{"id":21207,"date":"2026-05-05T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21207\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:37:37","slug":"britains-growing-car-theft-crisis-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21207\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s growing car theft crisis revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Britain\u2019s growing car theft crisis revealed\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBw54kFTTTI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBritain\u2019s growing car theft crisis revealed<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a crime with tens of thousands of victims each year, but very few consequences for the criminals behind it. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive data obtained by Channel 4 News reveals how sophisticated vehicle thieves are targeting anything on wheels, from cars to vans and even ambulances. <\/p>\n<p>But the proportion of crimes being solved by police forces across England and Wales is far lower than even just a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>As part of our Frontline series, we\u2019ve spent time with one team of specialist investigators tasked with tracking down stolen cars. The police have asked us to withhold the exact location of some of this filming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s growing car theft crisis revealed It\u2019s a crime with tens of thousands of victims each year, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[1796,18689,24483,24484,24434,2292,5737,366,352,365,1791,8057,24487,461,2026,354,353,15281,1793,23987,24480,24486,24479,24477,15868,341,24478,24481,355,24485,24482,5708,235],"class_list":["post-21207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-channel-4-news","tag-arrest","tag-bmw","tag-car-garage","tag-car-parts","tag-car-theft","tag-cars","tag-cctv","tag-channel-4","tag-channel-4-news","tag-channel4","tag-criminal","tag-crown-prosecution-service","tag-dvla","tag-england","tag-essex-police","tag-international-news","tag-latest-news","tag-organised-crime","tag-police","tag-porsche","tag-private-investigator","tag-ring-bell","tag-special-investigator","tag-stolen-car","tag-tracker","tag-uk-news","tag-vans-ambulances","tag-vehicle-theft","tag-wales","tag-west-country","tag-west-mercia-police","tag-west-yorkshire-police","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116523694963290052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}