Vehicles Seized (FOI ref: 2078A/24)
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information on vehicle seizures in 2024.
Please may you provide me with:
- The number of vehicles seized by the police in 2024
- The number of seized vehicles that were returned to owners
- The number of vehicles sold at auction or destroyed
- The reasoning behind each of these seizures
Please provide the information in the form
Number of seizures
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2024 |
Number of Seizures |
Number of seized vehicles returned to their owners |
Number of destroyed vehicles |
Number of vehicles sold at auction |
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Jan |
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June |
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July |
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August |
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September |
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October |
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November |
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December |
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Reason for seizure
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2024 |
Reason 1 |
Reason 2 |
Reason 3 |
Reason 4 |
Reason 5 |
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March |
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April |
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May |
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June |
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July |
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August |
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September |
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November |
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December |
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Response
Please find our response below.
Table 1:
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2024 |
Number of Seizures |
Returned to Owners |
De-polluted |
Sold at Auction |
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January |
2,091 |
1,592 |
700 |
42 |
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February |
1,954 |
1,346 |
736 |
29 |
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March |
1,984 |
1,195 |
617 |
20 |
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April |
1,969 |
1,353 |
687 |
23 |
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May |
2,038 |
1,303 |
738 |
35 |
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June |
1,931 |
1,185 |
629 |
32 |
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July |
1,932 |
1,300 |
717 |
20 |
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August |
2,097 |
1,275 |
620 |
17 |
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September |
1,913 |
1,210 |
665 |
24 |
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October |
2,098 |
1,328 |
766 |
27 |
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November |
2,107 |
1,302 |
688 |
29 |
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December |
2,083 |
1,274 |
747 |
19 |
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Total |
24,197 |
15,663 |
8,310 |
317 |
Table 2:
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2024 |
Free of Charge |
Owners' Request |
Abandoned |
Abandoned/ Stolen |
Breakdown |
Burnt Out |
DVLA No Tax |
DVLA No Tax / Foreign Reg |
No Insurance/ Driving Licence |
Obstruction/ Danger |
Police Reform Act |
RTC |
RTC Life Changing/ Fatal |
PACE |
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January |
12 |
30 |
77 |
512 |
7 |
2 |
120 |
0 |
731 |
87 |
5 |
324 |
8 |
176 |
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February |
7 |
30 |
68 |
428 |
5 |
3 |
134 |
4 |
673 |
65 |
10 |
313 |
14 |
200 |
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March |
6 |
31 |
82 |
490 |
8 |
5 |
98 |
3 |
670 |
53 |
9 |
291 |
12 |
226 |
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April |
16 |
48 |
82 |
463 |
6 |
9 |
161 |
1 |
653 |
66 |
5 |
276 |
10 |
173 |
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May |
0 |
40 |
87 |
472 |
6 |
9 |
119 |
2 |
682 |
73 |
9 |
293 |
11 |
235 |
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June |
6 |
36 |
79 |
453 |
7 |
7 |
112 |
2 |
661 |
48 |
8 |
261 |
27 |
224 |
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July |
6 |
33 |
78 |
469 |
5 |
6 |
103 |
6 |
587 |
67 |
6 |
305 |
7 |
254 |
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August |
1 |
32 |
82 |
487 |
9 |
5 |
154 |
1 |
677 |
57 |
8 |
283 |
11 |
290 |
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September |
4 |
46 |
67 |
432 |
8 |
4 |
123 |
0 |
613 |
63 |
6 |
306 |
13 |
228 |
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October |
5 |
48 |
98 |
407 |
6 |
14 |
126 |
3 |
776 |
71 |
3 |
249 |
14 |
278 |
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November |
11 |
42 |
112 |
402 |
9 |
9 |
117 |
0 |
720 |
70 |
4 |
349 |
10 |
252 |
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December |
1 |
40 |
119 |
398 |
5 |
13 |
98 |
1 |
761 |
75 |
12 |
311 |
13 |
236 |
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Total |
75 |
456 |
1,031 |
5,413 |
81 |
86 |
1,465 |
23 |
8,204 |
795 |
85 |
3,561 |
150 |
2,772 |
Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.
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