June insights: Recoveries, trends and tips from
Global Telemetrics
June was another scorching hot month, full of events for our team and the 60 years of hurt for England in the World Cup continues.
Global Telemetrics kept their eyes firmly on the ball, recovering £2m worth of vehicles in June, taking our overall total to £227m over our twenty-year history.
June Recovery Highlights
Most Recovered Vehicles: Returning to the top spot was Land Rover, for the first time since the start of the year as the Range Rover SE was the most popular model amongst thieves. Other models stolen include Land Rover Defenders and Range Rover Vogues.
Other vehicles stolen this month included
- Mercedes S Class and Sprinter
- Lamborghini Urus
- BMQ M3, M8 and X5’s
- Audi A200. A5, RS 5 and SQ 8
- Volkswagen Golf and Tiguan’s
- Dacia Sandero
- Toyota Prius
Quickest Recovery
At the end of the month, our customer’s Volkswagen Golf was stolen off their drive at 1:40a.m. Luckily, the Golf was protected by one of our S5 devices which immediately alerted our Secure Control Centre that the car was being driven without its Driver Detection card. Our Stolen Vehicle Recovery team immediately contacted the customer who confirmed the vehicle was stolen. Our Repatriations Team were deployed and within just 18 minutes they were at the location with the Golf.
Most expensive vehicle recovered – Lamborghini Urus
When one of our finance company clients reported their Lamborghini Urus had been stolen, our Secure Control Centre team weren’t expecting to see the data was showing the Urus heading towards Morocco. Thankfully, our Repatriations Team has contacts worldwide and were able to stop the Urus at the border. The vehicle could then be recovered, putting the ‘Global’ in Global Telemetrics.
Where and how are vehicles stolen?
Hertfordshire was our top location in June for vehicles to be stolen, with London and West Midlands following closely behind. 82% of all vehicles were stolen at it’s home address and 62% of vehicles were stolen without their keys.
20 years of SmarTrack
2026 marks 20 years of vehicle tracking from SmarTrack and we will be celebrating across the remaining months of the year. Keep an eye on all our channels across the next few months!
