Motor Vehicles: Theft
(asked on 16th December 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles there were from the railway station car parks at (a) Arundel, (b) Amberley, (c) Barnham, (d) Haslemere, (e) Liphook, (f) Pulborough and (g) Billingshurst in each of the last five years; and how many of these resulted in a criminal prosecution.
According to British Transport Police (BTP) data there have been 45 thefts of motor vehicle offences at the 7 named stations between January 2020 and up to and including the 2nd December 2024. Of these currently 2 have resulted in criminal prosecution.
Number of thefts
Year |
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Location | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (up to 02/12/2024 only) | |
Arundel Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Amberley Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Barnham Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Billingshurst Railway Station | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Haslemere Railway Station | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | |
Liphook Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Pulborough Railway Station | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Number of prosecutions (note possible time lag for more recent thefts)
Year | |||||
Location | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (up to 02/12/2024 only) |
Arundel Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amberley Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barnham Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billingshurst Railway Station | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haslemere Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liphook Railway Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulborough Railway Station | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
During 2020 and 2021 passenger numbers were reduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, so train station car parks were also likely less occupied during this time.