Almost four in five car thefts are not being solved by police, with thugs who break into people’s vehicles left to walk free. Some 24,837 car thefts went unsolved in just a three-month period last year, according to research by the Liberal Democrats . This is 78.5% - or nearly four in five - of the 31,654 total thefts that took place, the party said. Just 2.8% of cases resulted in someone being charged or summonsed. London ranked the worst with the Metropolitan Police force failing to solve a