SOME of the flashiest and more unusual vehicles stolen across the Bradford district over the past 12 months have been revealed in police figures.

The statistics, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, have detailed every vehicle which was stolen across the district between August 2019 and August 2020.

We have already seen this week that more than 1,600 vehicles were stolen during the 12 month period - more than four every day.

We’ve also seen how the worst affected areas are Bowling & Barkerend, Tong and Eccleshill, and the most popular targets for thieves are Volkswagen Golfs, Ford Transits and Audi A3s.

But today we’re going to take a deep dive into the figures to find the more unique and unusual vehicles prayed on by Bradford’s criminals over the past year.

First up we will take a look at the top-end, high performance vehicles been pinched by thieves since last August.

Not many high performance cars were stolen, which may reflect the rarity of the cars, better security or may have been impacted by Covid-19 causing a national lockdown.

The stand-out vehicle on the list was a Lamborghini which was stolen, however the police figures did not say what type of Lambo it was or where it was stolen from.

Also among the performance cars stolen was a Bentley Continental, which was stolen in Idle & Thackley, three Porsches - two Cayennes - stolen in the City, Bingley Rural and Keighley Central ward, and two Ford Mustangs, one stolen in Eccleshill and the other in Idle & Thackley.

Four Subaru Imprezas - favourites in rallying - were also stolen, including two at once in an incident in Bowling & Barkerend.

Next we will take a look at some of the more unusual vehicles which were stolen, many of which are specialist vehicles used for farming and construction, such as tractors, diggers and quad bikes.

There were ten vehicles listen as farm equipment stolen in the 12 month period, mainly quad bikes which are essential for farmers to carry out their daily jobs and put food on our tables.

But among the stolen items were also three John Deere vehicles, best known for making tractors, stolen in Queensbury, Bradford Moor and Baildon.

Also stolen were a number of Takeuchi vehicles, with four taken across the city and in Bingley. Takeuchi specialise in diggers and excavation vehicles.

Two Caterpillar vehicles and one JCB were also stolen, which are both also used in excavation and construction.

West Yorkshire Police has advised owners of expensive vehicles to take further safety precautions to protect their cars.

Superintendent Mark Jessop said: “If your vehicle does not have an immobiliser or alarm then consider having one professionally fitted to the Thatcham quality assured standard.

“You may also want to consider a tracking device if you have an expensive or high performance vehicle, as this can make increase the possibility for police to recover it, and make arrests should it be stolen.”