Fury as cops fail to attend seven in 10 car thefts with 31k victims ‘failed’

POLICE did not attend seven out of ten car thefts last year, figures show.

Officers failed to turn up to 30,900 reports of stolen vehicles — 72 per cent of all cases — a freedom of information request has found.

It is an increase of 32 per cent from 2021, which saw 22,979 car thefts not attended in England.

The worst performing police force was Cambridgeshire, which did not attend more than 90 per cent of 1,282 car thefts.

Bedfordshire followed closely behind, with 88 per cent of the 1,343 stolen cars seeing no cop visit the scene.

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: “These figures are shocking and show the government is failing to get a grip on the car theft epidemic across the country.

“No wonder the vast majority of car thefts are going unsolved if officers aren’t even showing up at the scene for most cases.

“Having your car stolen is a traumatic experience, but knowing that the criminal will get away with it and the police won’t turn up makes it worse.

"The failings can’t be ignored any longer.”