Unfortunately what I've seen in UK is that people get away with pretty much everything BUT road tax, insurance and council tax.
We had two cars arson and were amazed how police did not pose any interest, just gave a crime number and that was it. We had cctv footage etc, didn't matter.
Also we had a burglary in office. We had cctv, fingerprints. They were found, but no arrest made. Plenty of these examples. To make it on topic, it is extremely rare for a stolen care to appear, I would say at least 50% are tay tay.
I think crime rate in European Union is about to drop in October.