Epidemic of car thefts criticised as four in five in West Midlands go unsolved
The Conservatives are overseeing a “car theft epidemic”, the Liberal Democrats have warned, as the party claimed that around four in five car thefts went unsolved over the last year.
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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said that criminals are being allowed to act with impunity, as he hit out at the Government’s crime record just a day before the local elections are due to be held.
The party said that an analysis of the latest Home Office figures shows that 100,258 car theft cases across England and Wales were closed in 2022 without a suspect being identified.
The Lib Dems also said that police had failed to attend three in four car thefts last year.
