How to report a lost or stolen vehicle

If your car has gone missing, follow the simple steps below to track it down or, in the worst case, report it as stolen.

Check where you left it
It sounds obvious, but if your car is missing our first advice is always to double-check where you parked it. So often a missing car, presumed stolen, is exactly where the owner left it – they simply forgot.

Many cars these days come with GPS trackers to locate them if they're lost or stolen. If this is the case for your car, please contact your dedicated tracking service before contacting us – if the car genuinely appears to have been stolen they'll usually contact us on your behalf.

Contact your local council
The second most common reason for a missing vehicle is that it's been removed by the council for illegal parking.

If you know the postcode, you can find out which council covers the area where your car was parked.

Contact DVLA if your vehicle was untaxed
If your vehicle did not have valid tax, it might have been removed and taken to a pound by NSL, a wheel-clamping company that works on behalf of the DVLA. Find out how to get your vehicle back from a DVLA pound.

Report it
Depending on the situation either report it on ‘101’ non emergency or in case of an emergency ‘999’