2025: Recoveries, trends and tips from
Global Telemetrics
2026 is here! A filled with the Winter Olympics, the biggest ever world cup tournament and hopefully the GTA 6 release. The year started with things all upside down in the Stranger Things finale, leading to many conspiracies online but what definitely isn’t a conspiracy was that once again Global Telemetrics were on hand to recover vehicles.
In 2025, Global Telemetrics recovered vehicles to the value of £29.8m, representing a modest increase compared to £26.5m in 2024. This increase can be attributed to a number of factors, one being our Team assisting the police in identifying a number of chop shops resulting in more stolen vehicles located. 2025 also saw an increase in higher value vehicles being recovered, with Lamborghini Urus’ being particularly popular amongst thieves. Throughout the year, there has also been an increase in asset recovery for companies who have vehicles not returned.
December saw £3.8m worth of vehicles recovered taking our overall total to over £210m.
Recovery highlights
Most recovered vehicle of 2025 – For the 10th year running The Range Rover Sport is Global Telemetrics most recovered vehicle.
That said, this year was much closer than in previous years, with several months seeing the Range Rover Sport no longer ranked as the most recovered vehicle. In December, the Volkswagen Golf emerged as our most recovered model. The year also saw an increase in high-end vehicles recovered, with Lamborghini entering our top 10 for the first time, driven by the previously noted rise in Urus thefts.
Top 10 manufacturers recovered in 2025 –
Manufacturer |
Land Rover |
Mercedes |
BMW |
Ford |
Audi |
Toyota |
Fiat Ducato |
Lexus |
Porsche |
Lamborghini |
High Value Recoveries
Bentleys, Ferraris, Porsche, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce & more were all targeted throughout the year with our most expensive vehicle recovered in 2025 being a Ferrari SF90 valued at £550k. The SF90 was stolen, jammed & hidden underground in a garage, but our team, equipped with their expertise and knowledge, were able to find and recover within 11 hours.
How and where are vehicles being stolen?
Data collected throughout the year shows that 50% of vehicles were stolen using keyless methods. While this represents a decrease compared to previous years, it has coincided with an increase in burglaries. 88% of our recoveries involved vehicles stolen from the customer’s home address.
Quickest recovery
Global Telemetrics prides itself on its vehicle recovery services, with all monitored tracking devices automatically supported by a team of dedicated Auto-Crime Investigation Repatriation agents.
Our team liaise closely with the police to speed up vehicle recovery times and provide assistance where required. This has resulted in some astonishingly quick recoveries over the years and 2025 was no exception, recovering a Mercedes Sprinter in just 3 minutes after it was confirmed as stolen. Our team liaising with the police were in exactly the right place at the right time to quickly locate the van.
Areas vehicles are stolen
Over the course of 2025, we have monitored the locations where vehicles are stolen. London has led the way throughout the year with 24% of all vehicles recovered from that area with Hammersmith & Fulham being the most likely borough to have a vehicle stolen.
West Midlands took its usual spot of second place with a 15% theft rate and West Yorkshire was third with 12%.
2026
2025 has seen an increase in burglaries and sadly we predict that this will be an upwards trend.As more people become aware of faraday pouches and the dangers of relay theft, we expect that thieves will become more desperate to steal vehicles. We recommend always backing your basics and doing everything in your power to deter thieves: make sure all doors /windows are locked, don’t leave keys or valuables on display and invest in security alongside your trackers and immobilisers such as CCTV.
For Global Telemetrics, we will be sponsoring and appearing at various events throughout the year starting with Supercar Driver’s Season Opener in March. We will also return to Baggsy’s Initiate at Goodwood in May, after a brilliant first show last year the second year promises to be even bigger and better!
In 2026, we will be sponsoring all Yiannimize events, including Yiannimize Leicester as well as The Grand Tour.
A big one in the calendar, the most talked about secret in the automotive world, the Supercar Driver Secret Meet will also be taking place once again this summer with us being heavily involved.
We are also looking forward to working with our friends SCC Private Members, Shmee 150, Driven Plus, Tomi Auto, Mark McCann, ‘Have A Word’, Supercars of Bedfordshire and others. You will see our team at a lot of events this year including Salon Prive, Concours of Elegance and both Supercar Fests. Please come and say hello if you see us.
