London's car cloning hotspots revealed
Published 20 August 2019
According to official figures, these are the worst areas in greater London for car cloning crime.
HonestJohn.co.uk has analysed previously unseen local Government data to show the number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) being cancelled due to the car being a copy or clone of a legitimate vehicle.
Car cloning crime overview:
- Official figures show a shocking rise in the number of cloned vehicles.
- One London area has seen an increase of 697 per cent of car cloning over the past five years.
- Metropolitan Police data shows that just 78 car cloning offences were investigated in 2018.
Top 10 car cloning hotspots in London
| London Borough Council | Number of PCNs cancelled in 2018/19 due to the car being a clone | |
| 1 | Hackney | 1160 |
| 2 | Haringey | 842 |
| 3 | Barking & Dagenham | 804 |
| 4 | Waltham Forest | 654 |
| 5 | Ealing | 503 |
| 6 | Brent | 410 |
| 7 | Camden | 386 |
| 8 | Westminster | 379 |
| 9 | Harrow | 350 |
| 10 | Lambeth | 306 |
Is car cloning on the rise?
HonestJohn.co.uk compared the number of PCNs being cancelled in 2018/19 (April - March) to see how it compared with data for the past five years.
London areas with the largest annual increase in PCNs being cancelled due to cloning
| London Borough Council | Increase in PCNs being cancelled in 2018/19 compared with 2017/18 | |
| 1 | Harrow | 91% |
| 2 | Waltham Forest | 88% |
| 3 | Barnet | 73% |
| 4 | Lambeth | 61% |
| 5 | Hackney | 43% |
Car cloning crime change over the past five years
| London Borough Council | Increase in PCNs being cancelled since 2014/15 | |
| 1 | Waltham Forest | 697% |
| 2 | Westminster | 434% |
| 3 | Harrow | 422% |
| 4 | Wandsworth | 340% |
| 5 | Hackney | 282% |
Number of car cloning offences investigated by the Met Police
| Calendar year |
Number of car cloning offences investigated by the Metropolitan Police |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2017 | 54 |
| 2016 | 32 |
| 2015 | 31 |
| 2014 | 29 |
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