The top ten stolen cars were identified by analysing 2005 theft data from the Police National Computer database, as well as information on the numbers of cars on the road provided by the DVLA.

In order, the cars reported stolen most often in 2005 were:

Vauxhall Belmont

Vauxhall Astra Mk2

Ford Escort Mk3

Austin/Morris Metro

Vauxhall Nova

Ford Orion

Rover Metro

Austin/Morris Maestro

Austin/Morris Montego

Ford Fiesta Mks1, 2 and 3