan­u­ary 1 and Oc­to­ber 1, there were 578 re­ports of lar­ce­ny of mo­tor ve­hi­cles, com­pared with 690 for the same pe­ri­od last year.

Lar­ce­ny of mo­tor ve­hi­cles refers to the theft of cars that have been left parked or un­at­tend­ed.