Stolen vehicles worth £31m recovered in 2025
Tracker has reported that it has already recovered stolen vehicles valued at more than £31m this year.
This is up from the £24m worth of stolen vehicles it recovered in 2024 and marks a 15-year high for the first nine months of the year.
As of the end of September, Tracker had located and recovered 1,286 stolen vehicles, resulting in 113 arrests and 61 illegal chop shops shut down. An additional 164 vehicles which did not have Tracker devices fitted have also been located.
The increase is partly due to the industry reacting to the growing threat of vehicle thefts by installing the technology, with dealers, insurers, manufacturers as well as more than 2,000 police vehicles and every police helicopter now equipped with Tracker technology.
Organised vehicle theft
Mark Kameen, lead for the National Vehicle Crime Reduction Partnership (NVCRP), said: “By working together with our partners and members, sharing intelligence, expertise and innovation, we can take a more cohesive approach to disrupting organised vehicle theft and reducing its wider impact on businesses and communities.
“The launch of the NVCRP’s National Vehicle Crime Strategy marks a major step forward in how we tackle organised vehicle crime across the UK. A key focus of the strategy is building stronger partnerships between law enforcement and the private sector to deliver a more effective response to those engaged in organised vehicle crime.”
Clive Wain, head of police liaison at Tracker: “2025 is proving to be hugely successful for Tracker, the UK police and our partners. The majority of vehicles we’ve recovered have been found within just a few hours, some from chop shops and others on their way to being shipped abroad.
“Not only are we collectively getting ahead of the criminals, but we’re also disrupting their networks, protecting industry and safeguarding motorists.”
