Metropolitan Police Under Pressure to Do More to Tackle Theft From Cars

The car park at Telford Central railway station in Shropshire, on June 21, 2022. Car parks are highly vulnerable to thieves. PA

The new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, is coming under pressure to do more to combat low-level crimes like theft from cars.

The Telegraph published analysis of the latest Home Office data which suggested the Metropolitan Police solved just 271 out of 55,000 thefts from vehicles in London in 2021.