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Have a look at the following statistics, taken from the Home Office website. Reading across from right to left, they represent the following, by region.
- Theft of a vehicle per 10,000 population
- Theft from a vehicle per 10,000 population
- Theft and handling of stolen goods per 10,000 population
Merseyside 84 110 44
Greater Manchester 87 149 51
West Yorks 93 149 57
West Midlands 90 132 47
Nottinghamshire 78 198 66
Metropolitan Police 75 141 61
South Wales 81 144 48
Whether you choose to believe stereotypes or actual facts and figures is up to you. Either way, the stats explain why we Liverpudlians are getting ever-so-slightly tired of hearing this particular 'joke'...