This is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police.
On Tuesday the 8th January three reports were made of number plate thefts in Oxford.
This type of theft continues to happen weekly in Oxford, you could consider fitting anti tamper screws to your number plates, please seek advice from your local garage or car dealer.
Please check that your number plates are in tack on a regular basis, if you do discover that they are missing report to the police immediately.
Stolen number plates are used in a variety of crimes by thieves all of these crimes will in the first instance lead the police back to you and can be very distressing.
The plates are often used to replace number plates on stolen cars, or fitted to cars which are used recklessly followed by none payment of parking and speeding fines, also filling up with petrol and driving off without paying.
Once you have reported the theft of number plates to the police the registration number will added to the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) CC TV network to track any moments.
In an Emergency please call the Police on 999.