October insights: Recoveries, trends and tips from
Global Telemetrics
Global Telemetrics spent October fighting off Ghouls, Goblins and Thieves as we recovered a remarkable £7m worth of vehicles taking our all-time total to over £203m!
October Recovery highlights.
Most Recovered Vehicle – BMW joined Land Rover at the top spot this month with models stolen including: BMW’s 340i, 340D, M4 and 520D and Land Rover Defenders, Range Rover Sports and Velars.
Other vehicles recovered included:
- Ford Transits and Focus
- Seat Leon
- Lexus NX 300 H
- Porsce Caymans and Macans
- Ferrari SF90
- Rolls Royce Cullinans
- Bentley Continentals
- Peugeot Boxer
- Mercedes AMG A 35 and AMG G 63
- Lamborghini Urus
- Skoda Kamiq
- Audi RS3s
- Volkswagen Golfs
£200m of recoveries
October was a bumper month for recoveries, becoming the highest recorded recovery total in a single month by Global Telemetrics, with our overall total surpassing the £200m milestone. Since inception in 2006 SmarTrack has provided customers with peace of mind, protection and the knowledge that if their vehicle is stolen our team will do everything we can to recover it.
Chop Shops stopped
October saw a number of chop shops discovered & shut down thanks to our SmarTrack tracking devices. The biggest of which was thanks to the device located in a Porsche Cayman. The most significant recovery involved a Porsche Cayman thanks to the installed device. The tracker led our team to the location which contained the vehicle, alongside 17 others! 3 more chop shops were located throughout the month, with Global Telemetrics continuing to help police put a stop to organised car crime.
Quickest Recovery – 13 minutes
Recovering Porsche’s became somewhat of a theme during October,with a Porsche Macan also a target of thieves. 13 minutes after our customer confirmed it was stolen, our team was with the vehicle and had it secured.
Hotspots
For the first time, West Yorkshire led the way for our recoveries with 32% of all recoveries for the month being reported stolen from that area. Second place was our usual top spot London with 24% of all recoveries being from a London Borough. Surrey finished in third place this month.
Dark nights and Defrosting cars
It almost goes without saying but now that the dark nights have returned, inevitably car theft figures will rise. Ensure to ‘back the basics’ and make sure doors are locked, keys aren’t on show and take all necessary precautions to keep your vehicle safe.
Each year we have multiple theft reports after vehicles have been left to warm-up or de-ice during the cold mornings and evenings.
Please do not leave your vehicle unattended at any point this winter.
Similarly, parcel theft in the run up to Christmas becomes a big target for criminals. If you are out delivering goods this winter, as tempting as it may be to leave your car running while you knock on a door please don’t take the risk.
