The Reading and Leeds Festival has been and gone, the football season is back, Liz is stepping into Boris’ shoes and our vehicle recovery figures continue to rise!
August has seen almost £2.9m worth of recoveries for this month, meaning that we are now over £24m so far for the year. After 8 months with 4 left to go this has now surpassed last year’s recovered vehicles total for the whole of 2021 which stood at just over £23m.
Regarding August, this year sees a rise of £1m compared to August of 2021, this falls in line with the rest of the year where we are seeing a consistent increase. As the end of the summer approaches and the nights draw in, providing longer cover of darkness this is sure to only increase further.
Our Top 5 recovered vehicles always includes the same winner for each month, the ever stealable Range Rover. This month equated to 66% of all vehicles recovered this month.
In second place this month were Mercedes with a variation of models recovered.
Motorhomes sit in 3rd place for this month. Motorhomes continue to be a target whilst they are out of storage!
Regular’s BMW, featured in 4th place this month and 5th place sees a Jaguar and Lexus joint effort.
Our most expensive vehicle recovered this month was a Lamborghini Urus, with the brand new Performante edition just announced, the Urus is always a sought after vehicle, our customers’ worth a whopping £200k was recovered in the same day.
As with other months London and the West Midlands continue to be hotspots for recoveries this month, recently focusing on our hotspots, Global Telemetrics have launched an awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of keyless theft in line with the launch of new 72 plate registrations being released, more information can be found here: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/special-features/global-telemetrics-highlight-vehicle-thefts-23904759
On a sad note for Global Telemetrics during August, one of our much loved friends and colleagues Ian Perkin sadly lost his battle with cancer, in honour of his memory, Global Telemetrics have set up a just giving page to donate to LOROS who helped and cared for Ian during his final days, this can be found here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/globaltelemetrics
Whether it be a Range Rover or a Motorhome, a BMW or plant machinery nothing is safe from thieves as vehicle theft continues to rise.To protect your vehicle further information on the products we provide can be found on our website https://smartrack.uk.net or by giving us a call on: 0800 279 6401 or via sales@smartrack.uk.net
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This February, Global Telemetrics recovered £2.5m worth of vehicles. This is £500k more than February of 2022, and £800k more than February of 2021, highlighting the continuing rising trend in vehicle theft across the UK.
We remain on course to hit our projected recovery total of over £40m worth of vehicles by year-end 2023, compared with £38.6m worth of vehicles recovered in 2022.
Staycations are becoming ever-popular, and with spring around the corner, motorhomes and caravans across the country will soon be out on the roads again. Whilst these home-from-homes continue to gain demand, it will unfortunately lead to a likely rise in stolen vehicles.
In 2022, Global Telemetrics were responsible for the recovery of £38.6m worth of vehicles. Fiat Ducato motorhomes were the 3rd highest recovered vehicle of the year, making up for over £1m of recoveries. Other motorhome and Caravan brands such as Auto-Trail, Bailey and Adria also appeared on the list, accounting for almost £800k of recoveries.
Global Telemetrics has had a kick start to the year, with £3.4m worth of vehicles recovered during January alone.
At this rate, we are projected to recover over £40m worth of vehicles by year-end 2023, compared with the £38.6m worth of vehicles we recovered in 2022.